enlarge The Nation's Group Editor Thepchai Yong (L) shakes hands with Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian prime minister, during an interview in Langkawi, Malaysia during the weekend. The interview will be aired in "Siam This Morning" on Channel 5 at 6.15am on Wednesday.
Four UN experts to assist Thai police reform
The United Nations (UN) will dispatch four experts in March to assist in creating a "roadmap" for restructuring the Thai police, Justice Ministry deputy permanent secretary Kittipong Kittiyarak said Tuesday.
Thailand and Laos delay deportation of Hmongs
Thailand and Laos agreed on Tuesday to delay deportation of 153 Hmong detained in Nong Khai to Laos as they resisted and threatened to commit mass suicides, officials of both sides said.
Govt considers building human-flu vaccine factory
The government has assigned the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) to combine a scheme to fight human influenza with the second phase of efforts against bird-flu.
3 tappers shot dead on way to plantation
Three rubber tappers were shot dead and another injured in a drive-by shooting yesterday as violence in the Muslim-majority deep South expanded into areas of Songkhla.
BURNING ISSUE Bureaucrats fear AEC complaints may expose them
The Assets Examination Committee (AEC) has walked into a legal quagmire and may face considerable delays in efforts to indict leaders of the ousted government for corruption and abuse of power.
Injury keeps Paradorn off Thai team
The Thai Davis Cup squad suffered a big blow yesterday when ace player Paradorn Srichaphan withdrew from the competition for the first time in eight years, because of a wrist injury.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?