CHIANG MAI – As the annual monsoon season approaches, authorities in Northern Thailand are racing against the clock—and winning. In a rare and welcome victory for public infrastructure, the Regional Irrigation Office 1 in Chiang Mai has announced that a critical expansion of the Ping River flood wall is nearing completion well ahead of its […]

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SINGAPORE – Global businesses are increasingly looking toward Southeast Asia for their next phase of growth. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has rapidly transformed into one of the most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) on the planet. But as multinational companies expand their footprints across the region, a distinct and highly […]

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BANGKOK – A relaxing family road trip quickly turned into a terrifying ordeal on Thursday morning. A Volvo XC60 SUV caught fire and later exploded on the M81 motorway in Thailand. Thankfully, the quick thinking of the parents saved their two young children from what could have been a tragic accident. The family managed to […]

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BANGKOK – In a devastating turn of events that highlights the severe toll of drug addiction on families, an elder brother was forced to make an unthinkable choice: pull the trigger on his own sibling, or watch his mother be killed. The tragic incident unfolded late Tuesday night in the southern Thai province of Nakhon Si […]

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Temporary sandbags won't be enough to stop the next major flood, experts warn, as local officials wait for the green light to clear the waterway.

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