SONGKHLA: Nine tour guides based in Hat Yai have taken their own lives since the pandemic shut down the tourist sector, while others have been forced to steal to stay alive, according to an industry spokesman.

Myanmar's military authorities have freed from jail a nationalist Buddhist monk, Ashin Wirathu, after dropping sedition charges filed during the rule of the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi, media said.

SURAT THANI: As of Monday, 1,058 foreign tourists had arrived on Koh Samui on 110 flights from Suvarnabhumi and Phuket under three tourism stimulus programmes - Phuket Sandbox, Phuket Extension 7+7 and Samui Plus, provincial governor Wichawut Jinto s...

Thai stocks climbed to a two-year high after the government unveiled some additional plans to reopen the economy and reported a further decline in coronavirus cases.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: All districts have been ordered to closely monitor water levels in reservoirs, for while major dams still have spare storage capacity some smaller ones are already full.

SEOUL - South Korea has test-fired a homegrown submarine-launched ballistic missile, a report said Tuesday, as it seeks to build up its forces to defend itself from the nuclear-armed North.

A shadow government comprising of ousted lawmakers loyal to Myanmar’s detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared war against the military regime that seized control of the country seven months ago.

A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules.

NAKHON PHANOM: Four Lao men were arrested by marine police while attempting to smuggle almost one tonne of frozen food across the Mekong river to Laos from That Phanom district on Monday night.

Thailand's exports are expected to rise 10-12% this year as the global economy recovers, but the country's coronavirus outbreak remains a negative factor, the National Shippers' Council said on Tuesday.