Thailand's economy is expected to grow between 3% and 3.5% this year, driven by stimulus measures and strong foreign investment, while tourist numbers should surpass 2024 figures, the finance minister said on Monday.

After Thailand experienced a cool January in 2025, an old video of a car driving through a layer of sleet spread online alongside a false claim that the tropical country had experienced its first snowfall.

The government expects 39 million foreign tourist arrivals this year, the finance minister said on Monday. The economy should grow between 3% and 3.5% in 2025, Pichai Chunhavajira said, adding 2024 growth is expected to have been 2.

South Korea's authorities investigating last month's Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the U.N. aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand,

The dog, Moo Daeng, was said to be “severely depressed”, mourning its late owner who died in November. Read more at straitstimes.com.

International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur men held in detention for more than a decade, following reports the Thai government planned to deport the group to China.

Police in Thailand have detained the British husband of Lamduan Armitage, the Thai woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales more than 20 years ago. Walkers discovered her half-naked body in a stream near Pen-y-ghent in 2004 and she remained unidentified for 15 years until her family saw a BBC News report and came forward.

Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.

Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.

Hundreds of LGBTQ couples in Thailand get married as the country's landmark marriage equality law comes into effect.

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