Recent News Headlines : Bangkok. - Thailand

FAMILY END THREE-MONTH BANGKOK AIRPORT STAY


Zimbabwe family leave Bangkok airport after three months... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 200

A KINGPIN SMUGGLED IVORY TUSKS AND RHINO HORNS FOR YEARS, POLICE SAY. THE SUSPECT WAS FINALLY CAUGHT.


Days before Boonchai's arrest, Thai authorities seized 326 pounds of African elephant ivory, including three large tusks, worth around 469,800 from a Bangkok airport... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 1289

BANGKOK'S SOMALI REFUGEES PERSECUTED AND LIVING IN FEAR


In practice, the future for Bangkok's refugees and asylum seekers remains precarious... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 3427

AS BITCOIN SINKS, CRYPTO BROS PARTY HARD ON A BLOCKCHAIN CRUISE


When 600 cryptocurrency enthusiasts set sail from Singapore on Monday night for their second annual Blockchain Cruise, the price of Bitcoin was hovering comfortably above 13,500... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 3279

TATTOOS BETRAY FUGITIVE YAKUZA BOSS


Taipei Thai police have arrested a Japanese crime boss who had been on the run for 15 years after his elaborate tattoos went viral on Facebook... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 412

YAKUZA BOSS ARRESTED IN THAILAND AFTER TATTOOS GO VIRAL


Thai police have arrested a Japanese yakuza boss on the run for 15 years after pictures of his tattoos went viral on Facebook... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 1519

'ASK THIS GUY': THAILAND PM DEFERS QUESTIONS TO CARDBOARD CUTOUT


Sunai Phasuk, senior Thailand researcher at Human Rights Watch, called the cardboard cutouts the latest effort at bullying the media... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 62

THAI PM LEAVES CARDBOARD CUTOUT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS


Thailand's prime minister has taken a novel approach to avoiding questions at a news conference, by leaving a cardboard cutout to do the job... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 6303

MYANMAR ROHINGYA MILITANTS ARSA VOW TO FIGHT ON AFTER ATTACK


Arsa operates in Rakhine state in northern Myanmar, where the Rohingya people have faced persecution... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 119

INSURGENTS ATTACK MYANMAR SOLDIERS IN RAKHINE, WOUNDING 6


Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as clearance operations... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 33

'PENIS WHITENING IS NOT NECESSARY'


'Penis whitening is not necessary' Thailand's Public Health Ministry has already reacted to the sudden attention the clinic has been receiving... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 8265

BA FLIGHT MAKES PRIORITY LANDING IN LONDON AFTER PASSENGER ILLNESS


That's now landed safely, a BA spokeswoman said... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 1

ALL THAT WILL DOMINATE THE INDIAN NEWS CYCLE OVER THE COMING 12 MONTHS


News calendar 2018 All that will dominate the Indian news cycle over the coming 12 months... READ MORE

31st December, 2017 67

BAD TO WORSE: HOW DIPLOMATIC HOPES WITH NORTH KOREA PLUNGED


Published December 30, 2017 2 23 pm FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy Joseph Yun speaks to media in Bangkok, Thailand... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 0

A FAMILY OF EIGHT HAS BEEN STRANDED AT A BANGKOK AIRPORT FOR MONTHS


For about three months, a Zimbabwean family with four adults and four children has been stuck at Bangkok's main airport, with no imminent solution in sight... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 341

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017 PICTURES: MILLIONS ACROSS THE WORLD CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER [PHOTOS]


Photo REUTERS Ben Nelms Ethnic Dong women wearing traditional costumes as they celebrate the Chinese lunar new year, in Liping, Guizhou province, China, Jan. 29, 2017... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 65

ZIMBABWEAN FAMILY STRANDED IN BANGKOK AIRPORT FOR MONTHS


No-one really enjoys a long airport stopover, but for one Zimbabwean family, Bangkok's main airport has been home for nearly three months... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 454

ENRAGED ELEPHANT KILLS CHINESE TOUR GUIDE IN CHON BURI


An angry bull elephant killed a Chinese tour guide at an elephant camp in Chon Buri, southeast of Bangkok, on Thursday evening... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 98

AS SIGNS OF A MASS GRAVE EMERGE MYANMAR CRACKS DOWN


Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's civilian government, has said that the military ceased clearance operations against Rohingya insurgents in early September... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 1095

