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Myanmar on Wednesday turned down a request from Thailand for a loan of one of its "auspicious" white elephants to mark the countries' 65 years of diplomatic ties next year.

Officials in Hua Hin on Wednesday said they have already spent almost their entire 2013 budget meant to welcome "study trips" by administrative bodies from other provinces, showing charming Hua Hin is a prime destination for taxpayer-funded trips.

In his first talk on Thai media airwaves, Barisan Revolusi Nasional negotiator Hassan Taib committed to the success of the peace dialogue process, but conceded there are other groups on both the Malay and Thai sides who do not want this to happen.

Residents of a village in Thailand found an unexpected baby elephant in their well on Sunday.

A police officer was killed by a bomb explosion on a road in Yala and a paramilitary ranger shot dead in an ambush in Pattani on Tuesday night, reports said.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed four ministers with responsibilities relating to the rice pledging scheme to hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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)