PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) | High on a Cambodian cliff, the Preah Vihear temple has weathered war and territorial disputes. Now it's at the center of a political tug-of-war in neighboring Thailand.
As it has over the centuries, the ancient temple...
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Sawatdee kha from Bangkok.
The latest news coming out of Thailand says that tourism is down 20% in the last few months. Not surprising seeing as how prices in Thailand have increased by 20-40% on almost everything, Thailand has an...
GUANGZHOU, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Wednesday signed contracts with China worth 400 million U.S. dollars in Guangzhou, capital of southern China's Guangdong province.
They included deals for two...
Bangkok, Thailand - Seizing on rising fuel prices and coalition-party stresses, political opponents are pushing to unseat the leaders of two
Southeast Asian democracies, only months into their elected terms, raising the prospect of...
Background
Samak Sundaravej (Thai: สมัคร สุนทรเวช) (born June 13, 1935) has been the Prime Minister of Thailand since January 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party since August 2007.
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