enlarge Sweden's King Carl Gustaf XVI and Queen Silvia are at George Heaven dock in Phuket on Thursday, waiting to board a yacht. Their Majesties made a private trip to the seaside province after attending the 60 th anniversary of HM the King's accession to the Throne.//Photo by Yongyod Pruksarak
Today's Highlight
Court frees EC commissiones on bail
The Criminal Court approved bail applications for three members of the Election Commission on Thursday pending the start of their trial on Monday.
World Cup gamblers nabbed
Special Metropolitan Police units have arrested almost 200 football gamblers in 167 cases during the past six days, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
Caretaker PM blames police for bomb attacks in the south
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra blamed police for failing to prevent a wave of bomb attacks following at least 40 bomb attacks in three southern provinces on Thursday.
Precious moments
The 60th anniversary celebrations of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's accession to the throne have been filled with precious moments and mementoes that Thai people will cherish forever.
Royal projects well-known
Thais are aware of and greatly value the royal development projects initiated by His Majesty the King, the director of the Abac Poll Research Centre, Noppadon Kannika, said yesterday.
Hot off the presses
Papers with historic pictures of HM the King and the royal family during the public audience at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall on Friday have become hot selling items among Thais.
Weerapat overcomes pain, rival
[TENNIS] Up-and-coming young Thai player Weerapat Doakmaiklee brushed aside pain in an injured arm to defeat the second-seeded Yu Xin-yuan of China to reach the quarter-finals of the US$10,000 (Bt380,000) LTAT Bangkok Open Men's Futures 2 tournament at the Tennis Academy of Asia in Bangkok yesterday.