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"Tom, Tom, where you go last night?" Ad Carabao sings in the opening lines of 'Welcome to Thailand.'“I love Meuang Thai. I like Patpong."The lyrics from to the 1987 song from the legendary Thai rock band Carabao...

When George Floyd died with a police officer’s knee on his neck, it set America alight in protest. But it was not just in America that the words “I can’t breathe” were plastered across protest signs and Instagram stories....

The smoke had barely cleared over the narrow body of water that separated Tsushima Island from the Japanese mainland but the Battle of Tsushima Strait was already making headlines around the world.For the first time in modern history,...

“I had no desire to change from one king to many – which is a democratic system but only its outer husk.” Pridi Panomyong wrote in 1933, “I am focused on the important point: ‘improve the well-being of the people’.”Protests...

Four special branch police officers stood outside Bunkueanun Paothong's house in Nakhon Sawan asking his mother if they could speak to him. They said the matter was urgent. They wanted to stop Bunkueanun from getting in legal trouble, they...

Phayao Akhad’s hands were shaking with nerves as she dialled her daughter's number. But after what felt like an eternity of anxious ringing, a man answered on the other end of the line instead of her eldest child, Kamolkade.“Hello?”...

Sana stood outside Benazir Bhutto International Airport, watching as the security guard looked over her ticket from Islamabad to New York. She was so close. Just as she was about to step inside, she heard a shout from a familiar...

The swans are housed in a glass exhibit at the Kamphaengphet National Museum in Kamphaengphet Province. The two swans, Hong in Thai or Hongsa as they are known in Mon, are facing eastward, almost ready to take flight.The...

For many, being stuck in quarantine for two weeks is both psychologically and physically undesirable. While the government is paying for the 14-day mandatory state quarantine for all returning Thai citizens, it comes with limited accommodation and services.However,...

Six years ago, today, Thailand’s army launched its 12th coup. Once again toppling a democratically elected government, the Royal Thai Army under the leadership of General Prayut Chan-ocha said that they had to take power to restore peace and stability to the...