An estimated 135,000 Cambodian migrant workers have been deported from or fled Thailand since early this month after the Thailand's new military government rounded up illegal migrant laborers, a senior official said Sunday.
The priority of Thailand's military- run National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is to ensure national administration functions as normal and key policies can be implemented, a foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday.
The Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday urged Lao citizens to avoid travel to Thailand in the wake of last week's military coup despite the reinstitution of "border passes".
The Philippine government on Thursday raised the alert level for Thailand and asked Filipinos there to prepare for evacuation following the 60-day state of emergency enforced by Bangkok to quell anti-government protests.
A Cambodian government spokesman said Tuesday that the country is keeping a close eye on the political turmoil in Thailand.
China has called for calm from all parties in Thailand to avoid violence during protests against the government.Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said on Monday that China hoped a solution could be found quickly.
Malaysia will impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on fiber cement board (FCB) imported from Thailand, Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry said in a statement on Friday.
The number of foreign visitors to Thailand has dropped by 300,000 so far due to the prolonged anti- government protests, a tourism official said Wednesday.
The captain of the tourist boat that capsized and sank off Thailand's seaside resort of Pattaya last week has confessed to negligence.
Cambodia and Thailand on Monday vowed to maintain peace and stability along the border regardless of the upcoming verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case concerning the disputed land around Preah Vihear Temple, a spokesman said.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will meet with his Thai counterpart Surapong Tovichakchaikul on Monday next week--two weeks before a World Court's verdict over the border row between the two countries.
Myanmar and Thailand have invited Japan to join in the development of Dawei Special Economic Zone ( SEZ) in Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi region, official media reported Wednesday.
A total of 1.12 million Chinese visited Thailand in the first quarter of 2013, a sharp rise of 98 percent from the same period last year, authorities said on Monday.
A Thai diplomat based in Hong Kong urged the countries involving the South China Sea territorial disputes to look into the big picture of the all-important ASEAN-China relations in an interview with the APD.
Economic concerns are set to top the 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) summit agenda hosted by Brunei, officials said here on Monday.
Investigation is underway after a cargo U.S. helicopter took an emergency landing in northern Thailand during an annual joint military exercise, Thai authority said on Friday.
Thailand urged Japan on Thursday to join hands in a major industrial development scheme in Myanmar' s Dawei area.
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