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Cambodian-Thai Border Clashes Hurt Both Nations' Poor

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- To call the fighting over the Preah Vihear temple on the Cambodian-Thai border a war is misleading. The fact remains, however, that it is a spasm of violence that no one really needs except for nationalist politicians who find it easier to sound the trumpets of war than tackle their own stubborn...

Thai Soldiers Race to Help Flooded Southern City

BANGKOK (Nov. 3) -- Thailand rushed soldiers and its only aircraft carrier to rescue residents in a key southern city submerged by the latest flooding that peaked as high as rooftops, after 107 people died from deluges in the northeast last month. The southern commercial hub of Hat Yai was transformed into a murky...

In Wake of Unrest, Thailand Extends Emergency Rule

(July 6) -- Thailand extended emergency rule today over the capital and a quarter of the country for another three months, granting police broad powers to detain suspects for 30 days without charge in an extension of laws implemented earlier this spring amid the nation's worst political violence in decades. The laws ban...

Thai Leader Promises Reconciliation After Standoff

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(May 21) -- After a two-month standoff with his opponents that left dozens dead and huge swaths of Bangkok burned, Thailand's prime minister took to the nation's airwaves today promising deep reconciliation and asking Thais to "help each other." Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva promised an independent investigation into...

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05/24/12 Yingluck explains absence Source: The Nation of Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she did not attend the ceremony held yesterday to present compensation to victims of political unrest, because she was tending to business outside Bangkok, and not because she was trying to avoid legal responsibility that comes with the payment as widely speculated.
05/24/12 EC looks into East Water donation to Democrats Source: The Nation of Thailand The Election Commission is looking into the flood-relief funds that East Water provided to the Democrat Party last year, EC chairman Apichart Sukhagganond said yesterday.
05/23/12 DSI: East Water gave Democrats Bt1 million Source: The Nation of Thailand The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday produced evidence, claiming the East Water Group had committed an offence by donating Bt1 million to the Democrat Party for flood relief.
05/22/12 Thai economy on a tightrope Source: Bangkok Post Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was _ literally _ the picture of confidence in parliament on Monday.
05/21/12 Govt rules out VAT, diesel levy boost Source: Bangkok Post Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said the government has no plans to increase value-added taxes or diesel levies to meet its revenue targets.