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• Protesters clash with police in Thailand, 1 dead
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai protesters demanding the government resign set fire to cars and threw bottles and metal barricades at police, who used tear gas to break through their blockade around Parliament Tuesday. At least one person was killed and ...
• Learn a new skill while on vacation
The mahout program, for example, is given at an elephant camp run by Thailand’s National Elephant Institute at the posh Anantara Resort Golden Triangle, north of Chiang Rai (hardly a hardship post). Gambling classes are taught at the swank Monte ...
• 32 injured by turbulence on China Air flight
BANGKOK, Thailand - At least 32 people were injured Thursday after a China Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok encountered turbulence, a Thai airport official said. Most of those hurt aboard flight CI-641 from Hong Kong suffered minor cuts and ...
• Former sex tycoon aims for Bangkok's top job
BANGKOK, Thailand - The one-time sex tycoon who would be governor wants to clean up this sprawling, gritty city where he grew rich overseeing an empire of flesh. But weeks of shaking hands and giving speeches have left him longing for the days of ...
• Half of mammals are in decline, study finds
Mammals range in size from blue whales to Thailand's insect-sized bumblebee bat. "I think the bottom line is, what kind of a world do you want to leave for your children," said Andrew Smith, a professor in the Arizona State University School of Life ...