LEAD SINGER OF SOUTH KOREAN K-POP BOY BAND SHINEE DIES


The lead singer of South Korea's top K-pop boy band Shinee dies after being found unconscious at a Seoul apartment... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 1636

BEIJING WORKS ON 'GREAT WALL OF SAND' IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AS US IS DISTRACTED


Australia is not a party to the South China Sea issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at the time... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 1378

TRUMP COULD ACTUALLY MAKE DEMOCRACY GREAT AGAIN


Junking the promotion of democracy and human rights, as Trump seems inclined to do, would be a grave mistake... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 225

THIS IS EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T VOTE TO SUPPORT THE BILL


At least 10 Government MPs chose to abstain from Thursday's final conscience vote on same-sex marriage in the House of Representatives... READ MORE

15th December, 2017 2700

3 BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND NO-PRECONDITION TALKS


Over the past year, tensions between North Korea and the United States have increased significantly because of Pyongyang's frequent weapons tests... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 127

AUSSIE HELLS ANGELS MEMBER ARRESTED OVER HUGE DRUG HAUL IN THAILAND


Hells Angels member arrested over huge drug haul in Thailand... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 224

CAMBODIA'S HARSHEST JAIL CLAIMS LIFE OF AUSTRALIAN SEX OFFENDER


Bangkok A convicted Australian child sex offender has died after spending seven years in Cambodia's harshest jail... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 154

A NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR IS SPURNED FOR DECADES BY SOUTH KOREA


ANSAN, South Korea -- Few North Koreans have sought South Korean citizenship as long and as doggedly as Kim Seok-cheol... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 2169

BARE-BOTTOMED AMERICANS ARRESTED OVER THAI TEMPLE PHOTO


The men caused an uproar in Buddhist-majority Thailand last week after their photo taken at Bangkok's Wat Arun was widely shared, prompting a police investigation... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 3

US TOURISTS HELD FOR BARING BUTTOCKS AT THAI TEMPLE


The tourists had taken the picture at Bangkok's famous Wat Arun temple and posted it on Twitter and Instagram... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 4166

'TRAVELING BUTTS' AMERICANS ARRESTED OVER THAI TEMPLE PHOTO


Deputy police spokesman Krisana Pattanacharoen said the men were arrested Tuesday night at a Bangkok airport and face public indecency charges... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 1759

Trending News Headlines : Bangkok.

SMUGGLED BEATEN AND DRUGGED ILLICIT TRADE IMPERILS APES


Daniel Stiles, a self-styled ape trafficking detective in Kenya, had been scouring Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp for weeks, looking for pictures of gorillas, chimps or orangutans... READ MORE

4th November, 2017 25935

DEAD THAI SOLDIER'S MISSING ORGANS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY


When he suddenly died in October the army gave cardiac arrest as the cause of death... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 23113

REMAINS OF 10 SAILORS WHO DIED IN NAVY COLLISION ARE FOUND


The Navy has promised a thorough investigation of the McCain and Fitzgerald collisions... READ MORE

28th August, 2017 21578

GLOBALISATION: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN IDEA THAT SWEPT THE WORLD


Globalisation can mean many things, but what lay in particular doubt was the long-advanced project of increasing free trade in goods across borders... READ MORE

14th July, 2017 16813

10 SAILORS MISSING AFTER U.S. DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH OIL TANKER OFF SINGAPORE


The guided-missile destroyer, the John S. McCain, was passing through the Strait of Malacca on its way to a port visit in Singapore at 5 24 a.m... READ MORE

21st August, 2017 15084

THIS COUPLE USES INSTAGRAM TO MAKE A FORTUNE TRAVELING THE WORLD


Jack Morris, 26, and Lauren Bullen, 24, travel the world while promoting brands and locations on Instagram, making six-figure salaries, according to Cosmopolitan... READ MORE

6th April, 2017 14042

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE THAT THE WORLD IS MEAN TO DONALD TRUMP


Photographic evidence that the world is mean to Donald Trump... READ MORE

6th June, 2017 7067

UN LOOKS TO GULF STATES TO SAVE ROHINGYA REFUGEES


The plan targets 1.2 million people, including all Rohingya refugees, and 300,000 Bangladeshi host communities over the next six months, he said... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 5693

BIKE-SHARING SERVICE BENEFITS LOCAL RESIDENTS, TOURISTS IN PHUKET, THAILAND[1]


China's dock-less bike-sharing company ofo provide more than 1,000 bikes in Phuket's key locations in late September and offered a 1-month free trial without deposit fee... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 4859

