Thailand's prime minister said Thursday that the LGBTQ rainbow flag was flying high as the kingdom's equal marriage law went into effect and same-sex and transgender weddings began.

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

It's a big week for LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand. On Thursday, they will be able to legally register their marriages, making it ...

The breakthrough came in March 2024, when Parliament approved the equal marriage law with overwhelming support – 400 votes in favor, two abstentions and three no-shows. The Senate followed in June ...

In November 2022, Johan and Sabine Bogaerts packed up their lives and moved from the Netherlands to Koh Lanta, an island off the west coast of Thailand, with their two sons. They'd traveled to ...

BANGKOK: Thailand is stepping up security for tourists to restore the confidence of Chinese visitors, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday (Jan 17) after an alleged kidnapping of a ...

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has ordered flags in the state to fly at full-staff on Monday for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the nation remains in a mourning ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered all flags in the State of New York to be raised to full-staff for Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th US president. Flags are currently flying at half-staff ...

About 15 feet of roller coaster track at the old Six Flags New Orleans site has caught fire 70 feet in the air, the New Orleans Fire Department said Saturday night. Smoke and flames were ...

Why are flags flying at half staff in Mississippi on Friday, Jan. 17? State flags will be lowered to honor the memory of a victim of the New Orleans terrorist attack on Jan. 1. Here's what we know.