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Thailand profile From BBC News website Thailand is the only country in south-east Asia to have escaped colonial rule. Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the military have helped to shape its society and politics. The 1980s brought a boom to its previously agricultural economy and had a significant impact on Thai...

Police Say Anti-American Protest Not Violation of Martial Law   By Khaosod Eng.     BANGKOK — While anti-coup protests are strictly forbidden under Thailand's military regime, anti-American protests are perfectly legal, says a senior police commander.   Pol.Maj.Gen. Amnuay Nimmano, deputy commander of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, was referring to...

Curfew to be lifted across the countryBANGKOK: -- The commander of the Military Junta's peace keeping force Lt-Gen Thirachai Narkvanich has proposed Army Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to lift curfew in the country. His proposal to Gen Prayuth, head of the National Council for Peace and Order, came as he has...

Rice farmers thank NCPO for payments     Credit to THE NATION      RICE FARMERS, happy to receive money overdue for their pledged rice, thanked the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) for taking care of them. In Kalasin, 1,000 farmers went to City Hall to show their gratitude...

Thailand army declares martial law Credit BBC News   Jonathan Head reports from Bangkok on the surprise announcement   The Thai army says that it is imposing martial law amid a political crisis "to preserve law and order".   The surprise announcement also granted the army wide-ranging powers to enforce its...

Interpol, Russia notified of Phuket murder-kidnap suspects Phuket Gazette WANTED: Aleksandr Novichkov, 58. Photo: Gazette file WANTED: Oleksandr Boychuk. Photo: Gazette filePHUKET: -- Police have notified Interpol and the Russian authorities to be on the lookout for the two men wanted for the murder and kidnapping of Russian national Alexey Slabinskiy...

The Siam Paragon, a massive Thai shopping center, is the site where the most Instagram photos were taken in 2013. Times Square and Disneyland are also popular locations for snap-happy Instagrammers. But the Big Apple takes the cake for most Instagrammed city.

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    The mysterious disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane and reports that two passengers used passports that tourists had lost while in Thailand - an Italian and an Austrian - has put a spotlight on the country's status as a haven of near-authentic passport forgery....reports Nationmultimedia.com Fake passports could...

A tuk-tuk blockade in Patong and the revelation that passports are being easily stolen and bought on Phuket made us realise this week how wrong we have been...reports Phuketwan

Phuket remains a lawless place, where anything goes, despite the hopes we had for change sparked by the excellent advice of European Union and Chinese Ambassadors last year. 

 

PHUKET: A young woman accused of using her phone while driving smashed into a motorbike yesterday evening (March 3), driving the bike and her own car into a deep roadside ditch, and killing the motorbike rider. - reports the Phuketnews.com

Britain has warned its citizens in Bangkok to stay in doors when Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday, due to possibility of violence reports The Nation newspaperThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has urged Britons to take extra care on Sunday and avoid all protests as Thailand holds its national...