Air force chief tells govt to stop phone-in The air force chief said yesterday the government should not let Thaksin Shinawatra make a live phone call to a gathering of his supporters tomorrow, and warned of the consequences if the phone call does go ahead. ACM Itthiporn Supawong said anyone causing... Read more.
Prem : Politics won’t affect cremation The Privy Council president and Statesman, Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, expressed his confidence that the ongoing political conflict would not affect the royal cremation ceremony for Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana in November. Gen Prem believed Tha... Read more.
Japanese, other ‘voters’ favor Obama The Yomiuri Shimbun In a recent survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun and other newspapers in eight countries, including Japan, the majority of respondents said they would choose Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over Republican rival J... Read more.
Thailand-Cambodia agree to joint border patrols The Associated Press , Bangkok | Thu, 10/16/2008 A Thai military official says Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to joint patrols at a disputed border to reduce tension that a day earlier erupted into a deadly gunbattle. Thai army spokesman Col... Read more.
Vietnam concerned over Cambodia-Thailand border tension 16/10/2008 — Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam voiced concern about new tensions arising on the Cambodia-Thailand border. “We follow and are concerned about new tensions in the border area between Cambodia and Thailand ,” foreign ministry spoke... Read more.
Seoul closely monitoring N. Korean moves in Yellow Sea : officials SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s military authorities are paying close attention to North Korean activities as tension is running high after Pyongyang’s recent military exercises near the western inter-Korean maritime... Read more.
China urges US candidates not to support Taiwan Associated Press China has warned the U.S. presidential candidates approach bilateral relations with care, as Beijing continues to fume over a new U.S. weapons sale to rival Taiwan. Unless “properly handled,” the Taiwan issue will be a sour... Read more.
No election - for now Acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said on Tuesday he was certain that politicians could haggle a new government - and said he had not even considered dissolution of the House. “We should be able to negotiate and compromise this afternoon,” he told reporters ah... Read more.
PM vows full investigation into fatal clashes State of emergency in Bangkok is the most lenient measures; Life can go on as usual : Samak Prime Minister Samak Sundaravek vowed to full investigation into the fatal clashes near the Government House and take legal action against those behind the incide... Read more.
Tension in the Northeast Udon Thani province is tense amid worries of a possible confrontation between anti- and pro-government camps when Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his ministers attend a mobile cabinet meeting in the province on Tuesday. At least 20,000 people are expected to turn up to s... Read more.
