”Thailand” News

Former England international Peter Reid to coach Thai national team

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former England international Peter Reid has agreed to a four-year contract to coach Thailand 's national football team.
07 10 2008 9:32AM (...more)

Car bomb kills 2 in Thailand

PATTANI, Thailand - A bomb exploded in the parking lot of an upscale hotel in Thailand 's restive south on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 14 others, police said.
03 16 2008 10:20AM (...more)

Foreign teachers under scrutiny after Thai paedophile arrests

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai authorities are conducting background checks on more than 1,000 foreigners working in Thailand after a spate of arrests for alleged child sex abuse, a senior officer said Wednesday.
10 31 2007 4:13PM (...more)

The Biz X-Change (Thailand) Brokers Sale of Bai Kood Shambala Resort

The Biz X-Change of Bangkok, Thailand has recently brokered the sale of Bai Kood Shambala Resort located on the island of Koh Kood in southern Thailand.
10 2 2007 5:50PM (...more)

Thailand Extends Royal Golf Invitation

With Golf in a Kingdom, premier courses and luxury hotels aim to put country on world golf map. Bangkok (PRWEB) June 27, 2009 -- In a bid to tell world golfers what Asian golfers already know, the golf establishment in 06 28 2009 10:48AM (...more)

Thai PM, in US, pledges economic openness

NEW YORK (AFP) – Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva promised US investors to work for an open economy as he headed Thursday to
09 25 2009 3:05PM (...more)

Thai zoo surprised by birth of panda cub

BANGKOK – A healthy panda cub was born Wednesday at a zoo in northern Thailand . Staff artificially inseminated Lin Hui, a 7-year-old female, on Feb. 18, but had seen no signs she was pregnant, Chiang Mai Zoo's director
05 30 2009 9:28AM (...more)

Thailand's Chapchai eyes record in India

NEW DELHI (AFP) – Thailand's Chapchai Nirat continued his breathtaking run of form with a seven-under-par 65 to take a massive eight-stroke lead after the third round of the SAIL Open here Friday.
03 21 2009 3:10PM (...more)

Australian author freed after Thai royal pardon

BANGKOK/SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian author jailed for three years for insulting Thailand's crown prince in a little-read 2005 novel has been freed and is expected to return home shortly, officials said
02 24 2009 3:53AM (...more)

Australian jailed for three years for insulting Thai king

BANGKOK (AFP) – A Thai court on Monday sentenced an Australian writer to three years in jail after finding him guilty of insulting Thailand 's revered royal family in a novel, a judge said. Harry Nicolaides, 41, had pleaded
01 21 2009 12:47AM (...more)