India has anounced economic aid of $500 million to Myanmar to help finance a new highway which will run 3200km and bring together a direct route from India through Myanmar to Thailand. The new road will open up the area and bring enormous economic be…
The Tokyo Car Show which opens on Saturday has revealed at a preview that Green cars are to be the priority with Japanese manufacturers developing increasingly fuel efficient technology. Market leaders see this as a way to capture new sales with Gree…
Only days ago officials claimed that Bangkok would be safe from the floods that have damaged parts of the country over the last month. In a sudden about-turn however the city’s governor has warned residents in several parts of the country to mo…
Bangkok is bracing itself for an unprecedented amount of rain today amid the monsoon season’s overwhelming reign on South East Asia. A staggering 269 people have been killed in Thailand in recent weeks as the country and neighbouring Cambod…
Avian flu shows signs of resurgence in Asia, with the new mutant strain now unaffected by current vaccines. The United Nations have warned that the strain could be spreading in Asia. It is a large risk to humans says veterinary officials. Eight p…
Thailand's ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who fled the country in 2006 amid charges of corruption, has strongly denied meddling in the two-week old government run by his younger sister, incumbent Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Specula…
Pheu Thai party MP Suchart Thadathamrongvej has denied weekend reports claiming he promised to give one million baht to villages controlled by red-shirt political activists. Speaking on Monday, Mr Thadathamrongvej hit back at claims made by actin…
3G cellular services have finally been made available in Thailand, just as the rest of the World connects to 4G. Millions in Thailand use smartphones, like iphones, Blackberries and ipads, which rely on the technology to make use of applications …
Thailand's opposition government has legally issued a complaint against the newly appointed Foreign Minister, Surapong Tovichakchaikul, according to media reports on Thursday. The elite-backed Democratic Party accuse him of helping former Prime M…
Insurgent gunmen have shot and killed four people, including an elderly school bus-driver, in separate attacks across three violence-plagued provinces in Southern Thailand. Police announced a 34-year old plantation worker was shot during an ambus…