Thailand

Arina Rodionova, Australia's number one women's tennis player who was snubbed from a wildcard at the Australian Open, cracks the top 100 for the first time at the record-breaking age of 34.

Aleksandr Uman's anti-war posturing drew the ire of the Kremlin, and now, he and his bandmates have found safety in Israel after an international saga that raised questions about Russia's influence abroad. 

The Move Forward Party was attempting to change some of the world's strictest defamation laws and now faces the risk of dissolution and a ban on its leaders after losing the legal case.

While doctors have welcomed the new government's move, the end of recreational use has shocked thousands of marijuana businesses.

When Thai media mogul Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip bought the Miss Universe competition, she promised to transform the beauty pageant. But just a year later, the business is struggling to survive amid claims of rigging, sexual harassment and financial woes.

The court of appeals found Mongkhon Thirakot, 30, guilty of 25 violations of the law related to posts on Facebook.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed at least 23 people on Wednesday, according to a rescue worker.

Before the war, about 30,000 Thai nationals were working in Israel's agriculture sector. Wichian Temthong was one of them. He endured 51 days as a Hamas hostage in a tunnel in Gaza. 

The government of South-East Asia's largest auto market is determined to increase domestic EV use and at the same time become a leading zero-emissions vehicle maker.

Human Rights Watch warns of an authoritarian slide across the region in its latest annual world report. Still, there were several milestones in 2023, particularly across LGBT rights and same-sex marriage.

With its bustling gay bars and prominent transgender community, Thailand is a Mecca for LGBTQ tourists. However, many visitors don't realise that same-sex couples in the country are still unable to marry.

Thailand's cabinet is introducing a same-sex marriage bill, which would grant non-binary couples inheritance and healthcare rights.

A Thai rice farmer has worked with an artist and hundreds of helpers to turn his property into works of art. 

Tanyapong Kaikham is a full-time factory worker and now a part-time farmer who's pet project is turning rice paddies into art.

A well-known Thai fugitive known as "Wealthy Pang" has been on the run since October, and his TikTok videos taunting the police chasing him have stirred up some serious questions about corruption and misconduct in the country's most powerful institutions.

The first group of Thai hostages released by Hamas has arrived back on home soil after their seven-week ordeal in the Gaza strip.

An "unprecedented" surprise offensive launched by a coalition of ethnic-based armies and pro-democracy fighters in Myanmar's north has some observers convinced the country's ruling junta is likely to be defeated.

An influx of Russians buying properties on the Thai holiday island has been on the rise since the invasion of Ukraine.

On the holiday island of Phuket, an influx of Russians buying property and setting up their own businesses is driving up prices and driving a wedge between the new residents and Thai locals.

Thai police have arrested a 14-year-old suspected gunman after fatal Bangkok mall shooting.

A 14-year-old suspect has been arrested in Bangkok after a shooting at a luxury shopping centre. 

Thai police say they have arrested a 14-year-old boy after a fatal shooting at Thailand's most famous shopping mall.

A 36-year-old woman is alleged to have killed fourteen friends and acquaintances by poisoning them with cyanide for financial gain, to fuel an online gambling addiction.

Investigators looking into the poisoning of a woman on a pier unearthed a string of other crimes connected with "Am Cyanide". This is how Thailand's worst suspected serial killer was brought undone.

A powerful village chief invited dozens of police officers to his house for a wild party. But when one of them wound up dead, it kicked off a huge scandal that threatens the unchecked power of Thailand’s authorities.