150 Thai monks head to violent south for Lent
More than 100 yellow-robed Buddhist monks arrived in predominantly Muslim southern Thailand Friday at the start of Buddhist Lent in the hope their presence will promote peace in the insurgency-wracked region.
Foreign journalists accused of insulting Thai king
Police said Friday they will investigate a criminal complaint against the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand for allegedly insulting the country's monarchy by distributing copies of remarks made by a Thai politician on the club's premises.
Thai foreign media club faces royal slur probe
Police in Thailand said they were investigating an alleged insult to the revered monarchy by the board of the kingdom's foreign correspondents' club, a crime punishable by 15 years in jail.
Thailand and Cambodia order troops to be on alert
Both Thailand and Cambodia ordered their soldiers Thursday to be on alert in case fighting erupts at their disputed border, despite conciliatory remarks by the Thai prime minister.
Enraged elephant stomps 3 Thai workers to death
A rampaging elephant stomped three rubber tappers to death in southern Thailand on Wednesday after it was left to wander freely by its handler, police said.
Islamic teacher, teen killed in Thai south: police
Suspected separatist militants killed an Islamic teacher and his teenaged friend in a drive-by shooting in the latest violence in Thailand's troubled south, police said Tuesday.
Thai army to provide security at ASEAN summit
The Thai Cabinet approved the use of a law Tuesday that will put the army in charge of security at a regional summit in Thailand in July, after anti-government protesters forced an embarrassing, premature end to another meeting earlier this year.
Thai ex-PM's fortunes boosted by electoral results
Two consecutive electoral victories that put allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand's Parliament have buoyed backers' hopes for a resurrection of their fugitive leader-in-exile.
