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Thai Community Radio to Come Under Government Supervision About 1,200 owners and operators of small community radio stations have hurried to submit an application for advance registration so they will be at the top of the line up when the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issues licenses and frequencies designations The NTC has informed more than [...]

Baby Panda in Chiang Mai Names Narrowed to Four A committee made up of members of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand has chosen four names from thousands of suggestions submitted from throughout the kingdom for the new female baby panda recently born at the Chiang Mai Zoo. The four possible names making up the [...]

Thai Government Vows to End Violence in Southern Thailand in Three Years Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva spoke today about the violence in southern Thailand related to the Muslim insurgency which continues to take innocent lives. The government is setting a deadline of three years to end the violence which has recently included a shooting [...]

Cambodia and Laos Removed from U.S. Trade Blacklist Companies doing business in Laos and Cambodia will be eligible for loans from the U.S. government with the removal of Laos and Cambodia from a trade blacklist meant to prevent loans going to “Marxist-Leninist” governments by the U.S. export-Import Bank. * President Obama stated : The Lao [...]