Row festers over website seeking to oust Prem
Police have rejected an appeal to charge activists, who launched a website to collect signatures in a bid to oust Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, for insulting the monarchy, the head of the Special Branch said yesterday.
Schools urgently needed in E Bangkok
About 10,000 secondary students in the east of Bangkok have failed to secure admission to schools for next academic year.
Cabinet to boost vetting of key bills
The Cabinet resolved on Tuesday to speed up the vetting of key draft bills and boost publicity about its performance in order to shed an image of ineptitude.
Japan, Thailand ink controversial trade pact
Tokyo - Japan on Tuesday signed a controversial free trade deal with Thailand, which hopes to hearten foreign investors unnerved since the kingdom's coup.
Vietnamese dissident walks free after seven year in detention
The Appeals Court freed Vietnamese-American dissident Ly Tong on Tuesday after denying a Hanoi request to try him for airdropping anticommunist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City seven years ago.
It is near final chapter of Thaksin's future : Surayud
Tokyo - Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Tuesday that a graft probe into his ousted predecessor Thaksin Shinawatra could wrap up as soon as this month and was confident it would "pin him down."
PM'S FULL SPEECH IN TOKYO A New Era of Intensified and Sustainable Partnership
Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont delivered speech at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Tuesday on "Japan and Thailand Celebrating New Era of Intensified and Sustainable Partnership." The following is his full speech.
Japan approves free-trade pact with Thailand
TOKYO - Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved a free-trade deal with Thailand that the kingdom hopes will hearten uneasy foreign investors amid lingering concern since last year's coup.