BIKE-SHARING SERVICE BENEFITS LOCAL RESIDENTS, TOURISTS IN PHUKET, THAILAND[1]


China's dock-less bike-sharing company ofo provide more than 1,000 bikes in Phuket's key locations in late September and offered a 1-month free trial without deposit fee... READ MORE

7th October, 2017 4859

THAI KING'S CREMATION A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH


Thailand begins royal cremation for late King Bhumibol Adulyadej... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 4104

US SCHOLAR: INDIA SHOULD REMEMBER THE HISTORY


US experts have urged Indian troops to withdraw from the intruded Chinese territory and also called the two countries to resolve the issue diplomatically... READ MORE

3rd August, 2017 4040

DIVERS SEARCH COMPARTMENTS FOR 10 MISSING SAILORS


USS John S. McCain Divers search compartments for 10 missing sailors... READ MORE

22nd August, 2017 3979

THAILAND PREPARES FOR KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ'S FUNERAL


Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 3653

COUPLE SURVIVED 6 HOURS IN POOL AS WILDFIRE BURNED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN


Couple survived 6 hours in pool as wildfire burned their neighborhood down... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 3549

EX-THAI PM WHO FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT 'MAY HAVE FLED COUNTRY'


Anger against the policy led to street protests in 2013-14 that eventually overthrew Yingluck's government... READ MORE

25th August, 2017 3474

'WE HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO KILL OURSELVES RATHER THAN BE SENT BACK'


For all these reasons and many more, North Koreans cross the river into China... READ MORE

10th September, 2017 3427

EX-WIFE OF PAEDOPHILE REVEALS ANGUISH OF FINDING CHILD EXPLOITATION IMAGES, SLOW POLICE RESPONSE


Desley Lodwick thought she had it all -- a loving husband, a successful business and world travel. That all changed at the click of a button... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 2999

THAI COURT SENTENCES EX-PM YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA TO 5 YEARS IN JAIL


It was reported that she had fled to Dubai where her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, lives in self-imposed exile avoiding a 2008 sentence for corruption... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 2913

OVERSEAS ORPHANAGES UNDER SCRUTINY AS AUSTRALIANS TOLD TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT


Bangkok Australians are likely to be soon banned from supporting orphanages in countries like Cambodia... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 2699

INDIAN TROOPS MUST 'BACK OUT' FROM DOKLAM, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS


Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Indian troops to back out from Doklam on Monday... READ MORE

25th July, 2017 2686

HONG KONG VERSUS SINGAPORE: THE BATTLE FOR BEST EXPAT CITY


Hong Kong suffers from higher costs, while Singapore boasts cheaper office rent -- about half the price on a per square meter basis, the report said... READ MORE

29th June, 2017 2556

THAILAND BANS SMOKING ON POPULAR TOURIST BEACHES


The measure will apply to up to 20 beaches in areas including the popular tourist destination of Phuket... READ MORE

11th October, 2017 2461

BOMB BLAST AT BANGKOK HOSPITAL INJURES 24


Monday's incident took place as Thailand marked the three-year anniversary of the May 2014 military coup... READ MORE

22nd May, 2017 2417

CHINA EXPORTS ITS BIKE-SHARING REVOLUTION TO THE U.S. AND THE WORLD


Coming soon to a city near you Dockless bikes have transformed China and are catching on around the world... READ MORE

31st August, 2017 2310

AS MALARIA RESISTS TREATMENT EXPERTS WARN OF GLOBAL CRISIS


Malaria experts now fear losing artemisinin and its partner drugs the same way... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 2178

THAI MILITARY HUNTS FOR MISSING EX-PRIME MINISTER


Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said security officials monitoring Yingluck had not seen her leave her Bangkok home in the last two days... READ MORE

26th August, 2017 2172

ASIA'S HARRY POTTER OBSESSION POSES THREAT TO OWLS


In addition, many owls sold in south Asia today are named after Harry Potter characters, including Hedwig... READ MORE

12th August, 2017 1904

THAILAND MOURNS KING BHUMIBOL IN A SOLEMN SPECTACLE


BANGKOK -- With the gilded pageantry of a bygone era, the cremation ceremony of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand began in earnest on Thursday... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1846

DUTERTE WARMS TO TRUMP BUT KEEPS HIS FOCUS ON CHINA


Days before Mr. Trump was elected, Mr. Duterte named Mr. Antonio an envoy to the United States for trade, investment and economic affairs... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 1830


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