BANGKOK: Seven Chinese men were tricked into travelling from Laos to Chanuman district, Amnat Charoen province, with promises of work in Thailand, offering good wages.

A Nepali citizen, who was lured by the promise of attractive employment in Laos and forced into illegal work, has been repatriated to Nepal with the assistance of Thai authorities. The man, who had fled to Thailand, was sent back to Nepal on Friday, the Nepali Embassy in Bangkok said in a statement.

The country is also seasonally affected by smoke from fires lit by farmers across South-east Asia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cutting into stacks of cotton in a Bangkok warehouse, Thai authorities unveil 1.65 tonnes of crystal meth, the kingdom's largest-ever seizure of the drug. Thailand sits by the "Golden Triangle", where its border meets Laos and Myanmar,

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra ordered public transport in Bangkok to be free for a week from Saturday (Jan 25), as authorities try to reduce traffic and ease the smog that has choked the city for days.

Most Thais oppose the government's plan to legalise casinos and online gambling, moves the authorities say would boost tourism and investment, an opinion survey found on Sunday (Jan 26). The government this month approved a draft law to allow casinos in entertainment complexes and gambling online.

Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centres along the Thai border with Myanmar and Cambodia, often staffed by trafficked workers, that aim to defraud people in phone and online scams.

Most Thais oppose the government's plan to legalise casinos and online gambling, moves the authorities say would boost tourism and investment, an opinion survey found on Sunday.

Thai media have reported on some promising developments for migrants, such as cabinet approval in October of a plan to grant citizenship to nearly half a million people, including long-term migrants and children born in Thailand, and new visas for digital, medical and cultural pursuits.

Imagine waking up early in Bangkok and you see all the beautiful morning fog from your balcony, but as you sip your coffee you realise it's just Bangkok's air pollution that's making the sun rise aesthetic. Ranked as the 36th...

Months after 47 Indians trapped in Chinese-run cyber scam centres in Laos were rescued and brought home, six more Mumbai-based individuals escaped

Since a 2014 coup, Bangkok has either been complicit or turned a blind eye to the actions of the security forces of other countries.