News: Thailand

We have started to collect the most important news related to Thailand in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• May 19th 2013 – January 2nd 2013
• January 2nd 2013 – August 27th 2012
• August 23rd 2012 – March 31st 2012
• March 30th 2012 – January 26th 2012
• January 25th 2012 – November 6th 2011
• November 6th 2011 – October 20th 2011
• October 20th 2011 – September 11th 2011
• September 6th 2011 – June 23rd 2011
• June 15th 2011 – April 25th 2011
• April 25th 2011 – February 6th 2011
• February 6th 2011 – November 17th 2010
• November 17th 2010 – August 20th 2010
• August 19th 2010 – May 24th 2010
• May 23rd 2010 – April 26th 2010
• April 25th 2010 – April 1st 2010
• March 30th 2010 – December 25th 2009
• December 14th 2009 – October 9th 2009
• October 8th 2009 – May 28th 2009
• May 22nd 2009 – March 31st 2009
• March 30th 2009 – January 16th 2009
• January 16th 2009 – December 4th 2008
• December 4th 2008 – November 15th 2008
• November 14th 2008 – October 10th 2008
• October 9th 2008 – August 27th 2008
• August 27th 2008 – June 20th 2008
• June 5th 2008 – January 8th 2008
• January 4th 2008 – August 19th 2007
• August 14th 2007 – May 1st 2007
• April 30th 2007 – January 29th 2007
• January 29th 2007 – October 26th 2006
• October 22nd 2006 – August 31st 2006
• August 25th 2006 – May 8th 2006
• April 28th 2006 – February 27th 2006
• February 25th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Thailand: news

Deep divisions

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 14:54
related places: Bangkok

Why protesters have returned to Bangkok's streets
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Thai protesters 'want new coup'

Tuesday, August 26th 2008, 19:34
related places: Bangkok

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej accuses protesters in Bangkok of trying to provoke a coup, as a stand-off develops.
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Without a trace

Monday, August 25th 2008, 10:06

Mystery of Thai island backpacker's disappearance
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Prosecutors seek Thaksin's assets

Monday, August 25th 2008, 8:27

Prosecutors in Thailand ask the Supreme Court to seize $2.2bn (£1.2bn) in assets belonging to ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Paedophile Glitter arrives in UK

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 9:54
related countries: Hong Kong

Disgraced pop singer Gary Glitter returns to the UK after serving three years in a Vietnamese jail for abusing two girls.
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Glitter refused Hong Kong entry

Thursday, August 21st 2008, 4:40
related countries: United Kingdom

Convicted paedophile and former pop star Gary Glitter is refused entry to Hong Kong after being deported from Thailand.
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'Heart attack' halts Glitter trip

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 7:34
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bangkok

Former pop star Gary Glitter's return to the UK is delayed as he said he was having a heart attack at Bangkok airport.
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Thais demand ex-PM's extradition

Tuesday, August 19th 2008, 13:51
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bangkok

Thai protesters march to the British embassy in Bangkok to demand the extradition of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Thai-Cambodia talks on temple row

Monday, August 18th 2008, 8:51
related countries: Cambodia

Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers are to discuss the Preah Vihear dispute, a day after troops withdrew from the site.
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Court to try Thaksin in absentia

Friday, August 15th 2008, 13:58
related countries: United Kingdom

A corruption case against ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra will proceed even though he has fled to the UK, a Thai court rules.
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Canadian sentenced for sex abuse

Friday, August 15th 2008, 12:41
related countries: Canada

Canadian Christopher Neil is sentenced to more than three years in jail for abusing a 13-year-old boy in Thailand.
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Somali pirates 'seize Thai ship'

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 16:14
related countries: Somalia

Pirates have hijacked a Thai ship off the coast of Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau says.
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Troops 'to leave border temple'

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 9:55
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia and Thailand reach a deal to withdraw most troops from a disputed hill-top temple, Cambodian officials say.
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Former Thai PM flees to the UK

Monday, August 11th 2008, 15:35
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Bangkok

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he will not return to Thailand from the UK to answer corruption charges.
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Thais accused over new temple row

Sunday, August 3rd 2008, 9:06
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia says Thai troops are occupying a Cambodian temple, threatening to escalate a row over a separate, disputed temple.
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In the dock

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 16:20

Ex-Thai prime minister's family checked by court
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Ex-Thai PM's wife guilty of fraud

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 7:12

The wife of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is given a three-year sentence for tax fraud.
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Thai school offers third set of toilets for transsexuals

Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 23:38

The BBC's Jonathan Head visits a school in Thailand which has provided transsexual pupils with their own toilet.
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Embattled Thaksin faces new trial

Monday, July 28th 2008, 9:53

The Thai Supreme Court agrees to try Thaksin Shinawatra on fresh charges relating to his conduct while prime minister.
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Cambodian rulers claim poll win

Sunday, July 27th 2008, 14:41

The governing Cambodian People's Party is claiming victory in the country's parliamentary elections.
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Temple row 'to ease after polls'

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 9:29
related countries: Cambodia

A military stand-off at a border temple will ease after Cambodia's general election on Sunday, the Thai leader says.
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UN help sought over temple row

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 14:45
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia asks the UN Security Council for emergency talks to resolve a stand-off with Thailand around an ancient temple.
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Troop build-up at hill-top temple

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 11:14
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia and Thailand move more troops into an ancient border temple, as a territorial dispute enters its third day.
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Thai-Cambodia spat continues

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 11:18
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodian and Thai officials call for dialogue as a military stand-off at an ancient border temple enters a second day.
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Thai troops 'cross into Cambodia'

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 15:28
related countries: Cambodia

Thailand denies claims that its troops violated Cambodian territory in a disputed border area near an ancient Hindu temple.
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Temple tussle

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 14:16
related countries: Cambodia

Politics driving row over Cambodian-Thai border temple
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Thailand foreign minister quits

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 9:54

The Thai foreign minister quits after a court rules he violated the constitution by signing a deal over a disputed temple.
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Thai temple backing ruled illegal

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 15:52
related countries: Cambodia

Thailand should not have backed a Cambodian bid for a controversial temple to be listed as a world heritage site, judges say.
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Thaksin goes on trial in Thailand

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 14:55

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra goes on trial for corruption, almost two years after he was ousted in a coup.
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Embattled Thai PM survives vote

Friday, June 27th 2008, 8:48

Thai PM Samak survives a no-confidence motion, but remains under fire after days of bruising debate in parliament.
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Fears for Hmong deported to Laos

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 14:59
related countries: Laos

Aid agencies in Thailand express grave concern for around 1,000 ethnic Hmong refugees returned to Laos.
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Bribe case tarnishes Thai ex-PM

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 14:42

Three lawyers representing the ousted former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra are jailed over an attempt to bribe judges.
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Protesters march in Thai capital

Friday, June 20th 2008, 9:19
related places: Bangkok

Thousands of protesters converge on government offices in Bangkok to demand that the government step down.
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