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News / articles forum: DOHA, May 16 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday that she was satisfied with her official visit to Qatar with four agreements inked to boost ties between the two countries, while the Gulf state promised to lift a Thai chicken import ban within two weeks. More...

News / articles forum: DOHA, May 16 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday that she is satisfied with her official visit to Qatar with four agreements inked to boost ties between the two countries, while the Gulf state has promised to lift a Thai chicken import ban within two weeks. More...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: The Phuket Lifeguard Club has submitted an offer to restore lifeguard services at Phuket’s key tourist beaches, an offer that is likely to be agreed to by Monday, the Phuket Gazette has learned. The news comes after two rounds of offers by the Phuket Provincial Administration...

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 16 - 5,000 soldiers have been deployed in Thailand’s southern border region to ensure safety of teachers and students during the first semester of the new school year, according to Thai army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. More...

News / articles forum: DOHA, May 16 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in Doha on Tuesday for a two-day official visit May 15-16 to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation between Thailand and Qatar. More...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Chonasit Wattanavrangkul this afternoon confirmed that 173 items have yet to be recovered from the jewelry and gem heist in Phuket yesterday morning, despite police having three foreigners in custody. The missing valuables are estimated to be worth...

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 15 – A group of red shirt activists on Tuesday petitioned Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, seeking amendment of Article 112 , the lese majeste law, and a political prisoner release. More...

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 15 --- The Eastern People’s Network submitted a petition today demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and relevant government agencies transparently release all information related to the two industrial estate chemical accidents at two factories in the eastern province of...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Phuket City Police have released the names of two suspects arrested in connection with the

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 15 - Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa said on Tuesday that the government will step up integrated work of all concerned agencies to tackle violence in Thailand's restive southern border region, while threatened to withdraw budget allocated to agencies in case of failed...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Phuket Prison is to be awarded “White Prison” status after regular inspections of the provincial detention facility declared it free from drugs and illegal mobile phones. Department of Corrections Deputy Director General (Administration) Somsak Rangsiyopas announced the news at Phuket...

News / articles forum: MANAMA, May 15 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday hailed her Bahrain visit as successful and voiced satisfaction with her discussions with Bahraini leaders as the two countries were ready to push ahead for food and agricultural products cooperation. More...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Police have arrested four people in connection with theft of 30 million baht of jewelry in Phuket yesterday morning while the were heading for the Malaysian border after. Phuket Provincial Police Commander Chonasit Wattanavrangkul confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that the suspects were...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: According to preliminary results of the local election yesterday in Rawai, at the southern end of Phuket, Aroon Solos has been re-elected Mayor of Rawai Municipality. The preliminary count gave Mr Aroon with 3,715 votes, said Kittipong Thiengkunagrit, director of the Phuket Election...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Police are searching vehicles leaving the island and passengers departing via Phuket International Airport are being subjected to more rigorous bag searches following the theft of 30 million baht of jewelry from a parked van near Phuket Town

News / articles forum: PHUKET: One of the men named responsible for organizing a red-shirt rally near Nai Yang Beach yesterday has denied any intent of establishing a “red-shirt village” in Phuket. The true aim was to determine how many people would protest against such a rally, said Surin Yotharak, a local village...

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 14 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday was granted an audience with HM **** Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain at the Al Rowdah Palace in a visit intended to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. More...

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News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 14 – After a bizarre 24-hour standoff and towing him in his truck from Buri Ram to Bangkok, the Thai authorities are taking Karun Sai-ngan, former senator and Yellow Shirt activist to Criminal Court this morning to ask permission to detain him, and will file terrorism and other...

News / articles forum: TOKYO, May 13 – Designation of water retention areas under the government’s flood prevention plan will be finalised by May, said Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong on Sunday. More...

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 13 - Former senator and Yellow shirt activist Karun Sai-ngam refused to leave his pickup truck in order to hear police charges, even after it was towed from the northeastern province of Buri Ram to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) headquarters in Bangkok. More...

News / articles forum: BANGKOK, May 13 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra would officially visit Bahrain and Qatar between May 13-16 to foster relations and seek cooperation and particularly investments from the Middle Eastern countries. More...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: In a bid to offer some relief from the spiralling cost of living in Phuket, the Phuket Provincial Cooperatives Office is holding a “discount products fair” in front of its offices in Phuket Town. Phuket Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkaosutthirak yesterday officiated the opening of the...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: The final design for the 450-million-baht underpass at the Bang Khu Intersection in Koh Kaew

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Funding for projects to “combat” erosion along the Andaman coast through construction of seawalls, jetties and similar structures would be better spent on environmentally-sound projects like sand-dune stabilization, mangrove reforestation and better enforcement of laws that regulate...

News / articles forum: CHIANG MAI, May 12--- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday said the government would apply its utmost efforts to contest the Preah Vihear case at the International Court of Justice, pledging to protect Thailand’s sovereignty. More...

News / articles forum: PHUKET: Phuket has joined an Andaman-wide project spearheaded by the ****** of Songkla University (PSU) Haad Yai Campus to combat coastal erosion throughout the region. At the recent sea gypsy