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Soldiers stand guard next to Prasat Ta Khwai, a site of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December, in Surin province, Thailand, on Jan. 20. REUTERS
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 28, 2026
Thai parties tap nationalist mood as Cambodia clashes roil rural voters
Anger and anxiety linger in communities along Thailand’s border with Cambodia, where clashes killed dozens and forced hundreds of thousands of evacuate.
Employees work in an automobile spare parts factory in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok. Thailand recorded roughly 2,000 factory shutdowns last year; officials cited cheap Chinese imports as a major factor.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2026
How Asia’s Gen-Z is losing out to China’s $1 trillion surplus
Thailand recorded roughly 2,000 factory shutdowns last year; officials cited cheap Chinese imports as a major factor.
A blackboard illustrating cannabis strains for sale is displayed inside Shaggy Buds, a cannabis dispensary in Bangkok.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 23, 2026
Weed backlash grows in Thailand as kids turn to cannabis
The plant could be criminalized once again after next month’s election, four years after its decriminalization.
Seized cartridges containing etomidate are shown at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 21, 2026
Thai woman arrested in Japan for smuggling ‘zombie cigarettes’
Tuela Kanwara was arrested and later indicted for allegedly smuggling 1,002 cartridges of the substance on a flight into Kansai International Airport.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, prime ministerial candidate for the Democrat Party and Thailand's former prime minister, speaks during an interview at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Thailand’s former prime minister seeks return as anti-scammer kingmaker
Former leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s Democrat Party is projected to emerge as the fourth-largest in the Feb. 8 vote, making it a formidable player in the formation of any government.
Recovery workers stand at the site of a construction crane collapse onto a highway in Samut Sakhon on the outskirts of Bangkok on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2026
Another crane collapses in Thailand as minister says same firm involved
Thursday’s crane collapse killed two people near Bangkok, with a Thai minister saying the building firm was also involved in a crane failure the day before.
Punsiripanya Phakhaphon, a former massage parlor worker in Tokyo who is suspected of brokering a Thai girl to offer sexual services at the story, in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2026
Alleged broker arrested in case involving Thai girl forced to work at Tokyo massage parlor
A 38-year-old Thai woman residing in Japan is suspected of acting as a broker in a high-profile case involving a 12-year-old girl.
Wreckage at the site where a train derailed after a construction crane collapsed and fell onto its carriages, in the Sikhio district of Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province on Wednesday
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2026
At least 25 killed after crane falls on train in Thailand, police say 
A crane at a construction site for a ‌high-speed rail project collapsed and hit a passing train, causing it to derail and briefly catch fire.
Pheu Thai Party prime ministerial candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat (right) and former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (left) sit together on stage during the party’s first major rally, ahead of the country’s general election in February, at Lan Khon Mueang in Bangkok on Jan. 8.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 12, 2026
Nephew of former Thai Premier Thaksin faces balancing act to win over electorate
The Pheu Thai Party candidate must leverage his family’s legacy to win the support of the party faithful, while showing he has fresh ideas to revitalize the economy.
People stand beside a crater in front of a damaged police station following clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers in Boeung Trakoun village in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2026
Thailand says Cambodia border strike wounds soldier and violates truce
Thailand’s army said Cambodia claimed that a fresh cross-border fire was an accident, after Bangkok accused Cambodian forces of violating a 10-day truce.
Cambodian Buddhist monks participate in a prayer for peace at Win-Win memorial in Phnom Penh on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 30, 2025
Thai army accuses Cambodia of violating truce with over 250 drones
The Southeast Asian neighbors had only just agreed to an “immediate” ceasefire on Saturday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center) looks on as Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (left) shakes hands with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow during a meeting in China's Yunnan province on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 29, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia agree to ‘consolidate ceasefire’ in China talks
A statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not ​mention the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ role in facilitating the ceasefire.
Protesters demonstrate against then-Prime Minister Hun Sen during the EU-Asia leaders summit in Brussels in October 2018, and though his son Hun Manet is now prime minister, the father remains the dominant force in Cambodian politics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2025
The world is failing Cambodia (again) — and this time everyone is suffering
Cambodia’s entrenched CPP regime shows signs of elite fracture under Hun Sen, creating a rare window for meaningful change.
Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha (left) and his Thai counterpart, Nattaphon Narkphanit, hold documents during a special meeting at a border checkpoint in Thailand's Chanthaburi province on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce border conflict
The neighbors’ longstanding border conflict had reignited this month, shattering an earlier truce and killing at least 48 people.
Asia’s economic growth in 2025 was sluggish, central banks acted cautiously amid low inflation and political pressures and the full impact of U.S. tariffs and policy choices will become clearer in 2026.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
Easy money defined Asia in 2025. It gets harder now.
If predictions are hazardous at the best of times, they are more fraught today.
Campaign billboards in Pyin Oo Lwin, in Myanmar's Mandalay region, on Dec. 9. Analysts and diplomats say the aim of establishing a stable administration in the Southeast Asian nation is far-fetched ‍since the ⁠civil war is still raging.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 25, 2025
Myanmar junta’s shift from battlefield to ballots faces long odds
Analysts and diplomats say the aim of establishing a stable administration in the Southeast Asian nation is far-fetched ‍since the ⁠civil war is still raging.
The mother (center) of a Thai girl forced to perform sexual services for money at a Tokyo massage parlor is escorted by police and immigration officers at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. Parts of the image have been blurred.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2025
Thai girl in Tokyo sex-work case to be returned home
The girl has expressed a desire to return to Thailand since first seeking help from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau in September.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow speaks at a news conference following a special ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 23, 2025
Cambodia and Thailand to hold talks on resuming Trump’s truce
The fierce border fighting between them has entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far.
A damaged bridge after Thailand carried out airstrikes on Saturday in an area between Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2025
ASEAN to seek resolution to end Thailand-Cambodia conflict
Thailand and Cambodia are to attend the gathering of ministers in Kuala Lumpur, the first face-to-face meeting between the governments since the fighting resumed on Dec. 8.
A man inspecting a garage damaged by Thai airstrikes in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2025
Thailand says Cambodia border fight is also a war on scammers
The framing shows Bangkok is seeking to align itself with both Washington and Beijing.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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