The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will start imposing a daily fine of 166,667 baht on each of the five telecom companies from Friday for failing to offer mobile number portability (MNP) service.

Education officials are proposing that young people who commit acts of violence be sent to the restive South to do community work.

The long shadow cast by the emergency decree has hung over Thai society for five months since its invocation on April 7, but still the debate rages whether it truly helps curb violence or is itself another problem to be negotiated.

Airports of Thailand president Serirat Prasutanond has been replaced as chairman of the agency's revenue committee by permanent secretary for the interior Manit Watanasen.

A royal command announced on Monday confirms Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree as the new national police chief, effective from Sept 2, officially bringing to an end the year-long saga over the appointment.

The Puea Thai Party executive committee will meet on Tuesday to further discuss the details of its proposal for reconciliation, party leader Yongyuth Wichaidit said on Monday.

Seven people, including three policemen and a soldier, were wounded in two separate incidents in the far South on Monday, police said.

Fresh rains halted rescue efforts on Monday in Guatemala, where a series of landslides have killed 45 people and caused half a billion dollars in damage, officials said.

Positive signs are emerging for reconciliation between the Democrat-led coalition government and the opposition Puea Thai Party as the two start to warm to the idea of renewing talks to end the political conflict.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has instructed the Education Ministry to propose further measures to curb inter-school violence.

The New Politics Party has lashed out at both the government and the opposition for "discrediting the country's judicial procedures" with their visits to suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout in prison.

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is keeping a wary eye on what one member claims are politically motivated efforts to derail this month's highly anticipated auction of 3G mobile broadband licences.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will announce in Shanghai on Sunday Thailand's bid to host the 2020 World Expo - with Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai and Chon Buri vying for the honour. The winner will be named by year's end and today we take a look at the three candidates.

Foreign tourists have been told to take a hard line with the thetsakij, or Bangkok's city inspectors, who have been accused of unfairly targeting them to issue fines for littering.

The government would like to rebrand Thailand, in accordance with the slogan "Thailand in your mind". Citizens are invited to vote on four choices: Thailand as a country of open-minded people with a positive attitude, or as a country with local wisdom that is still open to the world, or as the place where business, culture and nature converge into one destination, or as a hub for investment and...

In defiance of Burma's ruling military junta, farmers in the northern state of Kachin are fighting a plantation company they fear will destroy their land and livelihoods.

Six recruiters have been accused of luring 400 Thai labourers to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI has called the largest ever human-trafficking case in US history.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen look set to hold talks later this month to build on the improving ties between the two countries.

The government is launching its "Thailand in your mind" project as part of an attempt to invite citizen input on how brand Thailand should be promoted internationally.

Industrial projects in Map Ta Phut that are clear of the list of harmful activities should be able to resume operations within two weeks, says Buddhipongse Punnakanta, an adviser to Industry Minister Chaiwuti Bannawat.