BANGKOK, THAILAND (17 July 2010) — In the start of a carefully crafted emergency campaign to thwart a pest outbreak that is wreaking havoc on Thailand’s vital cassava production, agricultural researchers will release a quarter of a million parasitic wasps in the northeastern part of the country. Thailand’s cassava industry alone accounts for more than […]
On July 6, the Thai government approved the extension of an emergency decree in 19 provinces, which includes many in the heartland of the pro-democracy Red Shirts in the country’s north-east. The extension came a day after the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) recommended the government immediately lift the decree and hold fresh elections. But […]
Ubon Ratchathani – A homemade bomb exploded outside an MCOT radio station in this northeastern province late Sunday night, police said Monday. No one was injured in the blast at the 107.00 MHz station in Muang district, which is about 300 metres away from the Ubon Ratchathani International Airport. Police also found a dud ping-pong […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, June 17 (TNA) – A German man and his Thai wife committed suicide at their residence in the provincial seat, leaving Bt200,000 (US$6,150) cash and a suicidal note saying the cash was for their funeral and that no guests should be invited for the ceremony. Local police were told by neighbours that there […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Cambodia has accused Thai soldiers of instigating a brief gunbattle between troops at a disputed border, saying nobody was injured in the latest clash between the two militaries. A Cambodian official says the two sides fired rifles, machine guns and rockets in a 15-minute clash early Saturday at the Ou […]
SA KAEO, April 9 (TNA) – A Cameroon man was abruptly detained with smuggled gold by Thai officials at the Aranyaprathet district immigration checkpoint after having crossed the border from Poi Pet in Cambodia to Thai territory. Arrested while carrying wheeled baggage, the man was asked to be searched, as said by officials, for he […]
An Australian tourist died after being assaulted in Thailand. His funeral took place on April 16, 2010 in Adelaide, in the presence of his family and his Thai companion, Som, six months pregnant. Andrew Oake, 28, has been on vacation for two months with his girlfriend in Prasat, near Surin, northeast of Thailand. About four […]
At the age of 81, Grandma Hai Khanjanta from the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani received an honourary Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng University, thanks to her unending patience in fighting for her rights for her lost land. Previously obtaining only primary education, Grandma Hai said it took her 32 […]
