Latest News in Thailand

Bank Hopes Baht Won’t Take a Bath The Bank of Thailand should take care that the Thai baht’s value stays at between 33 to 34 baht per US dollar, Manoon Siriwan, an energy authority, said on Saturday. “If the Thai currency is weaker than that levels, it could affect domestic retail prices of fuel”, Mr [...]

Cops Kill Drug Dude A Thai drug trafficker known as Manop Chaengkhlai, 39, an inhabitant of Suphan Buri, was shot to death on Rama II Road after exchanging gunfire with police. Police had been chasing after the man and say that at first it seemed as if he was prepared to surrender. Unexpectedly, he pointed [...]

Dowsing Rod Hoax Device Gets Boost from Fourth Army Region Commander A hoax device that is nothing but a rotating metal rod attached to handle continues to make a laughing stock of military officers who refuse to have the device scientifically tested and are critical of suggestions that the 900,000 baht devices of which they [...]

Coalition May Unravel It is a possibility that political allies of the ruling Democrat Party would change to join forces with Puea Thai Party to form a new administration in the near future, Puea Thai MP for Nakhon Phanom Phaichit Sriworakarn announced on Saturday. “Some key members of political parties in the Democrat-led coalition administration [...]

Charter Amendments Divide Coalition Partners Time is running short for the coalition government as the association between the Democrats and their allies has gone from bad to worse, and a squad of armored personnel carriers appeared without warning on Bangkok streets, prompting conjecture of another coup in the making. The gap between the Democrats and [...]

North Korean Arms Flight Crew May be Released Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban on Friday declined to comment on the imminent decision by public prosecutors to drop all charges against the pilots of the North Korea arms plane If charges are dropped, as expected, then the four; pilot and crew from Belarus and Kazakhstan [...]

Red Shirt Rally Must Remain Respectful Thai Red-shirt marchers are free to rally in front of army headquarters on Friday, but they must obey the law, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban held on Thursday. Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) say they will congregate tomorrow to insist the army publicly clarify [...]

Divining Rod’s Deadly Farce Continues The Thai military yesterday continued its support for the so-called GT200 bomb detectors by performing a demonstration for reporters instead of putting it through scientific tests as demanded by academics. The GT200 is merely a handle with a rotating antenna-like device attached, and a card inserted into the handle containing [...]

Tiger Tourism Conference in Thailand A tiger tourism conference is expected to promote the Kingdom as a new destination for tiger devotees. “This year is the Year of the Tiger, and Thailand will benefit from this event. Our country has the potential to become a place for tourists to go for tigers,” Natural Resources and [...]