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Thailand Vows to Ignore International Court It is useless for Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to request the International Court of Justice to help resolve the border disagreement around Preah Vihear between Phnom Penh and Thailand, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced on Wednesday. Mr Abhisit said the dispute cannot be solved in the International Court [...]

Hun Sen Touchy About His Appearance in Uniform A fresh barrage of insults by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen aimed at Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is expanding the diplomatic gulf among the two countries. Thailand and Cambodia had been struggling to find ways to mend fences after a series of quarrels but Hun Sen [...]

A Million Red Shirt Rally, Ruse or Reality It is claimed by the UDD that more than one million red-shirts will surely take part in a mass assembly aimed at bringing down the current government, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Promphan asserted on Tuesday. Talking to reporters following a UDD meeting, [...]

Counterfeit Travel Documents Seized in Bangkok Thai Police confiscated fake passports and visas worth more than 5 million baht during a search in Samut Sakhon on Friday. However, the criminals had been tipped off about the raid and escaped the scene before police had arrived, Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga told reporters. In a joint press [...]

Tourist Hun Sen to Be Near Disputed Territory The Thai-Cambodian border dispute is in the news as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen today begins a three-day stay which will finish off at the Ta Muan Thom temple in Surin. The government says that while the Cambodian chief is free to go anywhere while on Cambodian [...]

Thai Airlines CEO Speaks of Immunization Thai Airways International’s new leader wants to bring in what he calls an “immune system” into the organization, to stop interlopers receiving benefits. Piyasvasti Amranand says he will call for staff to fight off what he calls the pressure of interfering politicians and avaricious management. THAI would never live [...]

Boys Can’t be Girls When Graduating University The Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) meeting on Monday has voted to disallow male-to-female transgendered University graduates to wear female dress when receiving their degrees. The council chairman and Chulalongkorn University president Pirom Kamolratanakul said all 23 university presidents had agreed that graduates should wear normal uniforms [...]

More than 70 per cent of Thai people think Thailand’s economy is worsening, according to an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University released on Saturday. The opinion poll called “People’s confidence in economic recovery”, questioned 1,327 people, and had been conducted from Dec 1 to 3. 56.55 per cent of those respondending to the [...]

Tobacco Sellers Harassed by Activists Hundreds of anti-smoking activists are protesting outside Tabinfo Asia 2009 at Impact Arena, in Bangkok. The tobacco industry exposition in has drawn 3,000 participants from around the globe. It has also drawn widespread denunciation for its promotion of smoking throughout Asia. Around 650 people on behalf of students, professionals, academics [...]