SINGAPORE - Thailand's second largest lender Kasikornbank (KBank) is leaning on artificial intelligence (AI) and prudent lending to navigate economic headwinds and fraud risks, its chief executive Kattiya Indaravijaya told Reuters on Thursday.

PATTAYA - Authorities on Wednesday raided an illegal clinic catering mainly to foreign patients in this beach town, but two suspects reportedly posing as doctors managed to escape.

The US Justice Department has announced the creation of a new “Scam Center Strike Force” to combat a surge in cryptocurrency and investment fraud by transnational criminal organisations operating out of Southeast Asia.

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s central bank has proposed a set of guidelines that will hold the board and senior management of financial institutions responsible for risks that arise from their use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Police have retrieved assets worth about 10 billion baht acquired earlier with donations embezzled from the Aids hospice temple Wat Phrabat Namphu in Lop Buri province.

The Interior Ministry has revoked the Thai citizenship of a son and two daughters of Kok An, a notorious Cambodian senator allegedly linked to crimes from gambling to human trafficking, money laundering and online scams.

New satellite images show widespread fooding across four central provinces in Thailand, affecting 813,817 rai (1,300 square kilometres) of land, mostly low-lying agricultural areas and riverside communities, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space...

WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions against a Myanmar militia group for supporting a cyber scam operation that targets thousands of people including Americans from territory it controls.

SURAT THANI - A small tremor shook the southern tourist island of Koh Samui early Thursday morning, with people reporting loud noises and feeling vibrations.

The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are looking to triple the departure tax to 3,000 yen (630 baht) per person to fund measures against issues from a surge in inbound tourism, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.