The idea of the Kra Canal – a bypass for the Strait of Malacca – dates all the way back to 1677. But though the technical hurdles have eased since then, fiscal and geopolitical ones have emerged to ...

In the heart of Thailand's central plain, just 80 kilometres from Bangkok, Ayutthaya is home to sculptural Buddhist temples. This fallen metropolis, a city-island witness to four centuries of history, ...