BANGKOK, 10 February 2011 (NNT) – The majority of Thai youth do not deem the Valentine’s Day as a day to engage in sexual intercourse and lose their virginity, according to a recent survey by Assumption University Research Center (ABAC Poll). The survey was conducted with 1,256 teenagers aged from 12 to 24 years old […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that the recent clashes with Thailand in the disputed border areas was “a real war”, adding that there would be no more bilateral talks. “This is the real war, not the military clash,” he said while closing the annual conference of the Ministry of Commerce. ” Thailand […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday hinted he would likely a snap poll within the first six months of this year. “As everything is falling into place, the elections will take place soon,” he said. Abhisit said the economy was revitalised with the projection of this year’s growth rate about four per cent, the […]
Bangkok – Thailand is to send its foreign minister to the UN Security Council in New York next week to give its version of a border conflict with Cambodia, officials said Wednesday. Kasit Piromya is to attend a council meeting on the conflict over disputed land near the 11th-century Preah Vihear border temple, which erupted […]
BANGKOK, Feb 8 — Cambodia on Tuesday handed over a Thai soldier captured during the cross border clash between Thai and Cambodian troops on Saturday morning near the Preah Vihear Temple back to the Thai authorities in Phnom Penh following a request by the Thai Defence Ministry. Lt Gen Nim Sovath, chief of the Defence […]
Thai Army Region 2 announced last night that the Thai-Cambodian border in some areas will be shut down indefinitely. The Thai Army Region 2 announced the closure of the Thai-Cambodian border in the areas of Sakaeo, Sisaket, Surin, Trad, and Chanthaburi provinces last night, specifically at the chong jom, prasat ta kway and prasat ta […]
SURIN, 8 February 2011 (NNT) – Interior Minister Chavarat Chanvirakul has instructed governors of provinces on the Thai-Cambodian border to set up war rooms to monitor the border situation and hand out assistance to villagers affected by cross-border shellings. Mr Chavarat on Tuesday chaired a meeting with the governors of Surin, Buri Ram and Sa […]
BANGKOK, 8 February 2011 (NNT)-Her Excellency Ms You Ay, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia to Thailand has called on both sides to settle their differences by adopting the Joint Border Committee (JBC)’s framework. During the 8th Southeast Asian Seminar at Thammasat University, H.E. You Ay said the relationship between Thailand and Cambodia are more […]
