Aidan Jones
Aidan Jones is a Senior Correspondent on SCMP's Asia desk. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse.
Aidan Jones is a Senior Correspondent on SCMP's Asia desk. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse.
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Rains have pounded the city since Wednesday, with no respite forecast until late Sunday as waters rise to at least two feet.
Viral misbehaviour, crimes and foreign-ownership scandals are exhausting the patience of a country famous for its hospitality.
The grieving family of 15-year-old Tommy Boulanger accuses police of failing to execute an arrest warrant seven months after the fatal crash.
Phnom Penh is gathering global law enforcement to showcase compound closures, but critics point to the missing billions and elite ties.
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The country’s consumer watchdog aims to help patients receive ‘higher quality, safer, and more appropriate for their treatment’.
Anutin says foreigners ‘should not come here and take advantage of us’, as Thailand acts to close legal loopholes and deter transgressions.
A rarely invoked UN legal process is trying to untangle the two countries’ row over 27,000 sq km of oil- and gas-rich waters.
At Gastech 2026, policymakers implore pragmatism over net-zero targets and closer cooperation to ensure affordable LNG supplies.
Asean was going to eliminate transboundary haze by 2020. What happened?
The discovery of a data centre in Bangkok that was illegally storing 200,000 litres of oil prompted authorities to close a legal loophole.
From Singapore to Thailand, private operators and luxury resorts are cashing in, as more retirees seek care on their own terms.
Military links have brought waves of Americans to Thailand since the 1940s, with the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln the latest to visit.
Over 5,000 sailors and Marines have arrived in the Thai resort city for their first shore leave in 286 days.
Dislodged from Cambodian compounds, cyberscam cartels have been setting up shop in Laos, Myanmar and even Malaysia.
Pattaya has faced a grim low tourist season, driven in part by the economic downturn triggered by the Iran war.
Malaysia has the chips. Vietnam has the assembly lines. But Thailand’s humble circuit boards help keep the AI boom alive.
The self-taught guitar prodigy has come a long way from Phuket market performances as she prepares for her biggest stage yet.
A 1.2-tonne seizure reveals how transnational syndicates bypass bans to move poached tusks from Africa to Asia.
Aeon is selling its MaxValu stores in Thailand to Central Retail, retreating from a market dominated by local giants.
Seven people were arrested after nearly 200 children from Myanmar were found falsely registered as occupants in cramped flats in Bangkok.
Fresh off a five-year military deal, Min Aung Hlaing is meeting Vladimir Putin for talks on further economic and security cooperation.
Instalments and resales are helping customers from Bangkok to Jakarta bridge the gap between aspiration and affordability.
Tens of thousands have been displaced in Laos and Myanmar, with rescue efforts hampered by threadbare resources.
The recent school shooting and killing of an official have raised the tally to 12 in three weeks in the tiny province of Nonthaburi alone.
Myanmar’s economy has shown signs of life after years of sky-high inflation and negative growth, but experts say it is far from recovering.
The 14-year-old suspect, who later killed himself, had used a gun that belonged to his grandfather, authorities say.
Thailand’s acknowledgement of Min Aung Hlaing’s legitimacy stems from a ‘straight up pragmatism’, analysts say.
Bangkok says no efforts were made to verify the claims of UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews with Thai authorities.
The suspected ringleader behind the murders of two Russian siblings and a Thai family was released just seven weeks before the first crime.
