SI SA KET, Feb 4 — Fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops ended Friday evening after lasting for two hours at the border near the disputed Preah Vihear temple with artillery shells from Cambodia falling into Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province, killing one villager and wounding five soldiers. Artillery shells landed at Bhumsrol village in […]
BANGKOK, Feb 5 — As fresh fighting at the disputed Thai-Cambodian border erupted, the Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai has decided to postpone a Thai goods exhibition scheduled to be held in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh for an indefinite period, a spokesman for the ministry said. The spokesman said Ms Pornthiva had ordered […]
One topic that is hugely interesting in Thailand, Southeast Asia and other emerging tech markets across Asia is the rise of smartphones. In fact, two predictions I made for 2011 relate to smartphones in Thailand – ‘More competitive, growing smartphone industry’ and ‘ Growth in internet access fueled by mobile’. With these in mind, a […]
Reader comments allegedly defamed the monarchy A THAI WEBSITE MANAGER is facing up to 20 years in prison for failing to remove comments that were critical of the country’s monarchy. Chiranuch Premchaiporn, who manages the Prachatai.com website, faces 10 separate charges for not promptly deleting the messages. She has been prosecuted under the 2007 Computer […]
Phnom Penh/Bangkok – Cambodia and Thailand traded artillery and gunfire Friday at their northern border as Cambodia said more than 100 Thai artillery shells had landed in a civilian area in its territory. The Bangkok Post newspaper reported ‘two or three’ Thai soldiers had been wounded, citing a military source. Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan […]
YALA, Feb 4 — One soldier assigned to a teacher protection unit was killed and two others were wounded in a roadside bombing in Yala on Friday, and three Thai Buddhist local residents were wounded in a shooting attack in the insurgency-plagued province of Pattani. Three soldiers were wounded as they were on foot patrol […]
Thai and Cambodian troop patrols clashed on Friday afternoon on the border near the disputed 4.6 square kilometre area near Preah Vihear, an informed military source said. Thais hurt, border fighting continues Two or three Thai soldiers were wounded in fighting with Cambodian troops on Friday afternoon near the 4.6 square kilometre area under dispute […]
Words of wisdom have it that you can never discard the possibility of a military coup in Thailand. So is Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva safe? The current coup rumours were based on what was perceived by some as a political impasse. According to the “deadlock” school of thought, Abhisit, because of his disastrous handling of […]
