Thai police officers threw bone-crunching right hooks, wrestled and launched devastating sweeping kicks at each other during a brutal tournament held in Bangkok, to punch up the force’s flagging public image.

Beijing in recent months loosened visa restrictions for people from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in a bid to boost tourism and investment.

Wang Yunhe allegedly amassed at least US$99 million in profits by reselling access to a ‘zombie network’ of malware-infected computers in nearly 200 countries.

Wichanya Burirak described the scene at Suvarnabhumi Airport as chaotic ahead of the Singapore Airlines plane’s earlier-than-expected arrival.

Thailand’s lese-majeste law, which carries up to 15 years in jail per conviction, has been wielded against pro-democracy activists in recent years.

Parents from China who allowed their four-year-old daughter to relieve herself in the grounds of Thailand’s royal Grand Palace, have caused offence and ignited debate about the behaviour of mainlander tourists overseas.

The individuals, along with three Thai companies, were allegedly part of a cybercrime network that cost the US government billions in coronavirus aid.

Starting in June, Thailand will allow travellers from 93 countries to stay for periods of 60 days, up from the current 57 nations, while more will also be eligible for visas on arrival.

Most of the injuries sustained by passengers on Flight SQ321 from London to Singapore on May 21 involved the head or spine, and more than a dozen people needed surgery.

Designed by Jaime Hayon and located in King Power MahaNakhon, The Standard’s Asian flagship artfully blends many of the New York original’s funkiest features with unrivalled Thai hospitality

A German man with a wife from Thailand has become a media star in the kingdom because he looks like Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves.

The promotion’s CEO says ‘from day one it became the No 1 hit show in Thailand’, with the weekly events now viewed by 3.3 per cent of Thai households.

The Singapore Airlines aircraft that operated turbulence-hit flight SQ321 returned to Singapore on Sunday, five days after it made an emergency landing in Bangkok.

The early 20th century teak industry left northern Thailand scarred but also peppered with magnificent examples of local architecture, seen on its ‘teak trail’ that starts in Chiang Mai.

Doctors are working overtime to ease the caseload as a result of people taking advantage of free healthcare services in Thailand, industry players say.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke wants Malaysia to tap into Thailand’s rail network and connect all the way to Laos and China.

In Southeast Asia, Chinese EV builders from established giants like BYD and Great Wall to start-ups such as Hozon are offering discounts in a bid to take on Japanese rivals whose petrol cars dominate the market.

The prime minister faces potential removal if the Constitutional Court finds his appointment of Pichit Chuenban breached ethics rules

Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boeing 777, which was flying from London to Singapore, suddenly descended sharply after hitting turbulence on Tuesday.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court accepted a complaint seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over his cabinet appointment of a lawyer who served jail time, in a new legal setback for the government.

Farmers in Thailand, who stopped an old custom to attract rainfall because it was cruel to animals, have reintroduced the ritual using toy versions of popular cartoon characters.

Flights leaving Tokyo dominate the list of the roughest long-haul services as Japan has high levels of mountain- and ocean-induced turbulence.