KHON KAEN/UDON THANI – For the past two decades, Thailand’s north-east rural heartland has been an electoral stronghold for Thaksin Shinawatra, delivering staunch support for the billionaire ...

BANGKOK: The Department of Rural Roads (DRR) has announced the temporary closure of 14 key routes across Southern Thailand ...

In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 photo, Noothuan Wongthong, a 52-year-old farmer, works in a rice field, in Kambon village, 560 kilometers (348 miles) northeast of Bangkok. Kambon is in Thailand’s ...

It's no secret that, in many parts of the world, children don't experience what affluent Westerners would term "childhood." Still, even the most hardened documentary buffs may be dumbfounded by ...

This paper studies how increasing migration changes the character of migrant streams in sending communities. Cumulative causation theory posits that past migration patterns determine future flows, as ...

Worrawit Saepu resents being characterized as a money-grubbing illiterate too stupid to vote. The 23-year-old grew up in a village in northern Thailand and still passionately supports Thaksin ...

The World Bank study finds that greater rainfall and healthier vegetation improve welfare and reduce poverty and inequality ...

In Thailand, the Diocese of Chanthaburi is reaching out to rural residents through a human development program offering assistance to families and children of all religions. "Kids need to be inspired ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Billions of dollars in government spending aimed at revitalising Thailand's ailing rural economy have failed to reach farmers hit by weak commodity prices and drought, fuelling ...

A Chilean man who began an around-the-world bicycle journey four years ago and was closing in on a Guinness distance record has been killed. Juan Francisco Guillermo was hit by a passing pickup truck ...

It is not often that one gets to make the acquaintance of a true “Renaissance Man.” Well-schooled and able to converse about multiple subjects in many languages, a Renaissance Man is master of many ...

Buffalo Girls follows two 8-year-old professional Muay Thai fighters. Pet Chor Chanachai not only fights to support her family, but does so while suffering from a heart defect. It's no secret that, in ...