Cambodian ambassador to Thailand Ung Sean was summoned to the Foreign Ministry yesterday to hear the government's protest over Cambodia's claim of ownership of the disputed zone near the Preah Vihear temple.
BUDGET CARRIERS
One-Two-Go Airlines, one of Thailand's three main budget carriers, will cease operations temporarily, starting on Tuesday, to allow time for a financial restructuring.
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE
Two high-profile insurgent groups yesterday shrugged off Thursday's ceasefire declaration by the Thailand United Southern Underground (TUSU), which claims to have 11 militant groups under its umbrella.
Youngsters who live thousands of kilometres from each other in two countries gathered at a tranquil Sattahip beach yesterday to learn about marine ecology - and how to protect it.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS
NAN : About 200 families in a remote village in Bo Klue district were cut off after landslides blocked the only access road, and five cows were washed away as heavy rains have pounded this northern province over the past two days.
State officials and green groups have raised concern over the environmental impact Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's multi-billion-baht water diversion project would cause, if water is diverted from a Laotian river to the northeastern farmlands.
CRIME
Four robberies took place at a petrol station and three convenience stores in Bangkok early yesterday. The robbers made off with about 10,000 baht in cash.
CLIMATE CHANGE
The World Bank has urged Asian cities to come up with climate resilient programmes to safeguard people from natural hazards triggered by climate change and rising sea levels.
Behind The NEWS
Many people would like to know who helped Chettha Thanajaro get three insurgents from the Thailand United Southern Underground to appear on television on Thursday and announce a ceasefire, as the retired general is not an expert on the problems in the far South.
SI SA KET : About 300 Thai construction hands working for Ch Karnchang Plc returned from Cambodia yesterday, fearing the already tense situation would deteriorate into violence and their safety would be compromised over the Preah Vihear temple conflict.
BUDDHIST LENT
Police yesterday arrested two monks in two separate provinces who were caught drinking alcohol on Buddhist Lent, which cabinet declared an alcohol-free day.
VACANT OMBUDSMAN'S SEAT
The powerful and the famous are among 81 candidates vying for a single ombudsman's seat up for grabs.
SPEECH TO LAWYERS
Privy Councillor Tanin Kraivixien and former prime minister Chuan Leekpai have thrown their support behind the 2007 constitution, saying it was written well to enhance the appropriate functions of both branches of power.
POLITICS
The People Power party (PPP) is about to try several ways to get the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) disbanded, allegedly for violating the 2007 constitution.
SYDNEY : Pope Benedict called for all religions to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully yesterday and heard an Islamic leader urge Christians to overcome "misconceptions and prejudices" about Muslims.
COMMENTARY
The world needs superheroes, and every year during the blockbuster season we get a coterie of caped, armoured or Spandexed men who save the world and the economy by disparate measures.
There is no place that can rival this northeastern province when it comes to the staging of the "carved candle parade" to celebrate the arrival of the annual Buddhist Lent.
THAILAND
No one expected a small paddy field, which used to belong to a 40-year-old farmer in Phetchabun's Wichian Buri district, would turn into a "gold mine" and become a new energy source for the country.
The Na Sanoon oil field in Wichian Buri district, Phetchabun, the latest oil field found in the country, may give a fillip to the country's energy reserves, but its output combined with supply from other domestic sources satisfies only 30% of overall oil demand, according to an expert.
INPrint
The greatest worry of the Samak government is that the People Power party (PPP) is facing the threat of dissolution, in which all its executives would be barred from politics for five years.
IN REVIEW THE WEEK
New cabinet after July 28
EDITORIAL
The bloody clash between members of the the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy and a group of local people in Si Sa Ket at the foot of the contentious Preah Vihear temple complex is a sad event. It is a culmination of the relentless building up of nationalist frenzy to the point that it bypasses reason and good judgement.
PostBag
As a proud Arab and Muslim, may I take a somewhat dissident view of the news item, "Israelis get bodies of troops in swap" (BP, July 17)? Samir Kuntar received a hero's welcome and enjoyed VIP treatment at the hands of Lebanon's establishment, including the president and prime minister. Surely we Arabs can do much better than glorify a man who has admitted to murdering a four-year-old child?
