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 […]
TAK, 28 November 2010 (NNT) – Over 1,000 Myanmar refugees have once again crossed over the Thai border to seek shelters in Mae Sot district, Tak Province after an exchange of gun fires between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the Burmese troops on Saturday night. The sound of gun fires could be heard […]
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 […]
TAK, 18 November 2010 (NNT)-The unrest which continues to exacerbate along the Thai-Burmese border has prompted the Burmese authority to impose a ban on commodity deliveries across the border at night, indirectly forcing businesses to close earlier than usual. Cross-border trades have been hectic and in a rush, as the Burmese authority allows merchants to […]
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 […]
BANGKOK, 23 October 2010 (NNT) – Agriculture and cooperatives Minister has warned that continuous heavy rain in the north would create huge water flows down to the central region, including Bangkok. The Agriculture and cooperatives Minister Teera Wongsamut said rains in Tak, Mae Hong Son, and Kamphaeng Phet provinces have raised the water level in […]
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 […]
Bangkok, Oct 18 (DPA) An US-made F16 fighter jet crashed in northern Thailand Monday, killing the pilot, the Royal Thai Air Force said. ‘This is the first F16 crash we’ve ever had,’ Air Vice Marshal Monton Sanchukorn said. The jet was flying with three other fighters from Nakhon Sawan province to Chiang Mai when it […]
