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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Thailand: news

Thai economy outpaces forecasts

Monday, August 20th 2012, 6:28

Thailand's economy grew by more than forecast in the second quarter of the year as robust domestic consumption helped offset a decline in exports.
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Four dead in Thai nightclub fire

Friday, August 17th 2012, 8:01
related places: Phuket

A fire at a nightclub in the popular Thai tourist destination of Phuket has killed four people and injured about a dozen others, police say.
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Thai MP 'guns down his secretary'

Monday, August 13th 2012, 17:26

Police in Thailand say that they will charge a Thai MP with causing death by negligence for accidentally shooting his secretary dead.
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Thai firm eyes Tiger brewer stake

Wednesday, August 8th 2012, 1:28

Heineken's bid to take control of the maker of Tiger Beer takes a surprise twist after a Thai firm offers to buy a stake in the brewer.
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Thai farmers sentenced in Burma

Wednesday, July 25th 2012, 12:18
related countries: Burma

A group of farmers from Thailand are sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail in Burma for growing rubber across the border illegally.
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Thai beer bid shakes up rivals

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 7:16

Asia's fast-growing beer market is facing a shake up after ThaiBev, Thailand's biggest brewer, offers to buy stakes in two breweries.
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VIDEO: Thai Customs seize half a ton of ivory

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 12:50
related countries: Kenya

Thai Customs officers discovered half a ton of ivory, disguised as 'African handcrafts', being smuggled in from Kenya.
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Kenya ivory seized in Thailand

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 10:21
related places: Bangkok

Nearly half a tonne of ivory worth more than $700,000 is seized at the airport in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, customs officials say.
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Thai forces kill drug suspects

Monday, July 16th 2012, 7:49
related countries: Burma

Security forces in Thailand say they have killed eight suspected drug smugglers in a clash near the Burmese border.
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Thai court delivers key verdict

Friday, July 13th 2012, 9:30

A court in Thailand rejects petitions against proposed constitutional changes by the ruling Pheu Thai party.
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Thai court to issue key verdict

Friday, July 13th 2012, 8:07

Thailand's constitutional court is set to rule on whether politicians can draft a new constitution, in a controversial vote that could spark protests.
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Thailand's king pardons US man

Wednesday, July 11th 2012, 6:01
related countries: United States

US citizen Joe Gordon, who was jailed for two-and-half years for defaming the Thai royal family, is pardoned by the king and freed from prison.
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Malaysia to deport bomb suspect

Monday, June 25th 2012, 7:26
related countries: Iran, Malaysia

A Malaysian court approves the extradition of Iranian Masoud Sedaghatzadeh to Thailand over his alleged involvement in a bomb plot there.
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Bee swarm attacks Thailand monks

Sunday, June 24th 2012, 8:18

Dozens of novice monks are taken to hospital, some in a serious condition, after an attack by a swarm of bees in northern Thailand.
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Protesters block Thai parliament

Friday, June 1st 2012, 11:03

Thai protesters block parliament to postpone debate on a reconciliation bill they fear would allow deposed Prime Minister Thaksin's return.
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VIDEO: Suu Kyi vows to help Burmese migrants

Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 11:58
related countries: Burma

Aung San Suu Kyi vowed to help Burmese migrant workers, as she addressed cheering crowds in Thailand on her first trip outside Burma since 1988.
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Burmese migrants cheer Suu Kyi

Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 6:09
related countries: Burma

Aung San Suu Kyi vows to help Burmese migrant workers, as she addressed cheering crowds in Thailand on her first trip outside Burma since 1988.
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Thai web editor in suspended term

Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 5:54

An editor of a Thai political website is given an eight-month suspended sentence for failing to remove comments deemed insulting to the monarchy.
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Suu Kyi in historic foreign trip

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 15:54
related countries: Burma

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Thailand on her first trip outside Burma in more than two decades.
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Thailand exports in shock decline

Friday, May 25th 2012, 7:54
related countries: United States

Thailand reports a surprise fall in its exports for April because of falling demand from key markets such as Europe and the US.
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Suu Kyi to make Thai forum visit

Thursday, May 24th 2012, 4:38
related countries: Burma
related places: Bangkok

Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to attend the World Economic Forum in Bangkok next week, leaving Burma for the first time in 24 years.
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Thai growth rebounds after floods

Monday, May 21st 2012, 5:23

Thailand's economy rebounds sharply as factories boost production recovering quickly from last year's floods.
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Thais protest at prisoner funeral

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 17:59
related places: Bangkok

The funeral of a Thai man who died in jail after being sentenced for insulting the royal family turns into a protest against lese majeste laws.
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Thai jailed for royal insult dies

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 6:57

A Thai man in his 60s who was jailed for 20 years for sending text messages deemed offensive to the royal family has died, his lawyer says.
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Thai high-rise workers are killed

Monday, May 7th 2012, 17:46

Three men fall to their deaths from Thailand's tallest building when a cable supporting their platform breaks, police say.
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Fatal blast at Thai chemical site

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 14:39

At least 12 people are killed and scores more injured as explosions and a fire hit Thailand's largest petro-chemical complex.
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'Porn' halts Thailand parliament

Wednesday, April 18th 2012, 17:30

A session in Thailand's parliament is halted after an image of a naked woman appears on monitors during a debate.
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Tortoises seized at Dhaka airport

Tuesday, April 17th 2012, 17:04
related countries: Bangladesh
related places: Dhaka

Customs officials at Dhaka airport in Bangladesh seize more than 400 tortoises found in suitcases bound for Thailand.
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VIDEO: Thousands mourn Thai princess

Monday, April 9th 2012, 13:26

Thousands have paid their last respects to the first cousin to the king of Thailand, Princess Bejaratana
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Thailand bans Macbeth adaptation

Wednesday, April 4th 2012, 20:05

The film censor in Thailand bans a new adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth on grounds it is "likely to cause divisions" among the Thai people.
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Mafia banker 'held in Thailand'

Saturday, March 31st 2012, 21:58
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

An Italian banker wanted in Rome to serve a jail term for mafia links is arrested in Thailand after almost three decades on the run, authorities say.
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Deadly blasts in Thailand's south

Saturday, March 31st 2012, 21:23

Explosions in southern Thailand have killed at least 10 people, officials say, in a region hit by separatist violence.
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Cooking with Poo wins book award

Friday, March 30th 2012, 9:38

A Thai cookbook wins the Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the year.
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