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Thailand strongly condemned the use of anti-personnel mines near Chok Bok, Ubon Ratchathani which seriously injured three soldiers during a routine patrol at the Thai-Cambodian border on Wednesday.
About 7,000 Thai and Cambodian tourists visited Ta Muen Thom and Ta Kwai ancient ruins in Phnom Dongrak district of Surin province today, in what was seen as a show of patriotism to lay claim to the two temples.
Heavy to very heavy rain is forecast for Thailand’s northern, north-eastern regions and the western section of the central plains from Tuesday until Thursday, as Tropical Storm Vipa is now heading towards the southern coast of China, then on to Tonkin Bay and Vietnam, before weakening into a depression and finally a low pressure cell over Laos.
A tour guide drowned, but 16 foreign tourists were safely rescued after their tour boat capsized in Chiew Lan Reservoir in the southern province of Surat Thani today.
Supported by an armour-plated tractor, army bomb disposal personnel from the Army Engineering Corps are conducting a mine clearing operation, near the Thai-Cambodian border in the Chong Bok pass in Nam Yuen district of Ubon Ratchathani.
The discovery of new landmines on Thai soil, believed have been laid by Cambodian troops, is sufficient justification for Thailand to retaliate against Cambodia, militarily and diplomatically, Thai army spokesman quoted the Thai army chief as saying.
Thailand plans to submit a protest note to the United Nations, accusing Cambodia of violating the Ottawa Convention by planting anti-personnel landmines along the un-demarcated Thai-Cambodian border at Chong Bok pass, in Nam Yuen district of Ubon Ratchathani province.
Deputy Commander of the Second Region Army, Maj-Gen Nath Sri-in, has recalled his real-life experiences with anti-personnel landmines, allegedly planted by Cambodian troops along the porous natural border with Cambodia in Si Sa Ket and Surin provinces.
A neurosurgeon at the Police General Hospital (PGH), Pol Col Chana Chongchokdee MD, who was the doctor in charge of treating former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, asked the Supreme Court, during a hearing on Friday, why he had to appear before the court for treating the patient.
During the latest round of tariff negotiations, via video conference on Wednesday, the United States proposed that Thailand increase market access for US-made products, reduce non-tariff barriers and promote US investment in Thailand US, Deputy Commerce Minister Chantawit Tantasith told the media today.
Cambodia has denied that its troops recently planted anti-personnel landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border, near Chong Bok in Nam Yuen district of Ubon Ratchathani, where three Thai soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, on Wednesday.
Thai authorities are closing in on Kok An, a powerful Cambodian senator and casino tycoon accused of masterminding a vast transnational scam network along the border.
Thais had better prepare for political life without the Shinawatras. Without them on the surface, at least.
ISLAMABAD — Heavy monsoon rains killed at least 54 people in eastern Pakistan in 24 hours, bringing the total rain-related deaths in the country to 178 over the past three weeks, officials said Thursday.
People living in northern and northeastern Thailand have been advised to brace for heavy to very heavy rainfall and possible flash floods and river overflows from tomorrow until next Tuesday, due to the impacts of Tropical Storm Vipa.
The joint investigative panel of the Office of the Election Commission (OEC) and the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is to ask the Election Commission (EC) to take legal action against 138 senators and 91 individuals, including members of the executive committee of the opposition Bhumjaithai party and associates, for alleged collusion in the election of senators last year, in violation of the Senate Election Act and the Constitution.
