Asia Thailand The Thai National Identity Committee has announced that Thailand will officially recognise the iconic 'wai' gesture, a traditional Buddhist greeting of joining palms in a prayer-like gesture, as a fundamental part of its national identity
Asia Thailand The 20 students and three teachers killed in Tuesday's bus fire tragedy at their school in the Lan Sak district of Uthai Thani will have a funeral sponsored by Their Majesties the King and Queen; families have decided to hold the rites at the school
Asia Thailand A law enacted legalises same-sex marriages; it will come into force in 120 days, so the first same-sex marriages in the country can be celebrated from January next year
Asia Thailand A QR Licence mobile application has been introduced by Thailand's Department of Land Transport so that motorists will no longer need to carry their driving licence
Asia Thailand Around 1.000 residents joined a protest over the Pheu Thai party's proposal to revive the controversial Kaeng Suea Ten dam project in Song district to mitigate flooding in the Yom river basin