Thailand

Forget chocolates and flowers: death, rebirth, cross-dressing and chariot rides come together in a very Thai celebration of love.

A Hong Kong woman is convicted of beating and starving her Indonesian maid in a case that sparked international outrage.

Tourists take the boat to the island of Koh Tao to get away from it all but after a pair of brutal murders, two mysterious deaths, many people may feel inclined to keep well clear.

In Britain, 2014 was the year of the floods, Ukraine saw a revolution, Scotland almost went indy and the deadly Ebola struck west Africa.

Three more countries have issued bans on the taxi booking app Uber over criticism of its vetting processes and business practices, leaving the American firm fighting a battle on many fronts.

Nearly 300 Uighurs have been found sitting in silence on a mountain in Thailand. Asia correspondent John Sparks investigates and traces the escape route of thousands of Uighurs desperate to flee China.

The father of one of the Burmese suspects accused of murdering British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand says the pair were tortured into confessing to the crime.

Two Burmese men – who are said to have confessed to murdering British backpackers in Thailand last month – are sent to Koh Tao beach for a reconstruction of the crime.

A Burmese man confesses to the murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand, police say.

After insensitive comments by Thailand’s PM about the deaths of two Britons, the Thai government expresses regret and insists the safety of foreigners is of “highest priority”.

Two British brothers who left the Thai island of Koh Tao where police are investigating the brutal murders of two British backpackers are stopped by police before boarding a London bound flight.

Police investigating the deaths of two young Britons, whose bodies were found on a beach on Thailand’s Koh Tao island, are focusing their inquiries on the Burmese migrant community.

A man and a woman have been found dead with head wounds on a beach in Koh Tao.

To me, it sounded like one of the best known fortune-tellers in south east Asia, Luck Rakanithes, believes he made his own luck.

Banned protests, free concerts and models… Thailand is changing under military rule – but how much did fortune-tellers have to play in the coup?