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  • Philippines, Taiwan to 'cooperate' in shooting probes

    20 May 2013 : MANILA — The Philippines said Monday that it would make ``coordinated efforts'' with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint investigation.

  • Neville brothers' father charged with assault

    20 May 2013 : LONDON — Neville Neville, the father of former England footballers Gary and Phil Neville, has been charged with sexual assault, prosecutors said Monday.

  • Sacked GPO chief plans lawsuit

    20 May 2013 : Lawyers for Witit Artavatkun are considering legal action against the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) board which agreed to dismiss him as the organisation's chief, a source familiar with the issue said on Monday.

  • Mobiles a financial lifeline for migrants

    20 May 2013 : Asia's mobile revolution is set to transform the region's financial services industry, offering a cheap way for millions of migrant workers to send money home to their families, a report said on Monday.

  • Cambodia sells more, buys less

    20 May 2013 : Trade between Thailand and Cambodia went off in a wild divergence in the first quarter of this year.

  • DSI probes B2bn of Assumption funds

    20 May 2013 : The Department of Special Investigation says on Thursday it will summon the president of St Gabriel's Foundation, which runs one of Thailand's oldest and most respected private schools, for questioning over allegations of mismanagement of donated money totalling more than two billion baht.

  • Leaders pledge priority for water

    20 May 2013 : CHIANG MAI - Leaders of Asia-Pacific countries on Monday agreed to put water on each of their national agendas.

  • UPDATE: British man hit by train

    20 May 2013 : A train ran over an elderly British national lying on the tracks in Prachin Buri province on Monday, severing his leg, police said.

  • SET index rises 15.44 points

    20 May 2013 : The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 15.44 points, or 0.95%, to close at 1,643.40 points at the end of trading session this afternoon. The trade value was 57.89 billion baht, with 10.29 billion shares traded.

  • Woman conned by marriage scam

    20 May 2013 : A Samut Prakan woman has told police she was deceived by a person claiming to be an Australian man who she met on Facebook and was conned into handing over 190,000 baht after he promised to marry her.

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