Thailand

Thailand faces 'high risk of mass killings'

Southeast Asian nation moves up in Early Warning Project's ranking of mass killings and genocide

Thai petition for gender, marriage equality gains strength

The rainbow community also wants to swap terms like 'father and mother' and 'husband and wife' with 'parent' and ‘spouse’

Thai police probe Amnesty over support for democracy activists

Investigation launched after ultra-royalists call for rights group to be expelled

Thailand’s new curbs further harm press freedom

A chilling effect falls on media outlets told to desist from reporting calls for reform of the monarchy

Thai royalists want Amnesty International kicked out

Hardline monarchists accuse the prominent rights group of being a threat to national security

Thailand ramps up crackdown on influx of drugs

Vast quantities of narcotics are being smuggled into the country from neighboring Laos and Myanmar

Economic problems spark rise in Thai suicide rate

Pandemic and mental health issues caused by social media use are worsening the situation

Thai temple’s cryptocurrency raises concerns

Regulator warns against investing in Somdejcoin, which many Thais see as a scam

Life is cheap in Thailand's murder capital

Gun violence spirals out of control in southern Thailand where scores are killed every year over trivial matters

Thailand rejects concerns over Lao hydroelectric projects

Authorities press ahead with decision to import power despite dire warnings by environmentalists

More Thais thrown into poverty as economy reels from Covid

Inequality worsens in one of the world's most unequal nations under the ongoing pandemic

Outcry over Thai court's sedition declaration

Constitutional Court decides that democracy activists' calls for monarchy reform were acts of treason

Abused altar boys win justice in Indonesia

Activists call for justice on Bangladesh's restive hills

Nuns help children cope with trauma from Sri Lanka's civil war

Prayers in Italy as Hong Kong gets ready for new bishop

Timor-Leste on alert over Omicron variant

Legendary Vietnam bishop is remembered