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Thailand's new prime minister has been forced to delay his policy statement. PM Abhisit Vejjajiva' government is seen as invalid by supporters of former PM Thaksin (file photo) Up to 9,000 anti-government protesters besieged the main thoroughfares t
The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia are meeting this week to end a border dispute over an ancient temple. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the talks follow an agreement reached last week to pull back troops on both sides of the border.
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 February 2007 Thailand is backing new efforts to stem illegal trade in wildlife in Southeast Asia. The campaign was given the go-ahead by Thai Prime Minister at a ceremony in Bangkok close to markets where trade in exotic wi
By Ron Corben Bangkok 25 October 2006 Human rights groups have called on the Thai government to release 58 men arrested two years ago during a military crackdown in the southern Thai town of Tak Bai. Rights groups are challenging Thailand's new mili
By Ron Corben Bangkok 19 September 2006 Thai soldiers on the streets of Bangkok Thai military leaders have seized control of the capital in an apparently bloodless coup. They say they acted out of loyalty to King Bhumipol Adulyadej. The move follows
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 31 August 2007 Thailand's interim government has lifted a ban on the YouTube Internet video-sharing service, after it agreed to censor content. The service was blocked five months ago after posting what authorities said were i
Thai protesters stormed a major hospital in Bangkok, forcing the facility to evacuate patients and suspend operations Friday. Thailand's prime minister tells VOA a government reconciliation plan is key to ending the Red Shirts' weeks-long, anti-gover
Anti-government protests continue in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejected demands to hold new elections. Tens of thousands of red dressed demonstrators surrounded a military compound where the prime minister ha
A Thai government policy review of the largely Muslim southern provinces is considering granting greater local autonomy with reforms including introduction of Sharia Law through Islamic courts. The strategy is part of efforts to bring to an end a fi
Thailands recently elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has made her first official visit to Cambodia. The one-day trip marks a new start in bilateral relations, which have been poor in recent years. 泰国最近当选的总理英拉西那瓦首次
Thailand's central bank hopes to help the country's beleaguered exporters by allowing more investment overseas part of a strategy to cheapen the Thai baht. Thailand market analysts doubt the plan will offer much respite from the global economic slump
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 02 February 2006 An ethnic Hmong family watches Hmong New Year celebrations, Jan. 3, 2006, in Nong Hoi Mai village, near Chiang Mai, Thailand The government of Laos has rejected
By Ron Corben Bangkok 03 August 2007 The Thai Government is seeking closer links with Muslim countries, part of a two-pronged strategy to end separatist violence in three of its southern provinces. Even as the government was announcing the plan, at l
By Ron Corben Bangkok 09 January 2007 Thailand's military-installed government has decided to reduce the ability of foreigners to control Thai companies. The decision, whose details have yet to be finalized, followed warnings by foreign businessmen
U.S. President George Bush has arrived in Seoul, South Korea - the first stop on a week-long Asian tour that will also take him to Thailand and China for the opening of the Beijing Olympics. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the South Korean capital.
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 June 2007 The violence in Thailand's southern border provinces has escalated in recent months, the death toll rising from almost daily attacks, with schools and state officials especially targeted. The rising terror comes as
Thailand's prime minister vows to stay in office, despite thousands of protesters around the country demanding his resignation. As Ron Corben reports, the Cabinet plans to hold a national referendum on the political crisis. Thai Prime Minister Samak
Court proceedings against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have begun, the first since he was ousted in a military coup in 2006. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, several other corruption investigations against the former leader, his
By Ron Corben Bangkok 11 November 2009 Cambodia has rejected Thailand's request for the extradition of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. There now are suggestions that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should intervene to reduce ten
Border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have again flared after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen accused Thai troops of entering his country. The confrontation follows talks between the foreign ministers of both countries over the land surround