BANGKOK, 26 April 2011 (NNT) – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has requested both Thailand and Cambodia to exercise maximum restraint in the wake of the renewed border skirmishes since last Friday. Ms Clinton expressed her concerns on behalf of the US regarding the battles between Thai and Cambodian troops along the border. […]
SURIN, April 25 – A Thai soldier was killed in a clash between Thai and Cambodian troops at border in the northeastern province of Surin on Sunday night, raising to five the death toll of Thai military in the current skirmishing which began Friday. Gunfire was heard from 9pm Sunday to around 3am Monday, according […]
BANGKOK, April 25 – Thai army commander-in-chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday reaffirmed the army is ready to engage in battle with Cambodia if the government orders so, standing firm that the Indonesian observers will be allowed to observe the border only if Cambodia withdraws its troops from the conflict zone and returns to dialogue. […]
Four Thai soldiers were killed and eight others wounded, one of them seriously, in a five-hour clash with Cambodian soldiers on the border in Phanom Dong Rak district of Surin province on Friday morning, deputy army spokeswoman Sirichan Ngathong said. Col Sirichan said the fighting began about 6.30am on the border between the Ta Kwai […]
SURIN : An inexperienced, middle-aged Thai boxer and father-of-two has died after collapsing in a fight for which he was set to be paid just 400 baht. Forty-eight-year-old farmer Songtham Stipa, agreed to the fight as he struggled to meet the expenses of his daughters’ education and care for his wife’s elderly parents and disabled […]
YALA, March 19 — Two suspected insurgents were shot dead early Saturday, while two others escaped, following fierce fighting with combined security forces in the restive southern province of Yala, police said. Police said the clash occurred at about 6.30am after more than 30 security combined force on an investigative operation surrounded a house in […]
The European Commission visited Burmese refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border this week to evaluate a shift in priorities from basic relief services to longer-term sustainable assistance. But as aid workers on the border scramble to cope with the newest wave of ethnic Karen refugees fleeing war at home, questions remain about whether sustainable assistance […]
Yangon – Thousands of ethnic Karen refugees, who fled Myanmar, could die of hunger in Thailand. Most have been living in makeshift tents in Tak province since January after intensified fighting between Karen rebels and Myanmar’s military forced them to leave their homes for the border area and then across the border into Thailand. Opposition […]
