Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda predicts that electric vehicles will never surpass a 30-percent market share, no matter how much ...

Jaipur: In order to prevent child marriages, the Rajasthan government has directed the printing presses to get the age proof of the bride and groom from the concerned families and print the date of ...

Thailand aims to attract 8 million Chinese tourists by 2025, promoting 'Thai Charm' and must-visit cities for cultural experiences.

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Because the wedding was illegal and a secret, except to the invited guests, and because marriage rites in Rajasthan are ...

Authorities in Chiang Rai have seized 1,500 kilograms of crystal meth (Ya Ice) after a gun fight with a drug trafficking gang ...

A dream destination for many, and with good reason, Thailand has a rich and colorful history that has spread out throughout ...

This convergence of concepts finds a striking echo in the Tamil designation of Agastya, Aga-thi(i), "the one who resides in the house (Akha) as fire (thii)," suggesting a deliberate, perhaps ...

The Karen people, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, have lived in the country’s northern provinces since the eighteenth century and are joined by other tribes—including the Hmong, Mien, Akha, ...