Thailand
Thailand's boom: To the northeast, the spoils
UDON THANI, Thailand - Steel girders jut from the low skyline of the Thai city of Udon Thani near the Laos border as workers lay cement for a new shopping mall, one of many illustrating a boom in the Thai economy beyond the bright lights of Bangkok.
Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope
PATTANI, Thailand - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous.
Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope
PATTANI, Thailand - Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous.
Trader assets frozen by U.S. court after Smithfield deal
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators have obtained a court order freezing the assets of a Thailand-based trader, saying he reaped $3.2 million in illegal profits after getting a tip ahead of the announcement that a Chinese meat company was buying Smithfield Foods Inc.
Thai court rules troops responsible for Italian reporter's death
BANGKOK - An Italian photo-journalist who was shot dead in Bangkok while taking pictures of a military crackdown on an anti-government protest in 2010 was killed by a bullet fired by a soldier, a Thai court ruled on Wednesday.
Killings won't derail Thai south peace talks: security chief
BANGKOK - Thailand's national security chief said on Thursday that talks aimed at bringing peace to the violence-plagued south would press on despite an attack blamed on Muslim insurgents that killed six people, including a three-year-old boy.
Thai election unlikely to end power battle
Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been dealt a favorable hand with the Puea Thai Party's landslide win, but analysts say the rivalry between him and conservatives is so deep that future confrontation seems inevitable. Full Article
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