A bacterial lung infection is an "acute" development for a New Zealand man in a coma in Thailand after a scooter crash.

Paul 'PJ' Lupi suffered severe facial injuries in the incident in the popular holiday destination of Phuket last week.

The support crew of a Kiwi man who remains unconscious in a Thai hospital say they have been encouraged by his progress this weekend.

A popular Kiwi man fighting for his life after a scooter crash in Thailand is now breathing on his own, his family confirmed this morning.

Bangkok's hospital museums are educational with a touch of gore, finds Pamela Wade.

It's a tough time to be an investment banker in Southeast Asia. Mergers involving Southeast Asian companies have dropped 45 per cent this year to the lowest level since 2009.

Thailand hums with sound, but in its forests the noise soothes, writes Christina Rexrode.

Far from usual tourist haunts, Katelyn Catanzariti uncovers a way of life that has flourished for centuries in Thailand.

Popular pet food brands sold in New Zealand have been caught up in disturbing claims of slavery on the high seas.

Weird adventures with mushrooms and a winery visit are unexpected surprises for Pamela Wade in Thailand.

Katelyn Catanzariti enjoys Thailand far more now than she did as a backpacker.

A New Zealander has been shot in Thailand after allegedly trying to wrestle a handgun from his step-father.

The brother of a NZ-born woman found dead on a Thai island says he's been overwhelmed by people's generosity in helping him get to her funeral.

A 23-year-old New Zealand-born woman has died while backpacking in Thailand.

Posing with a New Zealand passport on his Facebook page did not do Ekaphop Luera any favours.

New Zealand is being urged by Thailand to revoke the passport of a Thai fugitive who has fled to this country.

New Zealand man faces a hefty fine or years behind bars in an overcrowded Thai jail after he was allegedly caught in possession of illegal drug.

The new Hunger Games Movie has reportedly been banned from a number of cinemas in Thailand after protesters adopted the film's hand gesture as an anti-authority symbol.

Helen van Berkel meets a scamster driving a tuk-tuk, but still manages to pack in a stack of sightseeing pleasures that will give her dinner party anecdotes to last into her dotage.

A judge says an Australian couple rejected their biological child born to an Indian surrogate mother because of the baby's gender, but they took home its twin sibling.

Amnesty urges Thai junta to investigate allegations that two Burmese workers who “confessed” to the murders did so under torture.

A British man has fled the Thai island where two fellow backpackers were murdered last week after claiming the "mafia" was trying to kill him.

Two British women were reportedly mugged by a Thai motorbike gang on the same beach where two backpackers were brutally murdered and just one night before the killings took place.

At what point paradise becomes lost depends on whom you speak to.

Robert Colvile finds delights away from the decadence in Phuket.

A clampdown on paid surrogacy in Thailand following the abandoning of Down syndrome baby "Gammy" by his Australian parents, will shut the door on desperate Kiwi couples.

The couple accused of abandoning a surrogate baby with Down syndrome say they left him in Thailand because they were told he had only a day to live.