New Thai PM pushes for 300-baht minimum wage plan

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BANGKOK, August 20 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she is ready to elaborate on her 300-baht minimum wage plan in her policy statement to the parliament.

Gold trade hits new record at Thai-Cambodian border

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BANGKOK, August 20 (TNA) - Rising gold prices in the world market has caused gold trade at the Thai-Cambodian border in Chanthaburi province to reach its 10-year high, driven by a huge sell-off by

Second batch of Thai peace keepers leave for Sudan

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BANGKOK, August 20 (TNA) - The second contingent of the “Thai-Darfur 980 ad hoc unit” has left Thailand for Sudan, to replace the first batch of Thai troops on a joint UN humanitarian mission.

Nearly 170 bodies await identification

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RAYONG, August 19 (TNA) - Thai police will exhume 169 bodies at three Buddhist temples in the country's eastern Rayong Province, as they are suspected of being the bodies of people missing during T

Security authorities visit Thai soldiers at border

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BANGKOK, August 19 (TNA) - Newly-appointed Thai Defence Minister General Yuthasak Sasiprapa and Thai Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha visited Thai soldiers at the Thai-Cambodian border near the

Thailand to build new airport in deep South

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YALA, August 19 (TNA) - The Thai government is considering a plan to build a new airport in the country's southernmost Yala Province, with its maiden aviation services expected by 2015.

Thai PM sets up war room to monitor widespread floods

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BANGKOK, August 18 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Thursday that her government is setting up a war room to keep a close watch on widespread floods in the country currently

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