SA KAEO, April 30 – A Red Shirt activist, Somyos Plueksakasemsuk, was detained on lese majeste charge at Aranyaprathet border crossing in Sa Kaeo, bordering Cambodia, on Saturday afternoon. DSI director-general Tharit Pengdit said Mr Somyos was taken into custody when he was about to leave the country at the immigration checkpoint in Sa Kaeo […]
A joint trade fair to be held in Cambodia this week will go ahead as scheduled despite military clashes at the border near Preah Vihear Temple, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said Tuesday. “Trades with Thailand are still normal,” he said during opening the construction of a 144-km road in Banteay Meanchey province […]
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 […]
Walking along Sanphawut Road at around 4.30pm on Thursday, my son and I were stopped by a group of three men, one in uniform, standing opposite the Chinese temple. They nodded at each other then stopped us and asked whether we were Indians. Assuming they were policemen, I answered yes and showed them my driving […]
CHACHOENGSAO, Jan 11 – Two persons, a pilot and a senior aide to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, were injured in a helicopter crash in Chachoengsao Tuesday morning. Pilot Pol Lt Col Decho Phusri and royal aide Piboon Sirisaengtrakul were injured in the accident and taken to hospital. The helicopter made an emergency […]
A foreigner was arrested at the Sa Kaeo immigration checkpoint Monday for carrying a fake passport. The passport identified the man as Christian Alphonse, 35, Guinean. Officials, however, found the passport was forged. The Guinea embassy also denied issuing this passport. The suspect has now been detained. He admitted paying Bt8,000 for the fake passport […]
BANGKOK, Jan 3 – Both the Foreign Ministry and the Army Region 1 commander on Monday urged the yellow-clad activists of the Thailand Patriot Network not to rally tomorrow at the border, saying the move could sabotage talks between Thai and Cambodian authorities over the release of seven detained Thai nationals. Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to […]
