Phnom Penh – A senior Cambodian military source said Thursday that Thai and Cambodian military commanders agreed a ceasefire during a morning meeting. The source, who asked not to be named, told the German Press Agency dpa that General Chea Morn, who commands the armed forces in the Cambodian military’s Region 4, had agreed the […]
Japanese visitors will be granted a visa on arrival for 90 days, instead of 30 days, for a period of six months, starting from 1 May to 31 October 2011. The decision was made by the Cabinet, during its meeting on April 26, when the Ministry of Tourism and Sports submitted the proposal for approval. […]
BANGKOK, 27 April 2011 (NNT) – Nine hospitals along the Thai-Cambodian border have been closed temporarily due to the ongoing clashes while mobile medical units have been sent out to take care of residents. As violent confrontations between Thai and Cambodian troops continue, Minister of Public Health Jurin Laksanawisit reported that the operations of nine […]
YALA, April 27 – One villager was shot dead in insurgency-impacted Yala province Wednesday morning, while five Army personnel were wounded in a bombing ambush in nearby Narathiwat. The first incident occurred early morning in a rubber plantation in Yala’s Bannang Sata district where the victim identified as Sombat Pandam, 32, was shot dead as […]
A Thai tour guide surrendered himself to the police confessing that he had shot dead one Japanese tourist and wounded another, after a heated argument during the trekking in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. On 26th April, 2011 the tour guide, Apichart Inphisak, 41, turned himself in to the police and admitted to the crime that […]
The Cambodian government on Wednesday condemned Bangkok’s threat to use military action to force Cambodian troops from areas that Thailand considers in dispute. Phom Penh “considers the above decision of (the Thai) government as tantamount to a declaration of war against Cambodia,” Cambodian Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said. Read more: The Nation
Thai authorities have raided more than a dozen community radio stations in Bangkok thought to be sympathetic to the anti-government “Red Shirt” movement. Police say the stations, located in Bangkok and surrounding areas, were raided Tuesday, after broadcasting statements defaming the Thai monarchy. Insulting the monarchy is a serious crime in Thailand. The raids came […]
A Thai man later died from his injuries following a shooting incident at a popular Thai Pub in the early hours of Monday Morning. Reports were received by Police that a major fight had broken out at the Pub and Restaurant located at the North-end of Pattaya Third Road at 4.50am, well after its permitted […]
