Thailand Politics News

An international group of lawmakers meeting in Thailand has urged countries to better protect and support North Korean defectors. They also demanded that China stop forcibly repatriating refugees to North Korea, where they could face execution.

Thailand has started searching for a suitable location to build the second Thailand-Burma Friendship Bridge on the Moei River even as the Thai Deputy Commerce Minister is slated to visit Burma to discuss border trade. Tak provincial officials are surveying...

Thailand has vowed to appeal against plans to extradite him to Australia accused of a £66 million global drugs plot. James Kinch, 50, who lawyers said is originally from Scotland, claims he cannot be extradited without the permission of British...

Local certification expected to meet international criteria Government agencies are making a joint effort to establish professional standards for workers in the domestic information and communication technology (ICT) industry. The aim is to strengthen the quality of human resources in...

Eighteen months after the powerful Cyclone Nargis tore through military-ruled Burma, one question that dogged early relief efforts has lost relevance: does the country have an active civil society to help victims? The amorphous network of Burmese civilians, ranging from...

He is believed to be a member of the red-shirt protest group which is allied with the country's convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The group has been accused of threatening the life of the current Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva,...

A protest group seeking to bring down the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday called off its plans for a rally this weekend after criticism that it would interfere with birthday celebrations for the country's revered monarch....

Politicians are mourning the death of former prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who died of cancer early yesterday. PM Abhisit Vejjajiva : "I followed Samak' s political career since I was young...His death has caused a time of bereavement for Thai...

Financier's period in police custody ends Rakesh Saxena, the Indian-born financier, will appear in the Criminal Court of South Bangkok at 9am today to listen to charges filed by the public prosecutors. Saxena has been in temporary custody at the...

The local competition, on the subject of �Hospitals safe from Disaster� is part of a Asia-wide art initiative, and Thanakrit�s artwork is one of three lucky entries to make it through from Thailand. Governor Wichai Praisa-Ngob was on hand to...