MAE SOT, Jan 1 – Clashes between Myanmar government troops and Karen Buddhist ethnic soldiers continued Tuesday after mortar shells landed on the Thai side of the Moei River on Monday. Clashes between Myanmar troops and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group continued as the DKBA fired mortars at a Tatmadaw military base […]
Bangkok – Cambodian troops on Wednesday arrested a Thai legislator and six other Thais who were inspecting a disputed area on the Thai-Cambodian border, officials said. Panich Wikitsate, a member of the ruling Democrat Party, and six colleagues were detained by Cambodian troops in a disputed zone in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Keow province, 200 […]
BANGKOK, Dec 25 — A key leader of the anti-government movement insisted Saturday that documents which he had leaked to the public regarding troops killing anti-government protesters earlier this year were genuine and that he was ready to reveal them all during a debate in the lower house as he has parliamentary immunity. Jatuporn Prompan, […]
BANGKOK, Dec 15 — A senior Japanese embassy official on Wednesday met National Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree to ask the Thai authorities to speed up their investigation into the death of a Japanese cameraman killed during Red Shirt protest. Cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto of the Reuters news agency was shot dead while filming the […]
Leaked investigation contradicts Thai Prime Minister, who had blamed six gunshot deaths on protesters taking sanctuary An official investigation into the deaths of protesters taking refuge in a Buddhist temple that had been declared a safe haven during Thailand’s Red Shirt demonstrations in May this year has found that special forces were probably responsible. This […]
A soldier was killed and three others were hurt in a shooting ambush by suspected insurgents in the southern border province of Yala on Sunday. In the neighbouring province of Narathiwat, a roadside bomb damaged a military vehicle transporting eight troops on patrol. No personnel were injured. Bangkok Post
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 […]
Cambodia and Thailand have begun a coordinated withdrawal of troops from Preah Vihear temple in preparation for the reopening of the temple’s international border crossing next week, military officials from both countries said. The crossing has been closed since July 2008, when the disputed temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, triggering a […]
