Zsombor Peter

Looming ‘lese majeste’ court ruling holds royal reckoning for Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Satellite images reportedly identify 26 mines in rebel-held Myanmar next to China and two near Thailand.

Government says decriminalisation fueled social ills, but producers argue new rules will only push industry underground.

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is set to return four bronze statues from Thailand’s looted Prakhon Chai hoard.

Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.

Kuala Lumpur-based Jatronics has been accused of supplying parts needed to sustain Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Myanmar’s generals aim to make up for recruitment shortfalls and battlefield losses by drafting thousands of civilians.

If approved, Thailand would be first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage and only second in Asia.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is accused of overreach as public disaffection grows over his handling of pandemic.

Changes expected to come into force this week, making Thailand more liberal on abortion than some others in the region.