BANGKOK, May 19 (UPI) -- Police said thousands gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok Saturday to remember the second anniversary of violent political clashes. Deputy Democratic Party leader Korn Chatikavanij, along with other ...

BANGKOK -- Police in southern Thailand have seized 26 kilograms (57 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine concealed in a pickup truck's headlights. They arrested six people and say the drugs were to be smuggled to Malaysia. Police Maj. Gen.

Russia's women's volleyball team took a small step towards the London Olympics on Saturday, crushing Thailand by three sets to nil in the first match of the qualification tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Nataliya Goncharova contributed 14 points for Russia ...

Visa Thailand is boosting spending in May with 40 packages to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, in partnership with banks and retailers. To the company, which is the exclusive payment sponsor of the Olympics, this is the biggest ever marketing campaign in ...

Protesting the lèse-majesté law at Ampon's funeral. Photo published on this blog. It was an unlikely place for a funeral: religious rites for Ampon Tangnoppakul, also known as “Uncle SMS”, were held Wednesday night outside Bangkok’s ...

Hundreds of Thais have gathered outside the Bangkok Criminal Court demanding reform of the law that punishes anyone who insults the royal family. They protested at the funeral of Ampon Tangnoppakul, who was jailed under lese majeste laws for sending text ...

Applications will be accepted from Thai tourists next month who seek multiple-entry visas, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The decision to issue visas for short-term visits is aimed at bringing tourist numbers back to what they were before the ...

THAILAND - Studies into the effect of Siamese snails on rubber plants and the nutritional quality of weaver ant larvae by Thai students in science research projects won Grand Awards last week in this year's Intel International Science and ...

Early last month I went to Phuket to interview a top executive of a US advertising agency for two days. The flight was crowded and delayed for more than 30 minutes. I just sat still on my seat and waited for the plane to take off. I found I was only one of ...

Is there a bidding war on for Chen Guangcheng? The blind dissident lawyer, whose Houdini-like escape from his boorish incarceration in rural China sparked an almighty Sino-U.S. kerfuffle, has been offered a fellowship by the University of ...