Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon Chantajohn learned from her grandfather which insects were best to ...

For generations after the Burmese raped Siam, Thai women wore crewcuts to avoid being hauled off by the hair. During World War II, brutality by the Japanese earned them loathing throughout Asia ...

Part of his life’s work has been to help the war-wounded make a comeback—first in World War II, then in Korea ... the 17th parallel to the Gulf of Siam, he was struck by the fact that some ...

During World War II, Thailand faced serious rice shortages due to flooding ... As Phibun worked to modernise and unify the country (which he had renamed from Siam to Thailand), creating a national ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect Mom’s Siam’s reopening and a response from Pala-art’s lawyer. Mom’s Siam in Carytown has reopened after being temporarily closed for ...

Mahathir, who will be turning 100 in June, also harkened back to World War II to launch a barrage against his successor’s claim of leading a “unity government”. He recalled that during this ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

“We just met today,” said Marcy Lackovic. In fact, they worked together during World War II at the Martin Bomber Plant at Offutt Field. Margy was a typist. Marcy inspected planes. “I didn ...