BANGKOK, 30 April 2011 (NNT)-The Matubhum Leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin said his party was not a Muslim party due to his faith , adding that the Matubhum was just another alternative for Thai people from all walks of life. Gen Sonthi said in a seminar concerning the role of Muslims in Thai politics in Ayutthaya […]
BANGKOK, 29 April 2011 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) is planning to elevate the standard of Phuket International Airport to accommodate the rising number of passengers. According to the statistics during the first six months of the 2011 fiscal year, or from October 2010 to March 2011, the number of travelers at Phuket […]
Phnom Penh/Bangkok – Cambodia on Friday denied having anything to do with the death of a Thai soldier allegedly killed on the border overnight, hours after a ceasefire agreement. General Prayuth Chan-ocha, chief of the Thai army, said earlier that Cambodia renewed their shelling of Thai positions after Thursday’s agreement, killing one soldier. A spokesman […]
BANGKOK, April 29 – Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said the country is prepared to fight its case to resolve the ongoing border dispute in the World Court after its neighbour Cambodia appealed to the court to clarify its 1962 ruling about the ancient Preah Vihear temple. Thai foreign ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi […]
Despite yesterday’s cease fire agreement between the regional field commanders of Thailand and Cambodia, fighting between the two countries continued last night around the Ta Moan Thom and Ta Kwai temples. The clashes resulted in the death of one Thai soldiers and injured four others. Read more: TAN Network
In Indonesia, security and religious analysts say the planned bombing of a church and recent attacks on the police and moderate Muslim leaders, show that violent extremist groups are growing closer to non-violent Islamist organizations to draw in new militants. They say the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah is aligning with legal fundamentalist groups […]
Bird flu could return to Thailand after the number of patients infected with avian influenza in neighbouring countries, including Vietnam and Cambodia, drastically increased over the past four months, health experts warn. The Public Health Ministry should keep a close eye on the possibility of cross-border transmission of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, Dr Tawee […]
It was inevitable that we’d see an iPad 2 release sometime soon as supplies in both grey market and official channels have been depleted and shops were even selling their dummy display units. On May 6, official Apple stores throughout Thailand will allow us the benefit of lining up in front of their stores before […]
