Thailand News

08-10-2011
Key rice exporter Thailand moves to lift prices[1,316 views]

BANGKOK, October 7, 2011 - Thailand introduced a new rice price scheme Friday that aims to boost farmers' incomes but has raised concern the food staple will become more expensive on global markets.
08-10-2011
Bangkok’s neighbours shoulder flood burden[5,936 views]

BANG PAHAN, October 8, 2011- As Thailand battles to keep its worst floods in decades from swamping Bangkok, anger is growing among residents upriver who say their homes are being sacrificed to keep the capital dry.
05-10-2011
‘Worst’ Thai floods kill 224, threaten Bangkok[2,574 views]

BANGKOK, October 4, 2011 - Thailand's worst monsoon floods in decades have killed 224 people and affected three quarters of the country, including part of the ancient city of Ayutthaya, officials said Tuesday.
04-10-2011
Aid group MSF quits Thailand over ‘govt interference’[1,128 views]

BANGKOK, October 3, 2011 - A major international medical aid group said on Monday it was pulling out of Thailand after 36 years because of government interference, leaving thousands of migrants without access to a doctor.
01-10-2011
Thai troops mobilised to help flood victims[1,071 views]

BANGKOK, September 30, 2011- Thailand deployed about 10,000 soldiers on Friday to help victims of floods that have killed 188 people and left vast swathes of the country under water.
30-09-2011
Thai undertaker jailed over hidden foetuses[1,233 views]

BANGKOK, September 29, 2011 - A court in Thailand on Thursday sentenced an undertaker to 40 months in prison for helping to hide illegally aborted foetuses at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok.
29-09-2011
Thai school under fire over Nazi parade[1,469 views]

BANGKOK, September 28, 2011 - A Catholic school in Thailand has apologised after students dressed up as Nazis for a sports day parade, drawing condemnation from Jewish rights campaigners.
29-09-2011
Four dead, one missing in Thai mudslide[950 views]

BANGKOK, September 28, 2011 - At least four people were killed when a mudslide swept away houses in a village in northern Thailand, raising the death toll from two months of flooding to 173, the government said Wednesday.
28-09-2011
Fuhrer furore! Thai student Nazi dress-up day causes outrage[1,958 views]

They had been meticulously planning their costumes for quite some time.The annual summer sports day had a long tradition of fancy dress and, eager to impress, the pupils of Sacred Heart Catholic School kept their outfits under wraps for weeks.
28-09-2011
Four Pathumtani Townhouses Collapse Dwellers In Panic[1,163 views]

Four townhouses collapsed in a Pathumthani province. The locals in the 'mubaan', village were in panic but managed escape from danger. Tenporary housing in tents has been provided by the district officials.The cause of the collapse was extensive flooding which undermined the ground around the village, and probably too much additional home extension adding extra weight.
24-09-2011
More than 150 dead in Thai flooding[1,628 views]

BANGKOK, September 24, 2011- Two infant brothers swept away by rising waters in northern Thailand have become the latest victims of two months of heavy flooding that have left over 150 people dead, authorities said Saturday.
23-09-2011
Thai monks trade gun and theft claims[2,079 views]

BANGKOK, September 22, 2011 - Buddhist monastic life usually conjures images of serenity and peace, but monks at one Thai temple have lodged rival police complaints alleging lies, theft and threats at gunpoint.
22-09-2011
Thai web editor denies online royal insult charges[2,428 views]

BANGKOK, September 21, 2011- A prominent Thai website editor facing up to 20 years in jail appeared in court Wednesday to defend herself against charges relating to remarks about the monarchy posted by other people on her website.
20-09-2011
Troops outnumber monks at temples in Thai south[834 views]

PATTANI, September 20, 2011 - With its barbed wire, sandbag bunker and armed guard, Wat Lak Muang in Thailand's strife-torn deep south looks more like a military outpost than a typical Buddhist temple.
18-09-2011
Deposited 2 Million THB In ’84 Lost Bank Book Can’t Withdraw[2,673 views]

A millionaire, an ex-owner of a housing estate, deposited two million THB in a bank 27 years ago. Recently he found that he had lost the bankbook. At the bank they said there was no information in the system. The legal department of the bank told him impolitely that he could sue the bank if he wanted.
18-09-2011
Malaysians among four dead in Thai south blasts[771 views]

NARATHIWAT, September 17, 2011 - Malaysian tourists were among four killed and 110 wounded in multiple blasts in the insurgency-plagued Thai south, authorities said Saturday, amid concerns that foreigners were targeted.
17-09-2011
Three dead, 50 hurt in multiple Thai south bombs[1,948 views]

NARATHIWAT, September 16, 2011- Multiple bombings killed at least three people and wounded 50 on Friday in Thailand's insurgency-plagued deep south, police said, amid signs of escalating violence in the region.
15-09-2011
Thai customs seizes thousands of endangered animals[1,209 views]

BANGKOK, September 14, 2011 - Nearly 2,000 monitor lizards, hundreds of turtles and 20 snakes were among a huge haul of live endangered animals found hidden in a truck by Thai authorities, a wildlife group said Wednesday.
15-09-2011
BKK-Airport G-String Fetus Killer Caught on Samui Island[5,737 views]

The Immigration Police arrested the woman who aborted and threw away her unborn baby at Suvarnnabhumi airport recently. The suspect was found walking on Rin beach, Koh Phangan at the Full Moon Party and she confessed that she used a G-string swimming suit to abort her unborn baby and threw away the fetus in the garbage bin. Thereafter she flew to Samui with the new British boyfriend. She claimed that she didn’t want the new boyfriend to know that she was pregnant.
09-09-2011
Pattaya Woman Beats Up Foreigner On YouTube[11,710 views]

TruTV USA, broadcasted a video clip seen all over the world where a Thai women beats up a foreigner who's trying to molest her.