Latest News in Thailand

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 [...]

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. [...]

Thai Train Topcat Talks Tough to Striking Strikers The director of Thailand’s state railway system has fire unceremoniously six staff at Hat Yai station as well as two outspoken officials of the railway union. All eight were removed because of the obstruction of train services in the lower South. The State railway is preparing to [...]

Rail Strike Goes On and On Thailand’s rail strike is continuing to cause havoc. Staff who have walked off their jobs in the South will be facing legal steps from the government to make certain that normal working standards are preserved, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters on Monday. He acknowledged the workers right to [...]

Railroad Union Strike Gets Sidetracked The head of Thailand’s Hat Yai railroad workers union, Wiroon Sakaekhum, has told reporters the members of his union will not continue to obstruct the train service connecting Yala and Bangkok, but that State Railway of Thailand executives will have to be willing to take the blame if anything happens [...]

Trouble on the Tracks Thai train operators unions organized work stoppages after asserting that many trains were faulty and that they feared another lethal derailment. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has stated that he had told Transport Minister Sohpon Zarum to ensure a quick recommencement of suspended train services. State Railway of Thailand chief engineer Krit [...]

Separatists Suspected in Southern Strife A Sergeant Major in the Thai army, and his wife Surachai Chansoongnern and, Apiradee Majeh, were gravely wounded on Tuesday morning when an explosive device planted underneath their pickup truck detonated at a military check-point in Narathiwat’s Waeng region, police said. Separatist militants are suspected of having set off the [...]

Thai Political Veteran Sick and Tired of the Whole Mess Thailand’s Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong said on Sunday that he is weary of political affairs and is in preparation to leave the political stage, claiming to be sickened by the entire mess. While speaking about former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh’s return to politics by [...]

Rubber Worker and Wife Shot in South A Thai Muslim rubber taper was murdered and his wife was seriously wounded in a ride-by shooting in Yala’s Betong district early in the morning on Saturday, police said. Ma-ardee Arvae and his wife were both shot by gunmen on motorcycle while they were en route to a [...]