Thai official confirms Hun Sen's daughter to take over CATS
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cambodian PM Hun Sen's daughter plans to hold shares in Cambodia Traffic Air Services (CATS), a Thai senior official confirmed Saturday.
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cambodian PM Hun Sen's daughter plans to hold shares in Cambodia Traffic Air Services (CATS), a Thai senior official confirmed Saturday.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
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. Some 1,500 police were sent to guard Abhisit as he toured the three northern provinces of Sukhothai, Phitsanulok and Phichit, to inspect government works. A supporter of fugitive Thaksin has reportedly...
Details are Sketchy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Minister of Defense Tea Banh denies allegations that Cambodia secretly recorded the conversation of the Thai politician. The Cambodian government has no secret audio recording of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya ordering an official of Thai embassy in Phnom Penh to obtain the flight schedule of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as claimed by a Puea Thai [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Bangkok - A Thai labourer allegedly killed a Cambodian co-worker with an axe early Friday after a heated and inebriated argument over the two countries' deteriorating diplomatic relations, police said. Thai national Sinchai Namnon, 44, was the chief ...
BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says he is confident Cambodia's move to take over air traffic operations from a Thai firm will not worsen the bitter spat between the two countries.The prime minister said there was no sign that what happened to Cambodia Air Traffic Service (CATS) would erode the confidence of other Thai businesses operating in the country.The Cambodian government on Wednesday
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A former Thai army chief who led the 2006 coup that toppled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra was named leader of a new party today.
the day they tried to kill me (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra living the high life at Angkor Wat in Cambodia in spite of the fact that he faces jail time back home. Instead he will serve as an advisor to the Cambodian gov’t. (via guardian.co.uk )
People Daily (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Thailand has hoped that Cambodia will release a Thai man, who was arrested by the Cambodian government last week on allegedly spying on ousted former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday. However, at this point parties concerned have to wait as a legal procedure is under way, Abhisit said. Also, the Thai government has not officially known yet why...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Thailand does not want to raise its diplomatic standoff with Cambodia to an ASEAN level, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Monday. Thailand and Cambodia have downgraded their diplomatic relations due to conflict over an appointment of ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic advisor to Cambodia's government and Prime Minister Hun Sen on Nov. 4. The conflict is an internal...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Thailand is ready to arrest fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, if he flies over the country's airspace, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has warned Monday. The Thai government already informed airline companies concerning Thailand's readiness to immediately arrest Thaksin, Thai News Agency quoted Suthep as saying. Thaksin left Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh on his private jet on...
Thailand business news (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Calling early polls would help legitimize the rule of Mr. Abhisit, who was selected by Thailand's Parliament late last year after top army leaders helped...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) group staged a mass rally against ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Sunday. By 8:30 p.m. local time, over 10,000 PAD protesters, or the yellow-shirted people, were rallying at Sanam Luang in the center of Bangkok after they officially started their protest from 4 p.m. local time....
People Daily (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The People's Alliance for Democracy's (PAD) protest against ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen kicked off on Sunday in Thailand's capital Bangkok. By 05:00 p.m. local time, around 10,000 PAD protesters or the yellow-shirted people were rallying at Sanam Luang in the center of capital Bangkok after they officially started their protest from 04:00 p.m....
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Thailand-based bloggers react as the country’s former Prime Minister accepts a new role in neighboring Cambodia as economic adviser. Thai authorities are not amused. They accuse Cambodia of interfering on its internal affairs. A word war and a diplomatic row erupts between the two countries
France24 (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Thousands of demonstrators from Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirt" movement protested in Bangkok Sunday against a visit to Cambodia by their arch-foe, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The group said it had called the rally to express outrage at the neighbouring country's appointment of Thaksin as an economic adviser and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite him during his four-day...