BANGKOK, April 11 – Thailand wants to close its camps housing displaced Myanmar nationals and repatriate over 100,000 persons back to homeland following their country’s first election, according to the Thai National Security Council (NSC) chief. NSC Secretary General Tawin Pleansri told reporters after an NSC meeting at Government House Monday afternoon chaired by Prime […]
The year 2011 is expected to bring about an influx of opium from the Golden Triangle into Thailand. Most is expected to come from Myanmar. The Golden Triangle is the second largest illicit opium producing area in the world following Afghanistan. Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand make up the triangle with the border between Myanmar […]
BANGKOK, 29 March 2011 (NNT) – The cabinet has acknowledged that some historical sites in the northern part of Thailand have been damaged by the recent 6.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar. In his report to the Cabinet, Culture Minister Nipit Intarasombat said the tremor in Myanmar last Thursday night brought damages to several monasteries such […]
An inquiry was ordered yesterday into the reported disappearance of 10 Thai Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage to Burma’s Kyaing Tong City. Office of National Buddhism (ONB) director Nopparat Benjawatananun said he had urged its Chiang Rai office to inquire if such 10 monks and disciples had travelled on a pilgrimage and gone missing after […]
Two powerful earthquakes hit northern Burma last night, sending shock waves that shook buildings in many parts of Thailand and caused panic among high-rise residents in Bangkok. A 55-year-old woman, Hong Khamping, was killed when a concrete wall collapsed on her in Chiang Rai province, where the tremors were strongest. A 7-magnitude quake at 8.55pm […]
BANGKOK, 21 March 2011 (NNT)-The Seismological Bureau of Thailand has reported a 3.1 richter magnitude quake in the tourist attraction district of Pai, Mae Hong Son province. the tremor was recorded at around 18.23 hrs today. The Disaster Warning Center reportedly said that the center of the quake was located 13 kilometers away from Pai. […]
The European Commission visited Burmese refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border this week to evaluate a shift in priorities from basic relief services to longer-term sustainable assistance. But as aid workers on the border scramble to cope with the newest wave of ethnic Karen refugees fleeing war at home, questions remain about whether sustainable assistance […]
Four women were killed and 22 other passengers injured when an inter-provincial bus overturned in northern Phayao province on Monday morning. The Chiang Rai-bound bus carrying 30 passengers overturned on Phahon Yothin Road in front of Phayao University in Muang district. Four women passengers, all natives of Chiang Rai, died on the spot. Twenty-two passengers […]
