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Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn’t taken, a new study says.
Suspected insurgents in Thailand’s restive south shot up a bustling cafe early Saturday, killing three customers and injuring four others, police said.
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who faces a slew of court cases, has been barred from leaving the country by order of the Supreme Court, a court official said Friday.
Oil prices edged higher Tuesday in Asia, staying above $140 a barrel, amid concerns about tensions between Iran and Israel and a weakening dollar.
A Thai court has temporarily blocked the government from supporting Cambodia’s bid to have an 11th century temple near the Thai border declared a world landmark.
Thailand’s prime minister and seven of his Cabinet ministers held off a parliamentary challenge Friday as street protesters demanded the coalition government’s resignation.
Thailand’s prime minister has survived a no-confidence vote, fending off opposition accusations of incompetence, mismanagement and yielding national sovereignty.
Thailand’s prime minister appeared headed for victory despite a week-long grilling in Parliament on a no-confidence motion that goes to a vote Friday.
More than 30,000 Myanmar refugees living in camps in Thailand have been sent to third countries in what the United Nations said Wednesday had become the world’s largest refugee resettlement operation.
Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, praised the U.N.’s effort to help victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and panned that country’s military regime for failing to welcome aid.
For a country where hot spicy cuisine is sought after by every food enthusiast of the world and where Prime Minister once hosted his own cookery show on Television, it is not unusual that food will always remain at the center stage of love as well as...
When William Blake penned down about ‘Tiger’, he did say:
Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
People can interpret those lines in any form of philosophy or...
News from Bangkok would hit the headlines, as the arrival of a new political power is expected. Waves of democracy are on high spirits time after time, the generals of Thai are no exceptions to the concept. They have seized power 15 months ago during a...
Stopovers at the airports in between are exciting and relaxing when the duration is small as it gives you an opportunity to shake your legs, freshen up and possibly get a good deal at the duty-free shops. But, what do you do when you have to kill...
He takes 1.2 crore per film. No, I am not talking about leading actor of Bollywood. He is a dog. Oops, did I say dog? He is Richard. It is strictly mentioned in his contract that nobody will call him dog on sets.
Richard, who is a well known face...
With the chilly winters barely a curve away, talking about swimwear seems a bit premature, considering a year’s gap for the advent of summers. However, the glamorous models, flaunting the swimming costumes for the summer 2008 in a catwalk in Bangkok,...
Bangkok sightseeing may not be that soothing after all. The tourist destination does have temples, Grand Palace which are very appealing. But, for the off beat tourists, these things might be a little boring. If this happens to you, you might want...
Yumi Modal started her business in the back of a garage and now she has two shops on prime locations in Bangkok, with the third and the fourth ones soon to open. Her brother and sister assist her and together they create some amazing sci-fi sculptures...
A bomb blast in the capital of Thailand on the New Year are said to be a part of a determined bid to destabilize the post-coup government in the country. After the bomb blast the rumors for another coup was created a panic in the country.
The...
However, Thailand’s military-installed government asserted that recent bomb blasts on the New Year eve will not wary tourists from Thailand and the motive behind the blasts have failed to break the spirit of tourists. But as per the news in media...
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Hilltribe youths prepare for prayers during their first day as novice Buddhist monks Sunday, July 6, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The occasion was also held to honor the late Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of King Bumibol Adulyadej, who passed...
