Tag: Thailand

Thailand, Myanmar back ambitious port project

Thailand and Myanmar pledged on Monday to press ahead with a multi-billion-dollar deep sea port project and to open new border crossings during summit...

Thailand braced for key court ruling

Hundreds of police surrounded Thailand's Constitutional Court Friday as the country braced for a crunch ruling that threatens to rip open the kingdom's bitter...

Topless painter causes stir on Thai talent show

Thailand's Culture Ministry on Monday demanded an explanation from the producer of a talent show which broadcast a female contestant painting with her bare...

Thai culture chiefs fume over Gaga’s ‘offensive’ show

Thailand’s government has hit out at pop sensation Lady Gaga for a second time in as many weeks by filing a police complaint over...

Govt’s revenue on auto part imports is square root of zilch

Almost every day many auto parts consignments are arriving from China, Thailand and other countries at different ports in Pakistan but the government’s revenue...

Triple bomb attack kills nine in Thailand

Three bomb attacks minutes apart killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south,...

Honda’s automobile unit resumes operations in Thailand

HATC, a subsidiary of Honda Motor, is the last of the Japanese automobile companies to resume production in Thailand after the floods. Toyota Motor...

Thailand rescues dogs destined for dinner

The Thai navy has rescued hundreds of dogs destined for Vietnamese dinner tables in an operation to tackle border smuggling, a naval official said....

Eight dead, scores hurt in Thai bus crash

A bus crashed and overturned in northern Thailand after the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel, killing eight people and leaving dozens injured,...

Thailand asks Facebook to delete ‘offensive’ content

Thailand has asked social networking website Facebook to delete more than 10,000 pages of content containing images or text which it claims are "offensive"...

Flood-ravaged Thailand prays to water goddess

Each year as the monsoon draws to an end, Thais thank the water goddess for sustaining life. But with deadly floods now plaguing the...

More than 500 die in Thai floods

The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in decades jumped above 500 on Sunday as the seemingly unstoppable waters crept deeper into Bangkok, swamping...

Thai officials on defensive as flood anger mounts

Bangkok authorities insisted on Tuesday they could not ease the flooding crisis for everyone in the city, as anger and misery grew in inundated...

Nervous Bangkok on alert for floods

Thailand fought to hold back floodwaters flowing towards Bangkok Saturday as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the city of 12 million people...

Floods kill hundreds in Southeast Asia

Massive floods have left 500 people dead across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, officials said Monday, as authorities stepped up efforts to reach victims of...

Thailand’s ‘worst’ floods leave 224 dead

Thailand’s worst monsoon floods in decades have killed 224 people and affected three quarters of the country, including part of the ancient city of...

Aisam-Marach pair wins Thailand Open

Pakistan's ace tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his partner Oliver Marach of Austria routed their German opponents Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske in the...