enlarge Two contestants are busy with pumpkin carving in a food and beverage festival in resort island of Phuket on Thursday. The contestants were assigned to carve the vegetable under topic, “HM the King’s 60 th anniversary on the Throne.”//Photo by Yongyod Prueksarak
Today's Highlight
FM protests Burma over border shooting
Foreign Ministry summoned Burmese ambassador on Thursday to express dismay over an incident over an incident in which a Thai army helicopter was shot at last weekend near the border.
Thailand and Malaysia start solving dual citizenship
Malaysia and Thailand have taken a significant step to form a joint panel to resolve the dual citizenship problem, which has been a long-standing thorn with both sides, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Thursday.
A man arrested on rape charge
Police arrested a man on Thursday they say raped the 13-year-old daughter of a suspected German gangster at his Pathum Thani home.
Elderly will make up 25% of the population within 30 years, institute predicts
The government must start now to plan social-welfare programmes for the elderly, who will number 16 million - or 25 per cent of the population - within the next three decades, according to Mahidol University's Population and Social Research Institute.
Strong field for Thai Open
[TENNIS] World No 4 Ivan Ljubicic and No 6 James Blake will lead a solid field in this year's US$550,000 Thailand Open, which will be missing the presence of two-time defending champion Roger Federer.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?