Arun Silpa, left, a 71-year-old store owner in Kham Thale So district, arrives in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima province to stock up on transistor radios, after her customers bought all she had on Tuesday. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert) NAKHON RATCHASIMA: People rushed to buy transistor […]

Many people buy vegetarian food at Bangkok’s Chinatown in Yaowarat district on Sept 24, 2022. This year, the Vegetarian Festival was held from Sept 26 to Oct 4. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The Thai economy is still expected to grow 3.0 to 3.5% in 2022, while […]

Taiwan will use the new United States-led “Chip 4” group to safeguard the interests of Taiwanese companies and to ensure supply chain resilience, a deputy minister has said, though he added that the group had no agenda yet. A preliminary meeting of the group took […]

At least 25 people have been killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India, police said. The vehicle was travelling along a treacherous mountain highway in Uttarakhand state’s Pauri Garhwal district on Tuesday […]

On September 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the first large-scale military mobilisation since World War II. In a televised speech, he said that the draft was needed to protect the country and its territorial integrity. The announcement triggered demonstrations and attacks on draft centres […]

A 2022 report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found that nearly one billion people are suffering from mental health disorders, with depression and anxiety topping the list. Across the Middle East, war, conflict and the pandemic have all had an effect on people’s mental […]

Traffic builds up on flooded Phahon Yothin Road in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, on Sept 12. (Photo: Onnucha Hutasingh) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has asked private company employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion as heavy rain is forecast across the capital from […]

Traffic builds up on flooded Phahon Yothin Road in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, on Sept 12. (Photo: Onnucha Hutasingh) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has asked private company employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion as heavy rain is forecast across the capital from […]

Traffic builds up on flooded Phahon Yothin Road in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, on Sept 12. (Photo: Onnucha Hutasingh) The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has asked private company employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion as heavy rain is forecast across the capital from […]

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is set to visit Australia some six months after signing a security agreement with China that raised concern in Canberra, which has a longstanding security pact of its own with the Pacific island nation. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, […]