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.

The Southeast Asian nation is the third jurisdiction in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage after Taiwan and Nepal.

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

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal on the first day a law takes effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples

The Thai capital of Bangkok continued on Thursday to experience pollution levels deemed “unhealthy,” with high concentrations of dangerous PM2.5 particles according to international air quality monitoring portal IQAir.

Thailand has made a groundbreaking move in Southeast Asia by legalizing same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality Act, placing it among the few Asian countries alongside Taiwan and Nepal to do so.

Hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot across Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legally recognize equal marriage.

BANGKOK: Air pollution forced nearly 200 schools in Bangkok to close on Thursday (Jan 23), local authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.

A new law granting same-sex couples in Thailand the right to marry went into effect earlier today, with thousands registering their marriages across the country. In Bangkok, hundreds of couples turned out for a mass registration event at a luxury shopping mall in the capital city,

Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand are expected to make their wedded status legal on the first day a law takes effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples.