Pakistan’s transgenders dragged back into Dark Ages
Early last month, Pakistani Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan proposed the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights amends the Transgender Protection...
Read moreDetailsJon Whitman is a seasoned journalist and author who has been living and working in Asia for more than two decades. Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Jon has been at the forefront of some of the most important stories coming out of China in the past decade. After a long and successful career in East sia, Jon is now semi-retired and living in the Outer Hebrides. He continues to write and is an avid traveller and photographer, documenting his experiences across the world.
Early last month, Pakistani Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan proposed the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights amends the Transgender Protection...
Read moreDetailsThere are some easy ways NOT to win your national lottery. The easiest way not to win is to play the...
Read moreDetailsLIV golfers competing in Bangkok this weekend will not earn any world ranking points, the UK’s Guardian newspaper reports despite...
Read moreDetailsA thoroughfare in San Francisco was renamed last weekend in commemoration of the 84-year-old Thai grandfather who was killed in...
Read moreDetailsWe’re probably all too familiar with the uplifting tragedy of the Wild Boars football team. We know almost every detail...
Read moreDetailsA massive 2.5 million methamphetamine pills and 700 kilos of crystal meth have been found by police in Lampang, Chiang...
Read moreDetailsAs Myanmar heads for a full-blown civil war, a cafe on the border with Thailand has become a haven for...
Read moreDetailsSixteen Chinese nationals suspected of running an illegal online money-lending business were arrested during a police raid in Pattaya on Wednesday....
Read moreDetailsVisitors to CentralWorld on Bangkok’s Ratchadamri Road, have a chance to try and buy the best coffee beans from around...
Read moreDetailsTraditionally coinciding with Phuket’s vegetarian festival, mild-mannered vegans on the island have been treated to the decidedly fleshy delights of...
Read moreDetailsTo tip or not tip is becoming a hot issue among Thailand’s restaurant goers and waiting staff. For foreigners, tipping...
Read moreDetailsFor years, fishing was considered the most dangerous job in Thailand. It’s common for fishing boats to have children working...
Read moreDetailsDanish national Niels Jørgen Jensen has died in Bangkok’s maximum security Klong Prem Central Prison in Chatuchak District. The news was confirmed...
Read moreDetailsAs the world supply chain collapses and unemployment rises, why not think about retraining as a small-town dentist? And why...
Read moreDetailsWaist-high water flooded into riverfront neighbourhoods after the remains of Hurricane Noru dumped a heavy load of rain and knocked...
Read moreDetailsIf Chinese President Xi Jinping shows up at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok that could go a...
Read moreDetailsMass shootings and gun violence are sweeping over Thailand as firearm misuse continues to make headlines every day. A nationwide...
Read moreDetailsThe British Royal Mint has unveiled the image of King Charles III to be used in the country’s coins. The...
Read moreDetailsNo matter which side you are on, yesterday’s Constitutional Court ruling gives us some measure of much-needed clarity. After weeks...
Read moreDetailsTroubled Pattaya Police chief Pol Col Kunlachart Kunlachai has been reinstated after being temporarily placed in an inactive post following...
Read moreDetailsA reinvigorated Hurricane Ian battered South Carolina Friday, deluging neighbourhoods with calf-high water. Â The storm caused calamitous damage in Florida...
Read moreDetailsHeavy earth-moving equipment was taken to Layan Beach, Phuket, yesterday to demolish the last remaining illegal beachfront buildings. Eviction notices...
Read moreDetailsFollowing the reinstatement of General Prayut Chan-o-cha as Prime Minister by the Constitutional Court yesterday, anti-Prayut activists have called a...
Read moreDetailsJust over a month ago, China's top electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD announced its first overseas factory, in Thailand. The...
Read moreDetailsThe hideously disfigured body of a woman found in a suitcase in the Nakhon Phanom stretch of the Mekong River...
Read moreDetailsThai authorities have ramped up security in the capital ahead of expected protests when the Constitutional Court releases its decision...
Read moreDetailsIt’s been months since marijuana became legal in Thailand, or semi-legal, or not illegal, or potentially quasi-legal. On June 9,...
Read moreDetailsThe Constitutional Court will today rule on whether suspended Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has exceeded an eight-year limit as premier....
Read moreDetailsIt’s a widely quoted truism that residents of Bangkok lost eight days of their lives last year, stuck in traffic....
Read moreDetailsMore than 5,000 Thai and foreign athletes from all over South East Asia are to come together in Phuket for...
Read moreDetailsChaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park, has been reinstated despite facing charges over the disappearance and alleged...
Read moreDetailsPop star Shakira is to stand trial in a Spanish court accused of defrauding tax collectors out of 14.5 million...
Read moreDetailsThree women were killed in the early hours of Monday when a van carrying 14 Laotians rammed into a ten-wheel...
Read moreDetailsChina has splashed more than a trillion dollars on a wild campaign to expand its influence across the developing world...
Read moreDetailsSuspended Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and two cabinet ministers are facing possible charges over graft allegations concerning projects under...
Read moreDetailsThai Airways (THAI) has been named the fourth best airline in the world for cabin crew while its staff was...
Read moreDetailsThai police are convinced that Canadian Matthew Dupre and accomplice Gene Karl Lahrkamp gunned down Vancouver gangster Jimi Singh Sandhu...
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