Phnom Penh urged to stop denying landmines
The Thai Army has bluntly demanded that Cambodia stop denying its troops’ responsibility for laying new anti-personnel landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border.
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The Thai Army has bluntly demanded that Cambodia stop denying its troops’ responsibility for laying new anti-personnel landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Three people died and six went missing when a mud slide and flash flood hit Ban Pang Oong in Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai Tuesday night.
The Education Ministry will remove content from Grade 5 textbooks featuring a controversial former abbot of an AIDS hospice temple in Lop Buri, as he now faces criminal charges related to corruption and money laundering, Education Minister Narumon Pinyosinwat announced today.
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Just two hours from Bangkok, Ratchaburi province is where riverside markets buzz with life on the weekends.
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 249:134 to pass the second and third readings of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand bill, one of three bills necessary for the implementation of the government’s flagship 20-baht flat fare policy for mass transit travel in greater Bangkok.
The First Army Region Command is to seek legal action against Cambodians involved in the noisy gathering at a temporary fence in the Ban Nong Chan area of Sa Kaeo province this week, which resulted in injuries to Thai soldiers and damage to property.
Bangkok is considering military options after another Thai soldier lost a foot in a landmine explosion this afternoon in Surin province, Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, commander of the Second Army Region, said.
The Cabinet has approved, in principle, a proposal from the Labour Ministry seeking to allow displaced persons from Myanmar, currently residing in nine refugee camps in Mae Hong Son, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi, to work legally in Thailand for one year to ease the current labour shortage, according to Labour Minister Pongkawin Juangroongruangkit.
Two people were killed, 10 injured and one went missing when a mudslide struck a village in Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai on Tuesday night, following several hours of heavy rain caused by the Kajiki storm, which has already weakened to low pressure cell. Five houses were also damaged.
The Ministry of Justice, in cooperation with financial institutions and commercial banks, will hold a two-day debt settlement event at the Chaeng Wattana government complex this Friday and Saturday, to help Student Loan Fund, credit cards, car leasing, personal loans and farm debtors settle debts in a fair manner.
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed not to expand the scope or scale of their border disputes and to refrain from provocative actions, including inflammatory speech and civilian or military activities that could escalate tensions.
Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will not be present in the Constitutional Court this Friday, when it is scheduled to deliver its ruling in the case concerning her telephone conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, Somkid Chuekong, deputy secretary-general for political affairs of the prime minister, disclosed today.
The cabinet approved 1.7 billion baht to build bomb shelters in seven provinces bordering Cambodia and to pay additional compensation to households affected by the fierce fighting late last month between Thai and Cambodian forces.
Luang Phor Alongkot, former abbot of Phra Bat Nam Phu Temple, agreed to leave the monkhood today, to face charges of embezzlement and money laundering. He is currently in police custody for questioning.
Despite the ceasefire, if Cambodian troops fire into or enter Thai territory, Thai troops are authorised to retaliate, said acting Defence Minister Nattaphon Nakpanich today.