Bangkok – A short firefight between Thai and Cambodian troops near a disputed border area temple was a misunderstanding and the situation has been resolved, a Thai military official said Monday. Neither side reported casualties after they exchanged gunfire early Sunday about 20 kilometers from the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple. ‘It was a misunderstanding. I cannot say who first opened [...]

BANGKOK, Jan 11 (TNA) – The numbers of the supporters of the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD)–the Red Shirts—are growing early Monday at the vacation residence of Privy Councillor Gen Surayud Chulanont at Khao Yai Thiang in Nakhon Ratchasima, but the protesters vow that they will neither use violence nor trespass into the home of the former [...]

5,000 Troops, Police To Keep Order At Udd Mountain Protest NAKHON RATCHASIMA : Villagers who occupy land on Khao Yai Thiang are undaunted by a prosecution ruling against privy councillor Surayud Chulanont’s right to hold a 22-rai property there. The Surayud land-holding scandal has triggered speculation that the state will evict villagers occupying the forest reserve. Several plots of land [...]

Khon Kaen National Museum lost almost 100 artefacts in a theft believed to conducted between December 4 and 5. Police suspected thieves entered the museum during the day as visitors and staying on and stealing the objects during the night. Fine Arts Department chief Kriengkrai Sampatchalit said Wednesday the stolen artefacts included 55 Buddha amulets and two sheets of gold [...]

BANGKOK, Nov 22 (TNA) – Two persons died of apparent exposure to cold over the weekend as temperatures in Thailand dropped to as low as 15 degrees Celsius in the upper part of the country. Pramuk Tipracha, 43, is the second cold-related death in the northeastern province of Kalasin. He presumably died of heart failure as he slept in a [...]

A second round of Type A (H1N1) influenza has emerged in Thailand this month, as a third of the soldiers in a Phetchabun army base and many schoolchildren in Nakhon Ratchasima, Samut Prakan and other provinces have shown flu-like symptoms. Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said Thursday that the ministry instructed hospitals to prepare stocks of antiviral medications and to [...]

Philippines appeals for international help The Meteorological Department is warning 10 northeastern provinces they will bear the brunt of Typhoon Ketsana, which is moving swiftly towards the coast of Vietnam and is due to hit Thailand tomorrow. The provinces bracing for severe weather conditions are Amnat Charoen, Buri Ram, Mukdahan, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, Si Sa [...]

The Meteorological Department Friday warned residents of 16 provinces to brace themselves for heavy rains and possible flash floods at the result of a depression storm in Vietnam. In its seventh warning issued following the detection of the depression storm in Vietnam, the department said the storm’s influence would unleash heavy rains in lower northern provinces, central and northeastern provinces. [...]

The NACC had already started hearing the case but it would take a week to complete since the proceedings had to cover the individual involvement of each accused, Klanarong said. “Today’s deliberation has covered 12 of 44 accused ministers and officials and the NACC should be able to rule on the case by September 29,” he said. At the heart [...]

Police Region 3 commander Pol Lt-Gen Krisda Phankongchuen said on Wednesday he had 200 police deployed from Si Sa Ket and nearby provinces to the area near the Preah Vihear temple to deal with the planned rally by yellow-shirt demonstrators. Supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) from various provinces, particularly those in the Northeast, plan to rally against [...]