CAMBODIAN social media is in turmoil after an exiled activist spread a rumour that senior leader Hun Sen has suffered a stroke with some speculating that this is merely an attempt to avoid meeting China’s assistant minister for public security Liu Zhongyi during his visit, PPTVHD36 said last evening (Jan. 19). Mr. Pang Sokheoun,
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Heavy rain as weakened Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Ubon Ratchathani
By Thai Newsroom and AFP – published by CNA TYPHOON Kalmaegi has weakened to a tropical storm as it roars into Thailand reaching Ubon Ratchathani province this afternoon (Nov. 7) after slamming into Vietnam yesterday and two days earlier killing 140 people in the Philippines. The Thai Meteorological Department announced at 4 a.m. today
Read moreTorrential rain looming as Typhoon Kalmaegi roars in
By Thai Newsroom and agencies – published by Yahoo!News and CNA THAILAND is facing heavy to very heavy rainfall over the weekend (Nov 7-9) as the tailend of Typhoon Kalmaegi slams the country after killing 26 people in the Philippines while weeklong flooding left 40 dead in Vietnam. At 4 p.m. today (Nov. 4)
Read moreVietnam evacuates thousands as Typhoon Bualoi approaches while very heavy rain to hit Thailand
By Thai Newsroom and AP – published by Yahoo!News Hanoi, Vietnam – Vietnam evacuated thousands of people from central and northern provinces today (Sep. 28) as Typhoon Bualoi raced toward the country faster than expected with landfall forecast later in the day. Bualoi had left at least 20 people dead in the central Philippines
Read moreSuper Typhoon Ragasa dissipates, won’t enter Thailand
By Thai Newsroom and Reuters – published by Yahoo!News AFTER Super Typhoon Ragasa,, which is the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone so far this year, weakened into a depression upon making a landfall in Vietnam it is no longer heading for Thailand due to a cold air mass from China covering the country. In
Read moreHong Kong prepares for ‘serious threat’ from Super Typhoon Ragasa
By AFP – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom Hong Kong – Hong Kong rushed to prepare for the arrival of Super Typhoon Ragasa today (Sep. 23), with officials warning of a “serious threat” comparable to some of the most destructive storms in the city’s recent history. Ragasa was generating winds with maximum sustained
Read moreVietnamese man nabbed for smuggling rhino horns
THAI Customs officials arrested a Vietnamese man on charges of smuggling five rhino horns weighing 6.86 kilogrammes and worth approximately 6.9 million baht at Suvarnabhumi Airport, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 7). The unidentified Vietnamese suspect came from Luanda, Angola, with a scheduled flight change in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and arrived at Suvarnabhumi
Read moreTropical Storm Nongfa bringing more rain
TROPICAL Storm Nongfa, which made landfall in central Vietnam this afternoon (Aug. 30) was around 180km from Bueng Khong Long district, Bueng Kan province, at 3 p.m. and once it reaches Thailand will unleash more rain across the country from today till Monday Sep. 1 with heavy to very heavy downpours accompanied by strong
Read moreFocus on self-development if 0% tariff not accepted: Korn
FORMER finance minister Korn Chatikavanij said in a Facebook post today (July 16) that a strategy for self-development is most important for Thailand should the country not accept 0% tariff on US goods, Naewna newspaper said. As announced by US President Donald Trump today the deal with Indonesia is similar to the one struck
Read moreOver 120,000 victims working like slaves for Chinese Mafia in Cambodia: Sam Rainsy
CAMBODIA’S exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy said in a Facebook post today (July 11) that over 120,000 people have been locked up in various buildings across his country and forced to work like slaves for the Chinese Mafia, Naewna newspaper said. He claimed that Amnesty International’s over 250-page report based on 18 months of
Read moreTrump says US struck trade deal with Vietnam
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 2) that the US has struck a trade deal with Vietnam, after months of negotiations, that imposes a 20 percent tariff rate on many imports from the Southeast Asian country. The rate is lower than the initial
Read moreCambodia cuts off power supply from Thailand, switches to Vietnam
CAMBODIA this morning (June 17) switched off electricity supply from Thailand to Poipet border town, opposite Aranyaprathet border town, Sa Kaeo province, and adjacent areas and instead connected a new transmission line for flow of power from Vietnam, Amarin TV said. At 9 a.m. when the checkpoint was opened, officials from Poipet Electricity Authority
Read moreTravellers urged to beware as tropical storm Wutip roars in the region
THE Thai Meteorological Department this evening (June 12) warned travellers to be careful as tropical storm Wutip is approaching China’s Hainan island and Guangdong province with Vietnam Airlines having cancelled and adjusted multiple flights, Thai Rath newspaper, Voice of Vietnam and China Daily said. At 4 p.m. in Thailand Wutip was racing through South
Read moreUS calls Vietnam’s blogger sentence harsh, deeply troubled by abduction reports
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington – The United States said on Thursday (Oct. 31) it was concerned by Vietnam’s conviction and “harsh” sentencing of blogger Duong Van Thai, and deeply troubled by reports he was abducted by Vietnamese authorities in Thailand. The Committee to Protect Journalists cited media
Read moreTyphoon Yagi leaves more than 60 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam
By Agencies – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom Hanoi – Emergency workers were racing to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods today (Sep. 10) after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing. About 752 people have also been injured in flooding and landslides, officials at
Read moreTyphoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as warning issued to some Thai provinces
By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom Hanoi, Vietnam – At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country’s north, state media said today (Sep. 8), as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power. Described by Vietnamese officials as one of
Read moreSuper Typhoon Yagi slams southern China, shutting schools and cancelling flights
By Reuters – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom Hong Kong – Powerful gales and heavy rain from Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China today (Sep. 6), with schools shut for a second day and flights cancelled as one of the strongest storms to hit Asia this year headed for landfall along Hainan’s tropical
Read moreMystery solved: Snake medicine ordered by suicide-murder Vietnamese woman is a supplement
THE puzzling “snake medicine No. 7” which one of the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died in a murder-suicide at a luxury hotel on Tuesday (July 16) had asked her guide to buy for her turned out to be a Thai supplement and not a poison as earlier suspected, Matichon
Read moreOne of six Vietnamese visitors poisoned the others and herself over investment: Police
POLICE have concluded that the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died at a luxury downtown hotel yesterday (July 16) were poisoned by a woman in the group who died along with them over 10 million baht investment not yielding returns, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said this afternoon. Pol. Maj.
Read more5 questioned all night over fatal poisoning of six Vietnamese at luxury hotel
FIVE people were questioned all night last night over the fatal poisoning of six Vietnamese visitors, two of them American citizens, with one being a friend of a sister of one of the victims, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 17). Meanwhile it was mentioned at “World Forum International News” Thai-language
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