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Hun Sen Arrives in Hua Hin Thai Prime minister Abhisit’s nemesis, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Hua Hin on Sunday morning to partake in the first Mekong River Commission summit. The affair is being held at the Hyatt Regency hotel, from April 2 through the 5th. Seven squads of police and soldiers have [...]

Thai Economy Could Expand 5% Thailand’s economy has a likelihood of growing more than five per cent this year if the political doubt and the postponement of industrial projects in Map Ta Phut are decided, former finance minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said on Monday. “If the political problems subside and the Map Ta Phut impasse is [...]

Hot, Dry, in Thailand During Hot Dry Season Thailand’s dry period is anticipated to be harsher and last longer than normal this year, the chairman of the Foundation for National Disaster Warning System of Thailand (NDWST) Smith Dharmasaroja told reporters on Friday. Mr Smith held that the effects would be felt all over the country. [...]

Thai King Returns to Hospital Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej for a short time left the hospital where he has been treated for the past five months to make a late-night visit to his palace, an official announced on Sunday. It was the only time the 82-year-old ruler has left Siriraj Hospital since he was hospitalized [...]

Train Derailment Injures 20 Twenty persons were hurt in a train derailment in Thailand’s southern region of Songkhla on Thursday morning. Of the 20 injured travelers, five, together with a pregnant woman, are gravely injured. The cause of the mishap is under examination. The disaster scene is a curve where accidents have transpired in the [...]

Drug Scare in Bangkok School Misuse of over-the-counter cough suppressants at a Bangkok school is raising apprehension about public education on drug use and the value of controls on drug sales by pharmacies. About 80 students, most of them in Prathom 4 and 5 (Grade 4 and 5), at Wat Tha Phra school in Bangkok [...]

New Drug Task Force to Take Fight to Northern Provinces The Thai government is creating a new drug control force linking civilians and law enforcement to boost the fight against drug smuggling near the border. The new force would operate in perimeter provinces such as Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, which are main routes for [...]

Pomegranates Conceal Contraband Thai Police have confiscated 142,000 methamphetamine tablets, known as yaba, four kilogrammes of heroin and another two kilograms of crystal meth in the northernThai province of Phrae on Thursday. Police released a statement that a 10-wheel truck loaded with pomegranates from Chiang Rai overturned in Phrae’s Song district. The truck driver, Montri [...]

Greenpeace Bugs Bigshots in Hua Hin Greenpeace, the environmental group, assembled at the 15th Asean Summit on Saturday, insisting Asian principals to take a important action to stop climate change. The activist group hopes that positive steps will be taken by ASEAN member states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group grabbed attention by rolling [...]