Questions have been raised over Thai prime minister’s appointment of Nalinee Taveesin to Cabinet, who counts Zimbabwe’s president as a friend.
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/ 20 January 2012
Thai airline becomes the first in the country to employ transgender people.
Thailand’s premier has defended her appointment of a Cabinet minister on a US blacklist owing to alleged business links to President Robert Mugabe.
Thailand’s Yingluck Shinawatra has had to defend Cabinet minister Nalinee Taveesin, who has been blacklisted by the US for her links to Robert Mugabe.
Suspected South African drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda will only appear before a Thai court in three months time.
Alleged drug mule Nolubabalo Nobanda called her uncle, Mthetheli Mbewu just after she was caught with drugs at Thailand’s Bangkok Airport on Monday.
The day China executed SA drug mule Janice Linden, an SA woman was arrested in Bangkok after police found 1.5kg of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks.
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/ 27 November 2011
Thailand’s justice minister had to defend himself against the opposition which alleged official flood relief work had been plagued by corruption.
Insured losses from Thai floods are still be counted and the disaster could lead to a re-assessment of weather risks to industries in Asia.
Bangkok residents are protesting as frustration mounts that parts of the Thai capital are suffering badly while the centre stays dry.
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/ 5 November 2011
Bangkok’s well-protected centre is only at risk of "minor" flooding, the Thai premier says, as the deluge closed in on the metropolis.
Thai authorities are trying to stem growing anger among flood victims as water swamps new areas and the government maps out a plan of recovery.
Thailand is trying to stem growing anger among victims of its catastrophic floods as the government plots the economy’s recovery.
Tensions are rising between Thai residents and authorities in flooded parts of Bangkok as hundreds protest that their homes are being sacrificed.
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/ 29 October 2011
Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, but a rise in coastal high tides will still test flood defences.
Traffic clogged rounds out of the Thai capital as thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods.
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/ 25 October 2011
Thailand has announced a five-day holiday to give people the chance to escape floods closing in on Bangkok.
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/ 22 October 2011
Thailand’s floods are expected to last another four to six weeks as a mass of water drains from the north into the sea, government warned.
In a bid to prevent further flooding, Thailand’s premier says she will order Bangkok to open all of its floodgates, but this poses risks of its own.
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/ 15 October 2011
Thailand fought to keep floodwaters from flowing towards Bangkok as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the economic hub’s 12-million people.
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/ 10 October 2011
A US citizen has pleaded guilty to insulting Thailand’s monarchy, an offence that carries up to 15 years in prison, but called on Washington for help.
At least 224 people have died in flooding in Thailand that has inundated the 400-year-old World Heritage Site in the ancient city of Ayutthaya.
Yingluck Shinawatra has become politically turbulent Thailand’s first female prime minister after Parliament endorsed her crushing election victory.
For those facing a run of bad luck and wanting to start things over, one Thai temple has an unusual solution: "rehearse" death with a mock funeral.
The 15-year-old aspiring "ladyboy" delicately applied a puff of talcum powder to his nose — an act of rebellion at the Thai Buddhist temple.
Thailand’s powerful military accepted on Monday a stunning election victory by the party of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra led her party in a landslide election win on Sunday.
Some wealthy Thais are using a medical bank that saves stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord in hopes of providing a cure to major illnesses.
Thai and Cambodian military commanders met for ceasefire talks on Thursday.
Thanks to internet influence and fashion trends, traditional-minded Thailand has become more accepting of lesbians.
Thailand and Cambodia were preparing for ceasefire talks after border clashes over a contested temple left 13 troops dead.
Rich and poor nations agreed on Friday on a roadmap for UN climate talks this year after feuds flared over actions required to combat global warming.