Thai people celebrated another remarkable night of Loi Krathong festival

Sukhothai, Tak, Chiangmai, and Bangkok yesterday hosted the most colorful Loi Krathong festival ever, with thousands of floating lanterns, lighting boat parades, cultural performances, and Nop-pa-mas beauty pageant for people to enjoy. Loi Krathong festival is a Thai tradition held on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month. In the past, Loi Krathong […]

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Border fighting in Burma kills one Thai wounding three

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 […]

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Thaksin tries to upstage PM Abhisit

As Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva headed for Lop Buri yesterday morning to supervise flood relief operations after a prior visit to Nakhon Ratchasima province, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra posted pre-dawn Twitter messages boasting about the provisions he had made. Abhisit was scheduled to visit Ban Mi and Muang districts in Lop Buri where heavy rains […]

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