25 min ago | Asia News Network
BANGKOK: Dugong disappearing fast from southern Thailand
Trang's dwindling dugong population is now threatened with extinction as the Seagrass meadows it feeds upon in the waters around Koh Libong have shrunk to 7,306 square rai.
4 hrs ago | DFW Catholic
Construction begins on new home for elderly in Thailand
Korat, Thailand, Jun 18, 2013 / 04:07 pm .- A new home for the elderly in Thailand will seek to restore respect for senior citizens and to fight the escalating problems of elderly abandonment and suicide in the country.
8 hrs ago | The Standard
The annual amazing Thailand Grand Sale is back. And if you fly AirAsia, you will save enough to be able to shop till you drop.
13 hrs ago | Bangkok Post
Better Australian tourist safety urged
Australia has called for better safety of Australians visiting Phuket, now called the most dangerous place in the world for Australians despite being one of the country's top holiday destinations.
15 hrs ago | Suria
Tablets thrust Thai classrooms into...
In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens practising everything from English to mathematics and music.
16 hrs ago | Bangkok Post
Idris Satapo (inset) arrested in Narathiwat for the bombing at Soi...
A suspect in the bombing at Soi Ramkhamhaeng 43/1 in Bangkok on May 26 was arrested in Muang district of Narathiwat province late Monday night, Pol Maj Gen Suchart Theerasawat, deputy chief of the Southern Border Provinces Police Operations Centre, said on Tuesday.
20 hrs ago | Bangkok Post
Ministers to detail rice scheme losses
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed four ministers with responsibilities relating to the rice pledging scheme to hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
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Thailand, Laos Enhance Anti-bird Flu Cooperation
Thailand and Laos have stepped up bilateral cooperation on practical response to any possible outbreak of the new deadly A strain of avian influenza along their common border, Thai News Agency reported.
Militant admits to Pattani violence
Suspected militant Sakariya Totayong has confessed to being involved in both old and more recent violent crimes in the far South, according to Col Komkrit Rattanachaya, commander of the 41st Ranger Regiment.
Five injured as Army helicopter ditches in pond
A military helicopter made an emergency landing in Nakhon Nayok yesterday morning due to a broken sling in its rudder.
YALA : A Muslim police officer was shot dead by a suspected militant while praying inside a mosque in Raman district on Monday evening.
Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior
Thailand's national Buddhism body said Monday it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior following complaints ignited by a video showing Buddhist monks flying on a private jet.
Dem 2012 candidate guilty of poll fraud
The Democrat Party's failed candidate in the Aug 26, 2012 by-election in Lamphun's Constituency 2 has been found guilty of electoral fraud and banned from elections for five years and is also liable to legal action under the Criminal Code, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said on Monday.
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Thai c.bank chief won't rule out another rate cut
The baht was around 30.68 per dollar on Monday. It hit a 16-year high of 28.55 in April, when it had been emerging Asia's strongest currency - PHOTO: BLOOMBERG [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank chief said on Monday he could not rule out another cut in interest rates, due to global uncertainty, and he was not concerned about capital outflows as the ... (more)
Loan sharks raid, smash restaurant
PATHUM THANI : Loan sharks raided a makeshift restaurant in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district, smashing items because the owner's son owed the gangsters money, police say.
Members of the anti-government white-mask movement, or "V for Thailand group" Sunday rallied in several major provinces of all regions across the country.
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Satellite TV to go digital [Bangkok Post, Thailand]
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) June 17--Satellite TV operators will transmit signals in high definition to compete with other broadcasting platforms including digital terrestrial and cable.
Phuket Opinion: Deputy PM adds insult to injury
Phuket's International Convention and Exhibition Center project was cancelled shortly before one sprouted up in Chiang Mai.
A marine was killed in a walk-up shooting in Pattani's Mai Kaen district late Sunday afternoon, reports said.