Top brass of Thai and Cambodian armed forces signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday, reports said. Army chief-of-staff Daopong Rattanasuwan, 2nd Army Region commander Thawatchai Samutsakhon, Directorate of Border Affairs former chief Nipat Thonglek and Suranaree Task Force commander Chavalit Choonprasarn met Royal Cambodian Army deputy commander and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva warned yesterday that if the yellow shirts continued protesting and pressuring the Cambodian government, it might have negative consequences on the two Thai nationals being held in a Phnom Penh prison. He added that the government was doing what it could to help get Veera Somkwamkid and Ratree Pipatanapaiboon released. Abhisit […]
New York (CNN) — Authorities in New York seized more than $9 million worth of opium hidden inside a shipment of porcelain figurines last month at John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday. The seizure happened on January 21, the agency said in a press release. CNN
Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan said the highlight of today’s demonstration would be a revelation about Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s alleged British nationality. Jatuporn said this would set the stage for the upcoming censure debate in Parliament. Police meanwhile will deploy more than 1,000 officers in three locations to be visited by red shirts, including Ratchaprasong […]
Far from where Samnieng Srichai sat knitting a waistcoat, the 83-year-old woman looked no different from other elderly people. Coming closer to her brought a surprise: her fingers, gnarled by leprosy, knitted fluidly and skilfully. Samnieng suffered from leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, about 50 years ago. It made her fingers crooked. She also lost her […]
SURIN, 18 February 2011 (NNT) – Surin provincial governor Mr. Serm Chainarong said 120 more bunkers will be built along the border to protect the inhabitants from artillery raids from Cambodia. Mr. Serm said some border residents have evacuated to temporary shelters of the government while those remaining in the area have been hiding in […]
SI SA KET, Feb 18 — Construction of new bunkers and repairs of those damaged during the four days of clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops near the disputed border area will start Monday, said Somsak Suwansujarit, governor of Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province bordering Cambodia. The Thai government has allocated sufficient budget to build […]
BANGKOK, 18 February 2011 (NNT) – Suvarnabhumi International Airport has been ranked fifth as the Best Airport among those accommodating more than 40 million passengers per year. According to Suvarnabhumi Airport Spokeswoman Wilaiwan Natwilai, the Airport Council International (ACI) recently announced its 2010 rankings for best airports in different categories based on its survey of […]
