enlarge Rescue workers help a teenage novice monk yesterday from a cave in which he and another were lost for two days.
Today's Big Stories
Mock funeral staged for brand-new car
PATHUM THANI - A civil servant was so frustrated by problems with a brand-new Toyota car she had bought that as a protest she staged a mock funeral with some 200 guests in black in front of a showroom in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district Saturday.
7 killed, villagers stage road blocking
YALA - A father and his two young children were among the seven latest victims of violence in the deep South, where Malay Muslim villagers blocked a road for a third day to demand the release of suspected insurgents, police said.
They're out!!
Teen novices' two-day underground ordeal ends in smiles
Plans for new Somkid-led party sealed in Hong Kong
Three political veterans met in Hong Kong earlier this week and agreed to form a new party designed to replace the former ruling Thai Rak Thai Party and become a force capable of forming the next government.
Economic woes 'caused by coup'
Thai Rak Thai Party acting leader Chaturon Chaisang yesterday blamed the September coup for the sluggish economy and urged authorities to adopt his party's populist policies to spur consumer confidence.
Cedar Swan off to a very strong start
[SAILING] The Top of the Gulf International Regatta served up an exciting contest at yesterday's opening as good conditions allowed the races to get off to a fine start.