Thailand
Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics
World
April 16, 2020
Some leaders use pandemic to sharpen tools against critics
BANGKOK (AP) — Health concerns were on artist Danai Ussama’s mind when he returned to Thailand last month from a…
Hungry and in chains, Thailand’s tourist elephants face crisis
World
March 31, 2020
Hungry and in chains, Thailand’s tourist elephants face crisis
Underfed and chained up for endless hours, many elephants working in Thailand’s tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos…
Meet Thailand’s secret weapon in climate change battle
World
March 2, 2020
Meet Thailand’s secret weapon in climate change battle
Bangkok’s future hangs in the balance. Rising sea levels, unchecked development, groundwater extraction, and rapid urban population growth has left…
Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved
World
February 21, 2020
Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated…
The global spread of the new coronavirus: Where is it?
World
February 18, 2020
The global spread of the new coronavirus: Where is it?
The new coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has now killed nearly 1,800 people…
Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home
World
February 16, 2020
Southeast Asia feels the burn as virus keeps Chinese tourists at home
Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses…
Mourners leave flowers at Thai shopping mall after mass shooting
World
February 10, 2020
Mourners leave flowers at Thai shopping mall after mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) – Mourners left flowers and written messages in front of the Terminal 21 shopping center in…
Thai gunman among 27 dead in ‘unprecedented’ mass shooting
World
February 9, 2020
Thai gunman among 27 dead in ‘unprecedented’ mass shooting
A Thai soldier who killed at least 26 people before being shot dead in a mall by commandos went on…
Public anger grows over coronavirus in Thailand, with eight cases of the illness
World
January 26, 2020
Public anger grows over coronavirus in Thailand, with eight cases of the illness
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The health minister in Thailand, the country with the most confirmed cases outside China of the new…
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
World
January 25, 2020
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
A SARS-like virus that has claimed 41 lives since emerging in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan has…