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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• December 14th 2009 – October 30th 2009
• October 27th 2009 – July 20th 2009
• July 14th 2009 – April 23rd 2009
• April 21st 2009 – April 3rd 2009
• April 3rd 2009 – January 30th 2009
• January 29th 2009 – December 31st 2008
• December 30th 2008 – December 3rd 2008
• December 2nd 2008 – November 24th 2008
• November 24th 2008 – October 21st 2008
• October 21st 2008 – September 16th 2008
• September 15th 2008 – August 27th 2008
• August 27th 2008 – July 16th 2008
• July 15th 2008 – March 7th 2008
• March 6th 2008 – December 25th 2007
• December 24th 2007 – August 28th 2007
• August 27th 2007 – June 5th 2007
• May 31st 2007 – April 5th 2007
• April 4th 2007 – January 22nd 2007
• January 18th 2007 – November 17th 2006
• November 14th 2006 – September 23rd 2006
• September 22nd 2006 – August 17th 2006
• August 17th 2006 – May 8th 2006
• April 28th 2006 – March 9th 2006
• March 7th 2006 – January 17th 2006
• January 14th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Thailand: news

Clashes on Thai-Cambodian border

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 12:44
related countries: Cambodia

Thai and Cambodian soldiers clash in a disputed border area, with reports of one Thai soldier killed by Cambodian rocket fire.
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Thai protests force talks offer

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 11:56

Thailand's government offers talks with former PM Thaksin Shinawatra as it tries to end protests by his supporters.
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Thailand cabinet cancels meeting

Tuesday, March 31st 2009, 16:24
related places: Bangkok

The Thai government scraps a cabinet meeting, easing fears of a confrontation with thousands of protesters in Bangkok.
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Thai death yachtsman's body found

Monday, March 30th 2009, 19:54
related countries: United Kingdom

Fishermen in Thailand find the body of a British yachtsman who was murdered while sailing with his wife.
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Rally calls for Thailand PM to go

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 11:48
related places: Bangkok

Thousands of supporters of ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra rally in Bangkok, calling for PM Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign.
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Boat murder wife on Thailand ordeal

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 10:00
related countries: United Kingdom

The wife of a British man murdered by pirates off Thailand describes her own fight for survival during the ordeal.
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Thai troops 'cross into Cambodia'

Wednesday, March 25th 2009, 11:36
related countries: Cambodia

Cambodia reports a military incursion by Thailand near the site of a disputed temple.
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Boat Briton murdered off Thailand

Wednesday, March 25th 2009, 5:15

A Briton was murdered and his body thrown overboard by three men who boarded his boat off the coast of Thailand, police there say.
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Thaksin urges end to Thai splits

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 11:00

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he wants to bury the hatchet with political foes and jokes about his assets.
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Body found at Thai accident site

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 11:20

Seven divers, most of them foreigners, are missing off the Thai coast after a boat carrying 30 people capsizes in a storm.
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Police arrest Thai website editor

Friday, March 6th 2009, 12:28

Thai police arrest the editor of a leading political website, on charges of carrying content that threatens national security.
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Thai military deny secret US jail

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 12:29
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

Thailand's army chief denies allegations that Washington had a secret jail in Thailand where al-Qaeda suspects were held.
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First Thai-Laos rail link opens

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 10:16
related countries: Laos

A rail track linking Thailand with neighbouring Laos opens, bringing a region-wide rail network another step closer.
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Thaksin cancels speech from exile

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 9:05
related countries: Hong Kong

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra cancels a speech in Hong Kong, amid pressure from Thailand for his extradition.
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Bangladesh 'takes back' Rohingyas

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 5:52
related countries: India

Bangladesh takes back 49 boatpeople allegedly returned to the sea by Thai authorities and rescued by Indian coastguards.
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My escape

Sunday, March 1st 2009, 1:28
related places: Bangkok

Ex-drug trafficker tells how he sprang from Bangkok jail
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Bangkok pro-Thaksin rallies finish

Friday, February 27th 2009, 10:12
related places: Bangkok

Supporters of ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra end a three-day protest outside parliament in Bangkok.
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Marchers demand Thai PM step down

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 9:31

Supporters of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra take to the streets to urge the current government to quit.
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Thailand frees Australian writer

Saturday, February 21st 2009, 4:37
related countries: Aruba

Harry Nicolaides, an Australian writer jailed in Thailand for defaming its monarch, is pardoned and set free.
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Drugs war

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 16:05

Could Afghanistan learn a lesson from Thai success?
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Thai colonel defends expulsions

Friday, February 13th 2009, 16:12

The Thai military officer at the centre of controversy surrounding the expulsion of Rohingya asylum-seekers defends his role.
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Jolie concern at Rohingya plight

Friday, February 6th 2009, 8:57
related countries: Burma, United States

US film star Angelina Jolie speaks out on behalf of Rohingya boat people, while visiting a refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border.
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Thai website to protect the king

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 11:15

The Thai government has set up a special website urging people to inform on anyone criticising the country's revered king.
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Burma rejects boat-people claims

Friday, January 30th 2009, 10:59
related countries: Burma

Burma says Rohingya migrants arriving in Thailand cannot be from its shores as they are not a recognised ethnic group there.
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