Government starts compensating flood victims
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Nov 4 - The Thai government started compensating flood victims for the first day on Thursday through Government Savings Bank branches in Pak Thong Chai district in hardest-hit Na
Restoration work begins reviving Hat Yai after flood recedes
HAT YAI, Nov 4 -- Restoration work has begun to revive the regionally vital Hat Yai commercial district in Thailand's southern province of Songkhla after heavy flooding has receded and local reside
Court disqualifies six MPs, including two ministers, for breaching shareholding rules
BANGKOK, Nov 3 - Thailand's Constitution Court on Wednesday ruled with a 7-1 vote to disqualify six members of parliament including two ministers from the coalition parties of Prime Minister Abhisi
Flood kills 107 in upper Thailand; eight more deaths reported in South
BANGKOK, Nov 3 - Thailand's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Wednesday reported 107 deaths from flooding in 20 provinces in the upper regions of the country from Oct 10 to Nov 2 wit
Flood death toll reaches 105 as flood begins receding in hard-hit Hat Yai
SONGKHLA, Nov 3 – The death toll from nationwide flooding on Wednesday reached 105, said Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit, while the waters inundating Songkhla’s Hat Yai began to recede, w
Fed’s issuance of QE2 won’t affect baht in short run, says Thai finance minister
BANGKOK, Oct 3 – The United States Federal Reserve’s much-anticipated second round of Quantitative Easing (QE2) measures will not affect Thailand’s currency exchange rate in the short run, accordin
Joint committee to review border talk documents: PAD rally ends
BANGKOK, Nov 2 - Thailand's joint parliamentary session on Tuesday resolved to set up a joint committee to review the Thai-Cambodian border talk documents within 30 days, while the Yellow Shirts ga
Two dead, 2 missing in southern floods; 4 southern provinces declare disaster zones
SONGKHLA, Nov 2 – At least two persons were killed and two others are missing after severe floods hit Thailand’s southern provinces.
Yellow Shirts rally against Thai-Cambodian border documents
BANGKOK, Nov 2 - Thailand's 'Yellow Shirt' People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Tuesday gathered at Parliament to express their opposition to the adopting the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Com
One fatality reported, as Songkhla's Hat Yai district isolated by heavy flooding
HAT YAI, Nov 2 -- Heavy rains from the tropical depression currently in the Gulf of Thailand have brought heavy flooding to Hat Yai in Songkhla province, the main commercial district in Thailand's
