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Thai customs officials apprehended more than two tons of ivory stored at Bangkok’s main international airport on its way from Dubai to Laos, a Thai customs division report said on Thursday.
The Thai officials, acting on a tip, investigated a transit cargo storehouse at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday evening and discovered 239 elephant tusks, the [...]

Thailand Vows to Send Hmong Back to Laos
The government of Thailand confirmed on Wednesday it will soon repatriate more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to their home country of Laos, where they fear persecution and discrimination.
The Hmong group, currently held in a camp in Huay Nam Khao in northern Phetchabun province, are asking for political [...]

Thailand’s Trains to Travel Faster
Thailand’s Council of Economic Ministers has approved a plan to improve the rail system to the tune of about 100 billion baht as has been proposed by the Transport Ministry, according to Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu.
The plan gives outlines for improvement of railway tracks all over the nation, purchasing new [...]

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 drugs smuggled [...]

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 a transparent-plastic [...]

Abhisit Opens ASEAN Conference
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that Asean leaders must focus their efforts to make the proposed Southeast Asia economic area a reality by 2015,
In addressing the opening formal procedure of the Asean summit yesterday, Mr Abhisit robustly upheld the role of the Asean secretary-general in conveying pressing issues to the notice of [...]

Obama Announces Asia Tour for November
US President Barack Obama will tour Asia for the first time next month, visiting Japan, Singapore, China as well as South Korea for a bout of meetings on pressing matters such as trade and global security.
The upcoming trip will be Obama’s most testing venture up till now into the vital [...]

Internal Security Act to be Invoked for ASEAN Meeting
The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet assembly today concurred to enforce Internal Security Act (ISA) in Cha Am and Hua Hin localities from Oct 12 to 27 to uphold law and order for the duration of the Asean meeting planned for Oct 23 to 25, Thawil Pliansri, secretary-general [...]

Typhoon Approaches Thailand
The Thai government has created a 50 million baht emergency fund for all provinces soon to be hit by typhoon Ketsana, currently on course towards Thailand, Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul told reporters on Tuesday.
The number of deaths from Ketsana in the Philippines has increased to more than 240 people. more than 170,000 people [...]