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White spirits have been helping fuel Thailand's vibrant night life for centuries. Photo: Alex Kovacheva

AT Finance, Thailand, World

Thailand’s rough white spirits are given an artisan polish

by Christopher De Wolf June 18, 2017February 18, 2020

A blurred image photo of a prostitution area on Thailand's Patong Beach on the island of Phuket. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Australia bids to end child sex holidays

by Helen Clark June 14, 2017February 18, 2020

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AT Finance, India, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

New York Thais take their dining with a side of authenticity

by Charley Lanyon June 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, powder of cocaine. Photos: Wikimedia Commons

China, Hong Kong, Middle East, World

Hong Kong trio held in Thailand after 12.3kg of cocaine found

by Asia Times staff June 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha (center) observing a construction project in Bangkok in a 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

A new industrial vision for Thailand?

by Peter Janssen June 6, 2017February 18, 2020

An airplane takes off from Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi airport in Thailand. The military government plans to upgrade its U-Tapao airfield into a thriving commercial hub. Photo: AFP Forum

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Military airbase set for commercial take-off in Thailand

by Peter Janssen June 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Buddhist nuns chant in the Sathira-Dhammasathan Buddhist meditation center in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters/Sukree Sukplang

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Liberation struggle for Thai Buddhist nuns

by Richard S Ehrlich June 3, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese boat with a team of geologists surveys the Mekong River at the border between Laos and Thailand April 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Thai resistance to China’s downstream ambitions

by Tom Fawthrop May 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on stage during a town hall at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California September 27, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Stephen Lam/File Photo

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Is Facebook putting profit before freedom in Southeast Asia?

by David Hutt May 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference after concluding the 30th Asean Summit in Manila on April 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand

Asean summit’s upbeat message fails to calm investor nerves

by Gary Kleiman May 2, 2017

(From L to R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith attend the opening ceremony of ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos September 6, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

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Southeast Asia’s leaders steer away from democracy: activists

by Agence France-Presse April 28, 2017February 18, 2020

This photo taken on February 1, 2017 shows villagers carrying the coffin of a deceased couple to the graveyard of a mosque after they were shot dead in their home the night before by suspected separatist militants, in the Rangae district of Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat.
Photo: AFP/Madree Tohlala

AT Finance, European Union, Malaysia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thailand peace process dead on arrival

by Anthony Davis April 10, 2017February 18, 2020

A Thai soldier stands watch over bullet markers at a crime scene in front of Rangae district police station, after a gun attack on the station by suspected militants which left one police officer dead and three others wounded, in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on March 30, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MADAREE TOHLALA

AT Finance, South Asia, Thailand

South Thailand: war drums before fig leaves

by Anthony Davis April 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn is seen paying respects at the statue of King Rama I after signing the military-backed constitution in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/Lillian Suwanrumpha

AT Finance, Thailand

Thailand moves closer to elections as King signs amended constitution

by Asia Unhedged April 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Thailand has ordered an additional 10 Chinese-made Main Battle Tank 3000 (VT-4), which will replace older US-made vehicles.

AT Finance, China, Thailand

Thailand buys more Chinese tanks

by Asia Unhedged April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Thailand's Central Bank Deputy Governor Mathee Supapongse, gestures during an interview at the Bank of Thailand in Bangkok. Reuters, Chaiwat Subprasom

AT Finance, Thailand

Thailand holds key rate as expected

by Asia Unhedged March 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha leads cabinet ministers and officials in an exercise session at Government House. Photo: Bangkok Post, Thanarak Khunton

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai prime minister election feels not so close, just far away

by Asia Unhedged March 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (R) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo: Reuters, Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Philippines, Thailand

Thai agri firm announces US$500 million investment in Philippines

by Asia Unhedged March 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Eaktawan (right), one of Kiatkreerin Gym's most promising prospects, will challenge for the vacant IBF 112-pound title in Cebu City, Philippines at the end of April. Photo: courtesy of Kiatkreerin Gym

AT Finance, Australia, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Thailand, World

A fighting chance: Bangkok gym turns zeroes into heroes

by Mark Butcher March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A mill worker in Thailand holds harvested rice grains. Agriculture, largely rice farming, employs 40% of the country's work force Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

AT Finance, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

The plague and promise of Thai rice

by Peter Janssen March 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese sailors salute on top of a submarine. Photo: Reuters, China Daily

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Thailand set to approve China submarine deal

by Asia Unhedged March 21, 2017February 18, 2020

A member of the youth wing of the National Front, Malaysia's ruling coalition, holds a placard at a protest at the North Korea embassy, following the murder of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Tougher scrutiny for North Korean-Southeast Asian ties

by Bertil Lintner March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese tourists cross a street near the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, China, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Thailand

South Korea’s loss, Thailand’s gain

by Asia Unhedged March 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A Thai man was arrested with weapons including a machete in an apartment in Kowloon City. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Google Map

China, Hong Kong

Thai man arrested after weapons found in Kowloon apartment

by Asia Times staff March 14, 2017February 18, 2020

In this photograph taken on March 09, 2017, a Thai sculpture artist works on a figure that will serve as a mold where images just like it will be made to decorate the spectacular 50 metre (165 foot) wooden pyre that is set to provide a final stage for Bhumibol, who died last October of last year.
Aided by a jazz soundtrack, Thai artisans work against the clock scratching, moulding and shaping the intricate clay sculptures that will adorn the funeral pyre of Thailand's revered former King Bhumibol Adulaydej. / AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT

AT Finance, Thailand

Thai artisans craft sculptures for royal funeral

by Agence France-Presse March 12, 2017February 18, 2020

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China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

MMA champ Angela Lee faces her moment of truth

by Pedro Chan March 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Rolls-Royce is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Thai graft watchdog will probe Rolls-Royce bribes

by Agence France-Presse March 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Thai security forces patrol the troubled southern province of Yala. Successive governments' attempts to hold peace dialogue with separatist insurgents have failed to stop violence which has claimed over 7,000 lives since 2004. Photo: Reuters / Surapan Boonthanom

AT Finance, Malaysia, South Asia, Thailand

No safe place in Thailand’s southern conflict

by Jason Johnson March 8, 2017February 18, 2020

An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Dado Ruvic / Illustration

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Syria, Thailand

Faint ISIS footprint in Thailand’s deep south

by Jason Johnson March 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting to announce that then Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn would ascend to the throne after revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away, at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, November 29, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth’s grip starting to slip

by Shawn W. Crispin March 8, 2017February 18, 2020

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