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Thai Airways International's low-cost carrier Nok Air is launching services on three of the routes that grounded carrier PB Air was serving.

New Delhi Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham is following in the charitable footsteps of Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.

Thailand has started searching for a suitable location to build the second Thailand-Burma Friendship Bridge on the Moei River even as the Thai Deputy Commerce Minister is slated to visit Burma to discuss border trade.

Aruni Phonphong is a leading expert on facial yoga in Thailand. She has been featured as a facial yoga expert for many events nationally and internationally. Her book “Facial Yoga for Beauty and beyond” will be published...

In this Dec. 25, 2008 file photo, Thai transvestite dancers watch tourists on Patong Beach, in Phuket, Thailand, on Christmas Day.

News out of the nation's capitol has the island of Koh Samui and Mae Sot in Tak Province as lead contenders for upgrades to Special Administration Zones.

One of Greater Phuket's modern day mysteries as to how Krabi was bypassed during the decade long property boom on this island looks to be coming on the radar of developers.

Good news for hotel grade investments as Thailand's BOI has expanded the incentives allowing 100% foreign ownership in a move aimed at spurring overseas investors.

Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult - including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year - over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.

Yesterday, Thaksin called on his supporters to reconsider the protest, saying it was "not the right time", said a Puea Thai party member, Surapong Tovichakchaikul, adding that the former leader had telephoned in to the opposition party meeting.

Hotels in the Asia/Pacific region experienced decreases when reported in U.S. dollars for all three key performance metrics for October 2009, according to data compiled by STR Global.

Thai police began a forensic examination Wednesday on a skeleton found in a burned-out car on the Thai resort island Phuket to determine if the victim is a missing Japanese man.

Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand politician who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as host of a popular TV cooking show, died of cancer Tuesday.

Cambodia yesterday lashed out at the Thai government over an allegation of taking control of the Thai-owned air-traffic-control company.

TENS of thousands of people have been evacuated after heavy monsoon rains caused flooding in Thailand and Malaysia.

International music superstar Kanye West who performed Thursday night at the wedding of a wealthy Indian who had booked out the entire Banyan Tree Phuket was reportedly paid a fee in excess of US$1 million for an hour's performance.

One of today's emerging debt market's are the petro dollar driven Islamic Finance Funds.

Page 1 of 2 Missing the nuance in south Thailand By Jason Johnson PATTANI - Since the dramatic upsurge of violence in the predominantly Muslim provinces of southern Thailand in 2004, many have simplified portrayals of the ethnic Malay Muslim population.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the north of the country amid heavy security Saturday after receiving death threats over a planned trip to a stronghold of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

A sporting event between Thai and Cambodian military personnel scheduled over the weekend has been postponed indefinitely due to the growing tensions between the two countries.

A WESTCOUNTRY couple who found love amid the horrors of the Boxing Day tsunami have returned to the scene of the disaster five years on - to get married.

Krabi's strongest suit is its green and sprawling waterfront complete with titanic limestone cliffs.

Today, 17 November, marks three years since a group of recognized Lao Hmong refugees were rounded up in Bangkok for deportation.

The Danish shoemaker Ecco is continuing its investment in Thailand after seeing a clear sign of economic recovery since the start of the second half.

Six insurgents were killed by Thai security forces in the restive southern province of Pattani on Tuesday, police said.

Security forces killed six suspected insurgents Tuesday in a gunbattle in southern Thailand.

An Arkansas man running an illegal gambling operation conspired with a North Little Rock alderman and a contractor to rig city bids to collect on debts, a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Monday alleges.

Brunei Darussalam and five other Asean members will achieve their zero-tariff target for all merchandises moving across their borders come January 1, 2010, the Asean Secretariat said.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, braves the heat near Chiang Mai, Thailand, Monday, Nov.

One of Thailand's leading long haul tourism markets the United Kingdom is anticipating sharp reductions in air travel with the controversial APT surcharge.

The island of Koh Chang which is Thailand's second largest island after Phuket was threated with closure to tourist's on Friday November 13th back of an ongoing dispute between locals including reportedly local politicians against the Navy.

Many tourists are avoiding traveling to Bangkok, Thailand because of the huge political demonstrations that have been all over the city in the last three years.

SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has brushed aside a proposal by Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan to allow other bloc members to mediate the Thailand-Cambodia dispute.

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The diplomatic conflict between Thailand and Cambodia should be ended before the Asean-US summit scheduled for Sunday, Surin Pitsuwan, secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations , said on Friday.

Typical Japanese food at one of Bangkok's excellent Japanese restaurants. Cassandra James Japanese food is one of the most popular international cuisines in Bangkok, Thailand and, surprisingly, it's cheap.

Two Cambodians got into a fistfight at a market in the border town of Poi Pet yesterday morning over ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's appointment as economic advisor to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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Phuket is Thailand's major tourist attraction with surrounding water containing a varied marine life and the island itself is blessed with beautiful seashores and forested hillsides.

Bangkok - Floods and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 18 people and affected more than 300 000 over the past five days, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.

Floods caused by heavy rains have claimed 15 lives in southern Thailand, officials said Monday.

One thing many expats do when they first move to Bangkok, Thailand is think about buying a motorbike or a car.

THE head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday to show 'maximum restraint' amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.

For many people, moving to Bangkok, Thailand requires throwing a few things in a suitcase and getting on a plane.

Despite a flat property market in Phuket the largely domestic driven Bangkok real estate sector is seeing significant gains in Q3 which signals an upturn for the industry.

Pouth Nin, from Oddar Meancheya s Trapaing Prasat district, sustained one gunshot wound to his right leg and is recovering in a Sisaket hospital, said Touch Ra, deputy chief of the Thailand-Cambodia Relations Office at the Chom border gate.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has told parliament that the government disagreed with the idea of establishing autonomous areas in lower South, as it was not a solution to the problem.

At least 2,000 red-shirts led by Kwanchai Praiphana rallied at Udon Thani city hall on Friday and handed the governor a letter calling for justice for former provincial police chief Pol Maj-Gen Permsak Paradornsak, who has been dismissed from the service.

Belinda Jackson discovers the best hang-outs for party people who like to mix attitude with altitude.

Most people in Thailand buy fake or bootleg DVDs and not the real thing. Authentic DVDs are expensive, especially compared to average Thai salaries, so there are less stores that sell them.

An American chain, Au Bon Pain now has branches all over Bangkok. Serving awesome sandwiches, soup in bread bowls, bagels, salads, wraps and, of course, tons of pastries, cookies and cheesecakes, Au Bon Pain is an amazing place for a quick breakfast or a delicious lunch or dinner.

Suspected Islamist insurgents shot dead five Muslims, mostly civilians, in a new spate of attacks across the troubled south of Thailand, police said Tuesday.

Puea Thai Party chairman and former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Tuesday travelled to the deep South, saying he would attempt to restore peace in the violence-plagued region.

Thailand is a single state and cannot be divided, so it was not possible to allow the three southernmost provinces to become autonomous areas, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday.

Many Seniors Travel to Bangkok Every Year and Some Even Retire Here, but What is There to Do? As the cost of living gets more expensive in the west, more and more seniors are coming to Bangkok, Thailand, either for extended holidays or to retire here.

New thinking and renewed resolve could yet chart progress in the enduring troubles Thailand is facing in its restive southern provinces, writes KAMRUL IDRIS A BREAKTHROUGH could be taking shape in southern Thailand's deadly insurgency.

" Two drug smugglers were shot dead by Thai security forces in gun battles in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai province, north of Thailand even as the Thai government expressed worry that more drugs would be smuggled into the country given the fighting between the Burmese Army and ethnic armed groups.

Many parallels can be drawn between the enormous city specific properties of two of Asia's departed international airports with Hong Kong's Kai Tak and Bangkok's own Don Muang.

Thailand's Kasemkij Group, which owns the Cape Panwa Hotel and operates the Cape House brand, is developing a new resort under its other brand Kantary in Khao Lak.

The State Railway of Thailand labour union reiterated on Monday that safety must be fully ensured before train services to three southern border provinces can resume.

A TV documentary aired on British TV last September about some of the issues hounding Thailand tourism generated an intense debate in the cyberspace.

Ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra refused to permanently reside in Cambodia as hedid not want to create problem to Thailand, opposition Puea Thai Party Chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyuth said Saturday.