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- Army struggles to engage mystery enemy in southern Thailand
When he heard the loud cracks of gunfire, Prapan Pormapat knew the insurgents had just claimed another victim. An engine roared as two gunmen sped away on a motorcycle, leaving behind the body of a saffron-robed Buddhist monk in a pool of blood.
- Thai PM to meet UN chief after his Burma visit
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is ready to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon who will be in transit from Rangoon to New York late Saturday. Abhisit said the meeting will be about ties between Asean grouping, United Nations, Burma and Thai-Cambodia
- Thailand's death toll - 7
BANGKOK - THAILAND'S health authorities on Saturday reported two more deaths from H1N1 flu, raising the country's total to seven, as the number of confirmed cases passed 1,800. A 37-year-old woman from the western province of Ratchaburi died from the
- Kazakhstan to face Thailand
AFTER four days of gruelling competition, Sunday's beach volleyball final will see only two countries fighting for the boys' and girls' gold medal. Kazakhstan's Lyubov Bogatu and Bakhtygul Samalikova convincingly trounced their Indonesian opponents
- Thai burglar falls asleep on the job
A Thai thief broke into a house but promptly fell asleep inside before stealing anything and was eventually discovered by a housemaid yesterday morning. Prachak Jarkngooloem, 24, was found at a house in Pattaya, 150km south of Bangkok, where he admitted
- Thai burglar falls asleep on the job: police
A Thai thief on Thursday night broke into a house but promptly fell asleep inside before stealing anything and was eventually discovered by a housemaid on Friday morning, police told AFP. Prachak Jarkngooloem, 24, was found at a house in the coastal
- UN chief denied visit to Suu Kyi
BANGKOK // The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, was in Myanmar yesterday to press for political reform in the military-ruled country and the release of political prisoners, including the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But his first
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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century; it was known as Siam until 1939. Thailand is the only southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict.
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AP - Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago.
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