Pattani, Thailand - A Royal Thai Army helicopter crashed Friday while searching for Muslim separatists in the conflict-ridden deep South, killing all 10 people on board, an Army spokesman said.

Bangkok - Thai shares shot up 3.6 per cent Friday despite signs of escalating political instability, brokers said, as thousands of protestors surrounded Government House, demanding the resignation

Bangkok  - Thousands of anti-go

Bangkok - Thailand's new registrations of motorcycles reached 150,126 units last month, a 10-month high attributed to Thai farmers' improved purchasing power, media reports aid Wednesday.

Bangkok  - Thailand's main opposition party on Monday announced plans to submit a no-confidence motion against the five-month old cabinet of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

Bangkok - Thousands of Thai truck drivers went on strike Wednesday, parking their vehicles along the nation's highways to protest high fuel prices.

"If we work we lose money, so it's better not to work," said Thongu Kongkhan, secretary-general of the Transportation Federation of Thailand.

Thongu claimed that altogether 120,000 trucks out of 700,000 operating nationwide had joined the strike on Wednesday, parking their 10-wheel and container vehicles in queues stretching up to 10 kilometres along Bang Na Trad Highway on the outskirts of Bangkok and along other major highways in Chonburi, Rayong and Nakorn Sawan provinces.