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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:47 pm ET
Two soldiers and one militant were killed in a clash in Thailand's restive south Tuesday as security forces were preparing for a visit by the Malaysian and Thai leaders, police said.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:38 am ET
A Thai man was ordered to serve seven years in prison for spying on Thailand's former prime minister while he was in Cambodia as a guest of the government, a case that threatens to worsen a diplomatic feud between the two neighbors.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 12:13 am ET
A Thai man went on trial Tuesday for allegedly spying on Thailand's former prime minister while he was in Cambodia as a guest of the government, a case that threatens to worsen a diplomatic feud between the two nations.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 6:17 am ET
Bangkok - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday urged the ethnic Malay people in Thailand's violent deep South to cooperate with the Thai government in solving a conflict that has already claimed more than 3,500 lives. The message is clear...
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Bloomberg - 29 minutes ago
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will tour rubber-rich Muslim provinces with his Malaysian counterpart today, the first joint visit since a decades-old insurgency flared up in 2004, claiming about 4,000 lives.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 7:16 am ET
Phnom Penh - A Thai national was convicted of espionage by a Cambodian court Tuesday and sentenced to seven years in jail in a case linked to the controversial November visit to Cambodia by Thailand's former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Siwarak Chothi...
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INO News - Tue Dec 8, 1:41 am ET
(RTTNews) - Consumer confidence in Thailand improved in November after easing slightly in the previous month, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce reported on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 12:44 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s consumer confidence rose in November after falling a month earlier as Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy began to recover from its recession.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:09 am ET
A Thai man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for spying on fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during the tycoon's visit to Cambodia.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 3:15 pm ET
WASHINGTON & VIENTIANE, Laos----As the Southeast Asia Games open in Laos, The Honorable Howard Eugene Douglas, the former Ambassador at Large and U.S. Refugee Affairs Coordinator, has issued a statement on the Lao Hmong refugee crisis in Thailand and Laos.
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International Crisis Group - Tue Dec 8, 8:27 am ET
If the Thai government is serious about curbing the deadly southern insurgency, it needs to pursue political solutions, including lifting draconian laws, exploring new governance arrangements and engaging in dialogues with Malay Muslim militants. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has failed to make any significant progress in tackling the southern insurgency that has claimed more than 3,900 lives ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:35 am ET
Surrounded by water, a Buddhist temple is one of the last remnants of a Thai village that has vanished beneath the sea -- a scene being repeated across Asia and the world.
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INO News - 34 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has finished lower in three of four sessions since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had added nearly two dozen points or 3.5 percent in the process.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:31 am ET
A Thai man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for spying on fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra during his visit to Cambodia.
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The Southern Illinoisan - Mon Dec 7, 11:16 am ET
Thailand has much to offer anyone, from the burned-out corporateexecutive in search of ultraluxurious respite to the intrepidbackpacker hoping to explore beyond the beaten track.