Bangkok- A six-wheel modified truck packed with passengers heading for a wedding party plunged into a construction hole early Sunday, killing at least ten people and injuring 25 others.
The truck, transporting friends and relatives of the bridegroom from Yasothon province to his wedding in Chaiyaphum province, drove into a construction hole on the Kalasin-Roit highway at 2:30 am, The Nation online news service reported
Bangkok - Faced with falling exports, rising unemployment and negative growth, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday named 2009 the "Year of Investment."
Addressing the nation on his weekly television show Sunday morning, Abhisit vowed to facilitate corporate investments in Thailand this year, the Thai News Agency reported.
Abhisit, 44, vowed to set up a "one-start, one-stop" centre, gathering with personnel from all government agencies under the prime minister's office, to speed up investments.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong is close to agreeing on an extradition treaty with Thailand that could be used to send ousted prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra back home, a news report said Sunday.
Talks are at an advanced stage over the wide-ranging treaty which could affect regular visitor Thaksin, facing a two-year jail sentence for corruption in Thailand, according to the Sunday Morning Post.
Pattani, Thailand - Suspected separatists on Saturday shot dead two college students and burned their bodies in Thailand's violence-ridden, majority-Muslim southern province of Pattani, police said.
Brothers Hiran and Arun Sukmak were attacked as they drove a motorcycle from the Yaling district to Pattani city, where they were scheduled to take an exam at the provincial university, Yaling police said.
Bangkok - An ancient bead featuring the Hindu sun god Surya Dev was stolen while on display at Thailand's National Discovery Museum Institute, media reports said Saturday.
The stone bead, estimated to be 2,000 years old, was stolen Thursday from the Bangkok museum, where it had been on display since December 19.
Bangkok- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday that he would examine the use of laws that protect the royal family from criticism after a petition this week saying the lese majeste regulations were being used for political purposes.
Abhisit told reporters there had been "some problems" with the way the laws had been implemented.
Bangkok- A six-wheel modified truck packed with passengers heading for a wedding party plunged into a construction hole early Sunday, killing at least ten people and injuring 25 others.
Bangkok - Faced with falling exports, rising unemployment and negative growth, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday named 2009 the "Year of Investment."
Hong Kong - Hong Kong is close to agreeing on an extradition treaty with Thailand that could be used to send ousted prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra back home, a news report said Sunday.
Pattani, Thailand - Suspected separatists on Saturday shot dead two college students and burned their bodies in Thailand's violence-ridden, majority-Muslim southern province of Pattani, police said.
Bangkok - An ancient bead featuring the Hindu sun god Surya Dev was stolen while on display at Thailand's National Discovery Museum Institute, media reports said Saturday.
