This past weekend, over 100,000 protestors from rural Thailand descended on Bangkok in a push to oust the government and, possibly, return to power their hero, populist former prime minister Thaksin ...

MAE SAI, Thailand — Adul Sam-on, 14, has never been a stranger to peril. At age 6, Adul had already escaped a territory in Myanmar known for guerrilla warfare, opium cultivation and methamphetamine ...

MAE SAI, Thailand — Adul Sam-on, 14, has never been a stranger to peril. At age 6, Adul had already escaped a territory in Myanmar known for guerrilla warfare, opium cultivation and methamphetamine ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. BANGKOK, Thailand — Narisaraporn Asipong, a matronly social worker at the “Mercy ...

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand – Poor migrant workers and children are being sold to factories in Thailand and forced to peel shrimp that ends up in global supply chains, including those of Wal-Mart and Red ...

Chusri Kaewkhio, 73, lives with her 75-year-old husband Suchart in Bangkok's Klong Toey slum. She has called for the government to provide more support as the cost of ...

Investing in the early years leads to healthier children who do better at school and earn more as adults - helping to break cycles of poverty SAMUT SONGKHRAM, Thailand, Oct 10 (Thomson Reuters ...

A group of Catholic nuns in Thailand have launched a feeding program in the country’s largest slum in the capital Bangkok to assist hundreds of poor people for a token fee. The nuns from the ...

Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93. The Royal Household ...

Thailand is one of the world's fastest ageing societies with more than 12 million people above the age of 60. They make up around 18% of the population, but with low incomes and insufficient ...