Phnom Penh. In a historic first, a UN-backed court Monday sentenced a Khmer Rouge prison chief to 30 years in jail for crimes against humanity over mass executions during Cambodia’s “Killing Fields” era, AFP reported. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, is the first Khmer Rouge cadre to face justice in an international tribunal […]
BANGKOK, July 23 — Thailand’s Emergency Decree currently imposed in 16 provinces will be gradually lifted with possible revocation in some provinces next week, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Mr Abhisit said the government shared a common view with former prime minister and National Reform Committee chairman Anand Panyarachun that the emergency decree should […]
BANGKOK, 23 July 2010 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health is preparing to upgrade 2,000 local public health centers across the nation to hospitals equipped with proper medical facilities. Minister of Public Health Jurin Laksanawisit said his ministry is aiming to raise the standard of over 9,000 local health stations across the country to […]
BANGKOK (Dow Jones) – Thailand is considering plans to upgrade the speed of its rail system and expand its logistics network nationwide, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said. Part of the THB170 billion ($5.26 billion) rail system budget for the next five years is aimed at doubling the speed of trains, to 100-120 kilometers per hour […]
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will play in this year’s PTT Thailand Open, organisers said yesterday. Rafael Nadal Nadal, the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion, withdrew from the previous two editions due to an abdominal injury. “I have been disappointed that I have not been able to play […]
BANGKOK, July 22 – An independent reporter on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and other 12 persons for attempted murder and mayhem in the army’s security operation to retake the anti-government Red Shirt rally site at Khok Wua intersection on April 10. Bodin Watcharobol, who described himself as an independent […]
Earlier this week we have reported on the banned TV commercial “ขอโทษประเทศไทย” (Sorry Thailand). For those, who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the video with English subtitles: The ban has created some considerable public uproar and the censorship board, which consists of representatives of the free-TV channels and other ‘experts’, has gotten itself into the […]
BANGKOK — In a parliamentary race this weekend that is being seen as a referendum on Bangkok’s recent upheavals, only one of the two leading candidates is campaigning. The other is in prison, accused of terrorism for his leading role in the so-called red shirt protests, which paralyzed the city center until they were crushed […]
