Most believe authoritarian status quo will remain in place if he stays or goes
Opposition parties say PM has hit term limit
Cannabis was effectively decriminalized on June 9, and the nation is desperately in need of a new cash crop
Thailand has a reputation as an open society, but it is underpinned by a conservative culture which has resisted same-sex unions and other gender equality laws
Thailand is one of the world’s largest fish and seafood producers, boasting global brands that include John West and Chicken of the Sea.
A large haul of precursor chemicals in Laos has revealed new recipe being used by methamphetamine cooks of Asia and routes crime groups are using to get raw materials from Chinese factories.
The government has ordered restaurants and bars to close and urged people to stay home, leaving Thailand's tourist and services economy on the brink.
dams have subverted the ecosystem, bringing drought during the monsoon season and high waters when it should be dry. That has forever changed the lives of those who depend on the river for food and work in northeastern Thailand, a poor region bordering Laos and Cambodia.
The Mekong is one of the world’s great rivers - a 5,000-kilometer waterway which threads from China through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Drug lords entwined with rebel groups in Myanmar’s ungovernable border zone with Laos, Thailand and China - the notorious Golden Triangle - have been pumping record amounts of methamphetamine across Southeast Asia.
Methamphetamine keeps flowing and Thailand is on the front line to stem that flow.
With mass protests taking place in Myanmar against the coup, migrant workers in neighboring Thailand are also voicing their outrage over the military takeover back home.
Thailand has been battered by the economic costs of a collapse of tourism and diminishing global demand for its exports.
Collapse of vital tourism industry has deprived millions of their livelihoods.
The projected change in the White House has been welcomed by ASEAN leaders, many stunned by America’s sudden retreat from leadership on major global issues like trade and climate change.
Activists, driven by a massacre of more than four decades ago, seek a change of government, a new constitution and unprecedented reforms of the monarchy.
