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More than two years after the death of the Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej, a date was set for the coronation of his successor. The 66-year-old Maha Vajiralongkorn, son of Bhumibol, is...

During the first three of what is known as the 'seven most dangerous days' of the year, almost two hundred road deaths have occurred in Thailand. The accidents happened on the already...

The Thai parliament has approved the medical use of marijuana on Tuesday. It is the first legalization of the drug in a region with some of the strictest drug laws in the world.

The Indonesian authorities warn everyone in the disaster area to stay away from the coast for fear of a possible second tsunami. 222 people were killed in the flood. In front of…

Ten bodies of babies who died shortly after birth were stolen from a cemetery in the Thai capital Bangkok.

Thousands of women from Myanmar are trafficked to men in China for forced marriage and childbirth.

Nine British tourists were rescued from a burning yacht off the coast of the Thai island of Phuket. The fifteen-meter-long vessel was hit by lightning and caught fire, the BBC reports.

Bali is completely sick of tourists who dishonor sanctuaries on the island. The popular Indonesian holiday destination is going to introduce strict rules to enforce respectful behavior among visitors.

The Malaysian police have the sight of the supposed brain behind the megafraudezaak around the 1MDB-state fund. Low Taek Jho, a 36-year-old businessman who is also known as Jho Low and is suspected of a billion-dollar scam, has probably fled to China.

Two young fans of a South Korean actor have circumvented security at an airport in Bangkok. They wanted to greet their idol Lee Jong-suk there. The adventure can give the duo a year of imprisonment.

Koh Tao, one of the most popular islands in Thailand, is for many a paradise on earth. But the island is startled by an increasing number of mysterious murders, rapes and disappearances.

A judge in Myanmar today is ruling in the case against two Reuters journalists who discovered a mass grave during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis. They are on trial for violating the law on state secrets. But Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo say they have been sounded in it.

Pia Douwes is being pampered in Thailand. The musical star, who gives a one-off concert in the Thai capital Bangkok next week, called the reception 'overwhelming.'

A former Thai monk who was known for his luxury lifestyle was sentenced to a prison sentence of 114 years. A court in Bangkok ruled that Wirapol Sukphol was guilty of, among other things, fraud and money laundering.

Three members of the youth football team who were rescued from a cave in Thailand have been given Thai nationality. Their 25-year-old coach was also allowed to receive a Thai ID card, authorities say.

All twelve Thai boys who were stuck with their coach for more than two weeks in a flooded cave, have been back in school since Monday. The authorities said that the young people in the class received a warm welcome and that they started the school day with joint Buddhist prayers.

Thailand has asked the British authorities for extradition from Yingluck Shinawatra, who was deposed in 2014 as prime minister. She was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for corruption.

Eleven Thai football players who have been rescued from the cave, have their first initiation ceremony to sit as a novice, a kind of 'junior monk', to live in a Buddhist monastery. They stay there for nine days and shave their heads tomorrow.

The Thai youth football team that was rescued from a flooded cave, is speaking to the press on Wednesday. The twelve boys and their 25-year-old trainer are also discharged from the hospital, said a spokesperson for the government.

The twelve Thai boys and their football coach, who were rescued last week after being stuck in a cave for two weeks, have declared their final honor to the diver who died in the rescue. The Thai Ministry of Health reported this on Sunday.

The Thai football players who were rescued from a cave at the start of this week where they were held for about three weeks will be discharged from the hospital on Thursday 19 July. The Thai minister of Health has announced this on Saturday.

On Wednesday the Thai navy spread via Facebook the first images showing how the Thai football players are freed from the flooded cave in the cave system of Tham Luang in the far north of Thailand. The Thai Navy Seals, who performed the operation, write the message on Facebook: 'The operation that never forgets the world.'

The successful rescue operation of Thai footballers makes a deep impression on volunteers and rescue workers. On Thai television you can see images of the euphoria in the camp of the rescuers.

Twitterers sweep the floor with Elon Musk, who wanted to help the Thai football players with a mini-submarine. Scoring over the backs of suffering children is judged.

Rescue workers in Thailand have removed a ninth boy from the flooded cave in the north of the country. He was carried out of the cave on a stretcher and taken away. Tuesday started the attempt to get the last four football players and their coach out of the cave.

Rescue workers in Thailand have carried someone on a stretcher out of the cave where a youth football team is stuck. A witness saw that the person in question was taken to an ambulance. The authorities have not yet confirmed that it is one of the stuck children.

One of the first football players released on Sunday from the cave Tham Luang in the north of Thailand, would be the 14-year-old Mongkhol Boompiam. The mother of the boy must have learned this via social media. On official confirmation that her son is safe, she is still waiting.

The rescue operation to get the Thai football players and their coach back to the civilized world is in full swing on Sunday. Meanwhile, they are stuck for sixteen days in the Tham Luang cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai. On Sunday afternoon the first two boys of the group saw the light of day for the first time, according to Thai media. By now, four boys would have been liberated.

The first two cave boys in Thailand have been released. That is what Thai media report.

Rescue workers have rediscovered bodies from the water in the vicinity of the Thai island of Phuket on Saturday, where a boat with Chinese tourists capsized and sank earlier this week. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the death toll has now risen to 42. Fourteen of 105 passengers are still missing.