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Thailand South:Has there been an upsurge in violence in the Deep South this year?
By Bangkok Pundit at August 17, 2012 | 9:30 am | 0 Comment
Kavi in The Nation: That helps to explain why the containment of conflicts during 2009-11 was working allowing the government to claim some success. The trust has increased between the Malays and the Thai state at the time however it has not impacted on the insurgency and the state of violence there. More attacks were targeting urban areas with car combs even though they more...
Thailand checks relations with neighboring Burma
By Zin Linn at August 16, 2012 | 10:42 pm | 0 Comment
Thailand - President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) Thein Sein received a Thai delegation led by Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat, Minister of Defence of Thailand, at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw Wednesday, The New Light of Myanmar said today. Also present at the discussion together with President Thein Sein were Union Minister for Home more...
Senator ‘accidentally’ kills secretary
By admin at August 13, 2012 | 3:26 pm | 0 Comment
A senator for Mae Hong Son has told police he accidentally shot and killed his personal secretary with a machine gun in a restaurant in Phrae province, a duty officer at Wang Chin police station said on Monday. Senator The shooting occurred at a restaurant in Wang Chin district of the northern province on Sunday night, Pol Lt Choosak Poonsawat said. Boonsong more...
India-Thailand highway to be ready by 2016
By admin at August 13, 2012 | 2:44 pm | 0 Comment
Highway A 3,200-km highway from India over Myanmar to Thailand will become a reality by 2016. India has given a $500 million loan to Myanmar, some of which will be used to fund the highway, said Anil Wadhwa, India's ambassador to Thailand. Highway In an interview to Thai newspaper Bangkokpost Wadhwa said the four-day India-Asean summit to be more...
Bangkok – Govt willing to wait on Constitution and unity bills, Thaksin says
By admin at August 13, 2012 | 9:17 am | 0 Comment
Bangkok - Premier Thaksin Shinawatra has told an News Agency that his younger sister's government would not rush to enact the charter-amendment or national-reconciliation bills. Bangkok Thaksin also said the Yingluck Shinawatra government has been doing a good job over the past year, adding that Yingluck is expected to do well during the upcoming censure in more...
The most controversial sport
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 13, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Judging from the 2012 Olympics, boxing is now the most controversial sport beating taekwondo for the unwanted honours. sport On Saturday, Thai boxer Kaew Pongprayoon lost 13-10 to China's defending champion Zou Shiming. The crowd at London's ExCel Arena jeered the result while Kaew wept in the ring. "I feel that I won and I could see that the crowd more...
Database eases search for suspects
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 13, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Police have revealed there are close to 150,000 outstanding arrest warrants for criminal suspects who remain at large. criminal Courts can approve the issuing of warrants, while multiple organisations with investigating powers can ask courts to approve them. That is why arrest warrants are scattered among various bodies and are not more...
Kaew wins silver after losing to Zou of China
By NationMultimedia.com - Breakingnews at August 12, 2012 | 2:00 pm | 0 Comment
Kaew Pongprayoon got Olympic silver for the light flyweight (49kg) division boxing after he was beaten by Zou Shiming of China early Sunday morning. Boxer Kaew Beijing 2008 winner Zou was credited in all l three rounds in a 13-10 points victory although the decision was roundly booed by the crowd at the arena and Kaew slumped to the floor in disbelief when more...
Nation prepares majestic ceremonies for the queen Sirikit
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 12, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Thais nationwide are celebrating Her Majesty the Queen's 80th birthday and Mother's Day today with numerous celebrations and ceremonies. Sirikit BANGKOK, 9 August 2012 -Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn opened an exhibition in honor of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on her 80th Birthday Anniversary at Central World earlier this more...
Two policemen arrested on drug charges in Narathiwat
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 12, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Two police officers, including a major, have been arrested on drug possession and trafficking charges in Narathiwat and Chiang Rai provinces. Narathiwat An arrest was made in Narathiwat during a raid on Friday night by a combined force of 30 officers at a restaurant in Rueso district, owned by Pol Maj Praphan Intharachai of the Southern Border Provinces Police more...
Thaksin seeks peaceful end
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 11, 2012 | 7:22 pm | 0 Comment
Thaksin Shinawatra is confident his fight for "real democracy" is about to end in peace but says there's a slim chance that a new military coup could push things back to square one. Thaksin Thaksin Shinawatra is confident his fight for "real democracy" is about to end in peace but says there's a slim chance that a new military coup could push things back to more...
