JAKARTA - Sitting at an empty stall in Jakarta, Alfindo Hutagaol gobbles down some rice, green sambal and grilled dog meat — a meal that is now banned in the Indonesian capital.

Eleven pink painted elephants marched through Bangkok on Thursday, bowing in unison outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother.

SONGKHLA - A former world jet ski champion has documented the dramatic rescue of a woman who had given birth just minutes earlier amid the flooding in Hat Yai.

Police and related agencies have stepped up efforts to rescue and assist many foreign nationals, including Malaysian and Singaporean tourists, stranded in Hat Yai following severe flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall.

HAT YAI - Rescuers in Thailand readied drones on Thursday to airdrop food parcels, as receding floodwaters in the South and neighbouring Malaysia brightened hopes for the evacuation of those stranded for days, while cyclone havoc in Indonesia...

HAT YAI - Rescuers in Thailand readied drones on Thursday to airdrop food parcels, as receding floodwaters in the South and neighbouring Malaysia brightened hopes for the evacuation of those stranded for days, while cyclone havoc in Indonesia...

Flooding persisted in nine southern provinces on Thursday, with water reported to be receding in three provinces, including hard-hit Songkhla.

SONGKHLA - Repeated gunshots in a flooded area near downtown Hat Yai have deterred rescue workers from saving people trapped for days by high water in this southern province.

Google Cloud has launched the PanyaThAI flagship transformation programme to fast‑track Thailand's adoption of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the AI economy.

Phuket's high-end villa and condo markets remain robust, supported by steady demand from foreign buyers, particularly long-stay travellers and remote workers, despite a slowdown in tourism.