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  • New Xbox is 'entertainment hub'

    22 May 2013 : Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One videogame console, touting it as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games.

  • Buriram hold Bunyodkor to advance

    21 May 2013 : TASHKENT - Buriram United continued their unprecedented run in the Asian Champions League, ousting Bunyodkor and advancing to the quarter-finals by holding the hosts to a scoreless draw Tuesday night.

  • 'Biggest blackout ever' hits South

    21 May 2013 : The "biggest power outage ever" in Thailand blacked out 14 southern provinces Tuesday evening, plunging almost the entire South into blackness for lengthy periods.

  • NACC challenges Thaksin bribe claim

    21 May 2013 : The National Anti Corruption Commission on Tuesday challenged ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to show evidence to back up his allegation that an NACC member had asked him for a bribe in 1999.

  • NBTC slashes number switching fee

    21 May 2013 : The cost of switching mobile networks and keeping the same phone number - known as mobile number portability - will be cut by 70 baht to 29 baht per transaction from July 1 in a move by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to boost competition in the mobile market.

  • B167m approved for Pmove land

    21 May 2013 : The cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of 167 million baht to purchase 800 rai of land in Lamphun and Chiang Mai provinces for members of the People's Movement for a Just Society (Pmove), deputy government spokeswoman Sunisa Lertpakawat said.

  • Myanmar jails Muslims for riots

    21 May 2013 : Seven Muslims have been jailed for their role in religious clashes in the Burmese town of Meiktila in March.

  • SET index rises 0.03 point

    21 May 2013 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 0.03 point, or 0.00%, to close at 1,643.43 points at the end of trading session this afternoon. The trade value was 57.45 billion baht, with 9.86 billion shares traded.

  • Man arrested in B2.5m gold scam

    21 May 2013 : Police have arrested a member of a gang that used a bad cheque to buy gold bars valued at 2.59 million baht from a dealer in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province.

  • Solid backing for Worachai's bill

    21 May 2013 : The Pheu Thai Party has agreed to back the amnesty bill of Samut Prakan MP Worachai Hema, party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said on Tuesday.

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