Newin Chidchob has pundits guessing
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 11, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The announcement by the opposition Bhumjaithai Party that its founder, Newin Chidchob, has decided to stay away from politics now that he is free from his five-year political and economy ban may have to be taken with a pinch of salt. thailand government Speaker Suppachai Jaisamut said Mr Newin wanted to washof politics and will not accept any positions in the party. more...
Bring insurgents, supporters to justice, urges Prayuth
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 11, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The estimated 9,000 insurgents and their sympathisers must be brought to justice if the government is to quell the insurgent violence, Army Commander Prayuth Chan-ocha says. Prayuth The military defended the setting up of a strategy and the administration committee chaired by Gen Yutthasak to oversee handling of the southern. He said the crux of the more...
Huge losses loom in govt rice sell-off
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 11, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Thailand could face tens of billions of baht in losses as the government moves to sell off some of its rice stocks to teh republic India and China with warehouses and silos across the country overloaded with rice purchased under the state pledging scheme. Rice Boonsong Teriyapirom said the government will sell 4-5 million tonnes of rice in more...
One bout away from glory
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 10, 2012 | 8:01 pm | 0 Comment
LONDON -- Thai boxer Kaew Pongprayoon has booked a place in the gold-medal final after beating Russia's David Ayrapetyan in the semi-finals of the light flyweight division at the London 2012 Olympic Games on more...
South ‘may be lost if UN intervenes’, army general warns
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 10, 2012 | 5:15 pm | 0 Comment
Thailand might lose the deep South if the United Nations is allowed to intervene and help end the violence in the region, deputy army chief Daopong Rattanasuban said on Friday. thailand south more...
UN appeals for 32.5 million dollars in emergency aid for Myanmar
By NationMultimedia.com - Breakingnews at August 10, 2012 | 11:36 am | 0 Comment
Yangon - The United Nations on Friday issued an appeal for 32.5 million dollars in humanitarian aid for people displaced by recent fighting between the government and ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar and sectarian strife in western more...
Demcrat cries foul over appointment of Thida to education planning panel
By NationMultimedia.com - Breakingnews at August 10, 2012 | 11:00 am | 0 Comment
The Democrat Party Friday cried foul over the appointment of red-shirt movement leader Thida Thavornsent as a member of a panel in charge of planning national education more...
Millions to cheer on boxer Kaew
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 10, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
LONDON : Millions of Thais are expected to cheer boxer Kaew Pongprayoon Friday night when the country's only remaining gold medal hopeful will be in action in the semi-finals of the light flyweight division. boxer more...
Govt shrugs off rice probe
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 10, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
A top Commerce Ministry official says he is confident the US will find the rice-pledging scheme is above-board, despite fears that it breaches World Trade Organisation rules on export more...
Court delays bail decision on red bosses until Aug 22
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 10, 2012 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The Criminal Court has postponed until Aug 22 its decision on whether to revoke the bail of 19 red-shirt leaders facing terrorism charges for allegedly violating their bail more...
Bail hearing completed, decision due on August 22
By NationMultimedia.com - Breakingnews at August 9, 2012 | 11:13 pm | 0 Comment
The Criminal Court Thursday convened a hearing and heard testimonies for and against revoking bail for 24 red-shirt leaders who are being tried for terrorism charges in connection with the 2010 political strife. Thailand Red more...
Chalerm: Media helping to stir up southern unrest
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 9, 2012 | 4:07 pm | 0 Comment
The media is partly to blame for the problems in the far South because they give the violence too much news coverage, and there are also evil politicians behind the insurgency, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said during the House meeting on Thursday. Chalerm more...
Eurozone crisis costing Thai exporters dearly
By Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories at August 9, 2012 | 4:05 pm | 0 Comment
Thailand's export sector could lose between 300 billion and 500 billion baht as a result of the eurozone debt crisis, according to the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce. Euro more...
Damage from debt crisis B300-500bn
By Bangkokpost.com : Business at August 9, 2012 | 3:10 pm | 0 Comment
The damage on the country’s export sector caused by the ongoing Eurozone debt crisis would be about 300-500 billion baht, the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce more...
