Thailand encourages coffee farming to meet growing demand in Asia
Palm and rubber farmers in Krabi are being encouraged to grow coffee, as demand rises faster in Asia than in...
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.
Palm and rubber farmers in Krabi are being encouraged to grow coffee, as demand rises faster in Asia than in...
Read moreDetailsThe pandemic has not been all bad. It's wrong to look only at the downside of widespread death, fear and...
Read moreDetailsTHE Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok renamed its bar after US Hindus protested, calling it "highly inappropriate." "Hanuman Bar" is now...
Read moreDetailsAs Thailand prepares to welcome an infected tide of Chinese tourists, in the US, the Biden administration is changing its...
Read moreDetailsLaw students at Chiang Mai University cancelled a game night during which they planned to play the card game Patani...
Read moreDetailsScientists have discovered the secret of how frogs found in South and Central America have the ability to turn themselves...
Read moreDetailsHongkongers are to pay HK$1 (4.5 baht, US$0.13) for each plastic bag at supermarkets from next week, according to the...
Read moreDetailsIn the lawless shopping malls of Mae Sot - Thailand's Dodge City - golden gunmen are set to a repel...
Read moreDetailsA petrol pump was blown up by suspected insurgents at a PTT petrol station in the southern province of Yala...
Read moreDetailsThai food was humbled by American when TasteAtlas announced their top 50 best cuisines from around the world, and almost...
Read moreDetailsA commercial building in Nang Rong district, Buri Ram, has been running up a suspiciously big electricity bill. The premises...
Read moreDetailsCasino giant Caesars Entertainment, owners of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace, is offering what may be the most outrageous deal ever...
Read moreDetailsA cantankerous Rayong grandmother has worn out her welcome in her village and now her fed-up family and friends are ...
Read moreDetailsPolice have arrested Pol Col Wanthanaree Kornchayanan, niece of Pol Gen Pracha Promnok, the former national police chief who acted...
Read moreDetailsAuthorities are debating whether Taiwan will ration paracetamol, as the Covid situation across the strait deteriorates and concern grows following...
Read moreDetailsThai police have raided the former Tesco supplier at centre of a slavery claims by Burmese workers. The VK Garment...
Read moreDetailsBangkok residents should pay close attention to the air-quality in their vicinity and protect themselves, according to Bangkok Environment Department. The...
Read moreDetailsCharles Sobhraj, the serial killer responsible for industrial scale murders across Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, is out of...
Read moreDetailsPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is to run as the PM candidate for a new party in the next election. Prayut...
Read moreDetailsQuestions are being asked about a pitch invasion at the end of the FIFA World Cup final early Monday morning,...
Read moreDetailsMore than 90% of bus tickets heading out of Bangkok for the holidays on December 28 and 29 had been...
Read moreDetailsMore than 60% of people living with diabetes are in Asia. High-yield white rice has been vital to combatting global...
Read moreDetailsA Thai court is to decide on whether to extradite Malaysian businessman Teow Wooi Huat ("Teddy") to Malaysia or China,...
Read moreDetailsA defendant in a fraud case attempted to escape justice yesterday when he fled from Bangkok's Criminal Court. Prasit Jiewkok's...
Read moreDetailsNepal has released Thailand's "bikini killer," Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer also known as “The Serpent,” said to be responsible...
Read moreDetailsThanwa, the rescued baby elephant that was being treated at Bueng Chawak Zoo in Suphan Buri, died when her condition...
Read moreDetailsThe boss of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, is trying to pump the brakes on the shift to electric vehicles. During a...
Read moreDetailsThe group of seven 'rescued' scammers who returned home from Cambodia had begged, live on air, to be rescued from...
Read moreDetailsThe ill-starred Dhara Dhevi Hotel Chiang Mai will be auctioned yet again this January, with the starting price dropping to...
Read moreDetailsThe UK's Tesco supermarket chain is being accused of using slave labour in Thailand. According to a Guardian investigation, Burmese...
Read moreDetailsAnimal activists are calling on the US government to ban imports of primates for laboratory use after a government report...
Read moreDetailsAussie cops have busted a billion-baht meth shipment, charging two senior members of the drug ring and taking them into...
Read moreDetailsHeavy rain and high tides are bringing widespread flooding to Songkhla, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Narathiwat. Red flags in Songkhla's...
Read moreDetailsThailand's rescued tiger cubs are fattening up nicely in Udon Ratchathani, but these guys have already been saved from the...
Read moreDetailsThe Grinch has come early for drivers across the United States, who will do anything to avoid a Christmas ticket....
Read moreDetailsA hungry herd of elephants went knocking on doors in a Prachin Buri village early yesterday morning, searching for food...
Read moreDetailsWhen 36 year old Banjerd Yimchoi and his friend 32 year old friend Theerayut Tumorn went to a concert at...
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