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Thailand Constitutional Court Suspends PM

UPDATED on 1 July at 2:27 PM The Laotian Times and AFP - Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country's Constitutional Court on 1 July, as it opened a probe into her conduct in a diplomatic spat with Cambodia. "The Constitutional Court with a majority of 7-2 suspends...

THAILAND: Deadly Fire Engulfs Tissue Paper Factory in Saraburi, Killing Six and Injuring Dozens

A fire broke out on 30 June afternoon at a tissue paper factory in...

Thai Political Crisis: What We Know

By Damon WAKE/AFP - Thailand's government is on the brink of collapse after a...

Public Calls for Thai PM’s Resignation After Leaked Call with Hun Sen Goes Viral

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is facing mounting public pressure to resign after a...

WRAP: Air India Plane Crashes After Takeoff from Ahmedabad, One Survivor, Over 204 Dead

Air India Flight AI171, bound for London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad...

Fitch Downgrades Laos’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘CCC-‘

American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Laos' status as it believes the country is now more vulnerable to default on financial obligations. Fitch...

Myanmar Military Regime Extends State of Emergency

Myanmar's military junta has extended its state of emergency by six months, saying elections could only be held after the country has achieved stability. The...

Laos Fraudster Phonethip Xaypanya Arrested in Thailand

Thai immigration police have confirmed the arrest of Phonethip Xaypanya, known as Jie Thip, who fled Laos after defrauding hundreds of people. Phonethip and her...

Laos-China Railway Proposes Standing Tickets

The Laos-China Railway has proposed standing tickets as a way to accommodate large volumes of passengers following the reopening of the country to tourism. The...

Fugitive Nigerian Monkeypox Patient Arrested in Cambodia

A Nigerian national who was found to be carrying monkeypox in Thailand and fled the country has been arrested in Cambodia. Cambodian authorities arrested the...

First Monkeypox Patient in Thailand On the Run

The man with Thailand's first confirmed case of monkeypox has fled in Phuket.  Only a day after confirming the first case of monkeypox in Thailand,...