Bangkok- In a first for a South-East Asian summit, Thailand will host a "global dialogue" next month inviting such bigwigs as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy, officials announced Monday.
Thailand will host the 14th summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) December 13 to 17 in its northern city of Chiang Mai.
Bangkok - Thai shares lost 2.87 per cent of their value Monday on the country's political unrest.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index ended at 386.12, down 11.39 points or 2.87 per cent.
"The main factor is domestic politics," said Phuwadon Larpudomsuk, of Asia Plus Securities. "The market started off weak and got worse as the protests continued."
Bangkok - Bangkok's Criminal Court Monday said a Canadian paedophile nabbed in Thailand last year after German police "unswirled" his altered photograph on the internet has been given an additional six years in jail.
The court confirmed that Christopher Paul Neil, 33, had been sentenced to just under six years jail earlier this month for molesting a Thai boy in 2003, after claiming is innocence. He was also ordered to pay 50,000 baht compensation to the boy's family. The verdict was given in an unscheduled hearing on November 14 and not reported at the time.
Bangkok- Bangkok's Criminal Court Monday said a Canadian paedophile nabbed in Thailand last year after German police "unswirled" his altered photograph on the internet has been given an additional six years in jail.
Bangkok - Tens-of-thousands of anti-government protestors, some of them armed with sticks, marched on Parliament Monday in what has been dubbed a "final battle" to topple the cabinet by Wednesday.
Sondhi Limthongkul, a core leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that has been leading an anti-government campaign in Bangkok since May, launched the march from Government House to Parliament at 6:00 am (2300 GMT Sunday).
Bangkok - Unknown assailants launched a grenade at anti-government protestors Saturday, killing one and injuring seven others, fanning worries that Thailand was heading for more political street violence this weekend, media reports said.
Witnesses said two young men fired the device from an M-79 grenade launcher at guards for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside Government House, the seat of the Thai government.
One of the eight victims died in in hospital from shrapnel wounds to his body and neck, the Bangkok Post newspaper's online news service said.
On Thursday, a similar early morning attack on the PAD killed one man and injured 24 other people.
Bangkok- In a first for a South-East Asian summit, Thailand will host a "global dialogue" next month inviting such bigwigs as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy, officials announced Monday.
Bangkok - Thai shares lost 2.87 per cent of their value Monday on the country's political unrest.
Bangkok- Bangkok's Criminal Court Monday said a Canadian paedophile nabbed in Thailand last year after German police "unswirled" his altered photograph on the internet has been given an additional six years in jail.
Bangkok - Tens-of-thousands of anti-government protestors, some of them armed with sticks, marched on Parliament Monday in what has been dubbed a "final battle" to topple the cabinet by Wednesday.
