Latest News in Thailand

Hacker to be Handed Over
Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday chose to hand over a Malaysian computer hacker to the United States for prosecution.
Gooi Kokseng, alias Delpiero, 44, is wanted by the US for being a part of a band of credit card data hackers which had engaged in computer crime in the US and Southeast [...]

Exports Head Out and Up
Thailand’s exports grew at their fastest rate for 18 months in January as the financial system of key markets gained force, helping lift orders for commodities from farm products to auto parts.
Exports increased 30.8% from a year earlier to $13.72 billion, while increasing 26% in baht terms to 453.42 billion baht. [...]

Teachers Fed Up With Killings
Thailand’s Confederation of Teachers in the southern border provinces on Tuesday demanded that the government to increase security for teachers.
The request was made after Samrit Panthadet, 52, an instructor of Bango Yimeng School in Kapho area of Pattani, was shot dead and his body set aflame.
The homicide happened on Monday [...]

Committee May Pretend to Test Hoax Bomb Detector to Save Face for Big-Shot Suckers
Thai Science and Technology Minister Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich, a name which may soon live in scientific infamy, and who has the power to actually scientifically test the GT200 dowsing rod and expose the deadly fraud, has chosen instead to set up a [...]

Soldiers Hurt in Bomb Ambush
Six Thai soldiers were wounded when insurgents exploded a roadside homemade bomb in a surprise ambush Sunday morning.
The blast occurred around 8:10 am on the Kuchingluepa - Sipo road in Rangae district.
Police announced that the six soldiers from the Narathiwat Taskforce 38 were on patrol in a pick-up truck when insurgents [...]

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 [...]

Rail Service Resumes After Recent Work Stoppage
The Hat Yai railway staff as well as its union members has decided to end their two-week long strike. South-bound trains have resumed full services as of Friday afternoon.
Ten express trains and 16 local trains in service to and from southern Thailand left the stations on schedule.
All regularly scheduled [...]

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 [...]