Thailand requests arrest of Myanmar rebel leader
Thailand has asked authorities in neighbouring Myanmar to arrest an ethnic rebel leader who was recently added to a list of most wanted drug dealers by Bangkok, a senior minister said Tuesday.
IHT Rendezvous: China's Expulsion of Journalist Has Parallels in Thailand
The alarming expulsion of the Al Jazeera correspondent from China has parallels in other parts of Asia. In Thailand, for example, an online journalist who failed to move quickly enough to erase royal insults from her Web site now finds herself in judicial peril.
SSP America Awarded Major Food and Beverage Contract at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
SSP America, the North American division of SSP, the leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide is proud to announce today its 10 year, $800 million
Our little pony takes a 3D ride
Lampang, north Thailand (The Nation/ANN) - Many Thais have by now heard that the ponies of Lampang - famous for pulling tourists around the northern city in quaint carriages - are genetic cousins of Mongolia's endangered wild horses. But the native Thai horse is about to do some globetrotting - in Thailand's first 3D documentary movie, no less.
North Korea looking to Singapore and Indonesia for business know-how and investment
Less than two weeks after being punished with new U.N. sanctions, North Korea has sent its ceremonial head of state and two top economic officials to Singapore and Indonesia on a trip that appears aimed at drumming up outside investment.
North Kutei study promising for Salamander offshore Indonesia
LONDON – Salamander Energy has mapped about 20 leads and prospects as result of its technical analysis on the North Kutei basin offshore Indonesia.
North Korean women sold into 'slavery' in China
The price for a North Korean woman named Kim Eun-sun, her mother, and sister, to escape to China was 2,000 Chinese yuan, slightly more than $300.
The curious case of Thailand’s ‘Most Wanted’
Thailand’s Deputy PM Chalerm Yubamrung let slip recently that Karen rebel leader Maj Gen Na Kham Mwe, who controls territory along Burma’s border with Thailand, is among the country’s top five most wanted men. Na Kham Mwe heads a faction of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), which until mid-2010 had been closely allied with