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 […]
A former vocational college student has been killed and two others injured in a fight with students of a rival school. Twenty four year old Cherdchai Chaiphak, a former student of Pathumwan Institute of Technology, has been shot and killed in Chatuchak district of Bangkok by students from a rival school. A witness said the […]
28 December 2010 – The United Nations refugee agency today urged Thailand not to forcibly return a group of some 166 Myanmar nationals who fled their country amid renewed fighting and are currently seeking temporary protection from the Royal Government. On 25 December, the Thai authorities asked the group from Myanmar to return to their […]
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday called on Thais to be kind to migrants and refugees from her country. “We know it is not easy for Thailand to cope with the situation, but we would so appreciate it if you could do what you can for them,” she said in a phone interview […]
Two Russian Tourists were badly injured after an all-night drinking session turned into a daybreak brawl at the Hi-So Hotel in South Pattaya. Police and Rescue Services were called to the Hotel and attended to the two injured men, Mr. Evgeni Frischih aged 23 and Mr. Ruslan Manedov aged 24 who had been drinking by […]
BANGKOK, Nov 15 — More than 200 ethnic Karen escaped fresh fighting between Myanmar troops and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) late Sunday night to Ban Wale in Tak’s Phop Phra district. The DKBA reportedly fired mortars and small weapons at Myanmar soldiers and both sides exchanged gunfire sporadically late last night. The combined […]
Tens of thousands of refugees have started to return to Burma after the fighting that followed the country’s election subsided. Some 20,000 people fled over the border to Thailand after armed confrontation broke out between the government and ethnic rebels. Many of those displaced returned back across the river into Burma after government forces chased […]
Spillover of fighting in Burma injures Thais Rocket propelled grenade fired during skirmish between Burmese troops and rebels landed on the Thai side in Tak province, reportedly killing one Thai and wounding three others. Fighting broke out Monday between Burmese troops and rebels belonging to the Karen ethnic minority who seized key government offices in […]
