Elderly Thai man jailed for 'royal insult' graffitiAn elderly Thai man was jailed by a military court for scrawling graffiti in a shopping mall toilet critical of the country's junta leaders and its revered king.
Prayers and tears as Asia mourns tsunami dead 10 years onTearful memorials were being held across tsunami-hit nations for the 220,000 people who perished when giant waves decimated coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a decade ago.
26 December 2014
Air Astana launches Astana-Bangkok flightKazakhstan’s national flag carrier Air Astana has launched a direct flight between Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana and Thailand’s capital Bangkok.
Thai PM stacks cabinet with soldiersThailand's coup leader and newly appointed premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha received royal endorsement for a cabinet stacked with soldiers.
Myanmar makes $2.3mn heroin bust in 'Golden Triangle'Myanmar authorities have seized 140 kilograms (310 lbs) of heroin packed into blocks and hidden in a car in the notorious "Golden Triangle" area near the Thai border, police said.
Man shot dead in Thailand mosque attack: policeGunmen opened fire at a mosque in insurgency-hit southern Thailand, killing one man and injuring another a day after Muslims began observing the holy month of Ramadan, police said.
Khmer Rouge 'First Lady' hospitalised in Thailand: sonThe former "First Lady" of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime has been hospitalised in neighbouring Thailand and is relying on a feeding tube and oxygen to survive, her son said.
23 May 2014
Thai army invokes martial law to quell unrestThailand's army declared martial law Tuesday after months of deadly anti-government protests, deploying armed troops in central Bangkok and censoring the media but insisting the move was "not a coup".
20 May 2014
Lao plane carrying defence chief crashes: Thai officialA Lao military plane carrying top officials including the defence minister crashed on Saturday in the north of the communist country, a Thai official said, without giving details of any casualties.
17 May 2014
Attack on Thai protest camp leaves 2 dead, 24 woundedGrenade blasts and gunfire rocked an anti-government protest site in Thailand's capital Thursday, leaving two dead and 24 wounded as fears of wider political violence mounted in the crisis-hit kingdom.