Stunning new Buddhist temple features cartoon comic heroes

Due for full completion by 2070, this Buddhist/Hindu termple in northern Thailand already promises to be a supremely original edifice.

Employers face fines over minimum wage

Less than ten dollars a day, but companies trying to avoid paying it

Pressure mounts for terrorism action

Car bombs in main towns signal possible escalation of long-running violence

Plenary could reignite vital issues

The Church must rediscover vigor and momentum of Vatican II fifty years on

Seeing through others' eyes

Asylum seekers in Bangkok tell their stories with photos

Anti-death penalty advocates get boost

Architect behind end to executions in Philippines urges end to practice in Thailand

Energy needs must not override rights

A coal concession in Myanmar has endangered forests and the health of villagers

A hopeful International Women's Day

Women in Asia share their wishes for the future

Southern violence 'needs local solution'

Emergency laws don't bring peace, activists say

Bangkok bombs 'target foreigners'

At least one man still missing after three blasts in city, one severely injured

Bombs explode on Bangkok street

Iranian man apparently throws device at police but hits himself

Bangkok nuncio moves to Brazil

Pope Benedict XVI on February 10 appointed Archbishop Giovanni d'Aniello, apostolic nuncio to Thailand and Cambodia, and apostolic delegate to Myanmar and Laos, as apostolic nuncio to Brazil. He had only been in Bangkok since September 2010. No replacement