Thaksin returns to work 'for the country'
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday declared he was returning to work, saying that if he stayed away any longer the whole country would face difficulties.
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE Some 20 more villagers face arrest
Narathiwat - Some 20 villagers, most of them women, will be arrested for taking part in holding two teachers of the village school hostages, Narathiwat Governor Pracha Terat said Sunday.
LUCRATIVE HEALING TOUCH While doctors and CEOs at hi-tech hospitals are rubbing their hands,
Medical tourism is projected to earn the country Bt36.4 billion this year as 1.4 million foreign patients, especially well-heeled ones from the West, Middle East and elsewhere in Asia, check in at private hospitals in Bangkok and other tourist destinations.
'10 men beat us with sticks in dark room'
Sirinart Thavornsuk, 30, one of the two teachers at the Kuching Reupoh elementary school who endured a severe beating, yesterday said she had not thought she would live through the incident and expressed thanks to her colleague and family for their support.
