Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has confirmed the appointment of five advisers to his economic ministers - a decision given the thumbs down by the opposition Democrat party.
CRIME
A Mathayom 6 student stabbed a taxi driver to death yesterday, acting out a robbery he copied from the online game Grand Theft Auto.
MEDIA
After his weekly talk show yesterday, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej played a game of hide-and-seek with reporters, lying low in a public toilet at a Bangkok food market.
Security sources in the deep South suspect Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) militants were responsible for the multiple bombing attacks in Songkhla on Saturday night.
POLITICS
Academics yesterday expressed concern about the possibility of violent clashes between pro- and anti-government groups over the government's bid to rewrite the 2007 charter.
BORDER DISPUTE
Cambodia has accused Thai soldiers of occupying a second temple site in the disputed border area in a claim strongly denied by Thailand.
CRIME TRACK
When Pham Thi Rim Thu, 33, and her 46-year-old travel mate Bui Thi Cham handed their passports to an immigration official at Suvarnabhumi airport on July 13, little did the two Vietnamese women know that it would be their last moment of freedom.
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SCHEME
An anti-depressant drug, proved to be effective in tackling smoking addiction, will be offered under the universal healthcare scheme to encourage long-term smokers to quit the habit.
POLITICS
The government plans 114 days of activities aimed at healing the rift in the country, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said during his Sunday Sonthana Prasa Samak (Talking Samak-style) show.
TOURISM
A new 600-million-baht aquarium will open its doors to visitors at the Chiang Mai Zoo in October amid growing concern by environmentalists over the exploitation of marine animals to serve the tourism industry.
EDITORIAL
Thailand owes a large bowl of credit to one of its former civil servants. Tej Bunnag, who already had served the country over a long career in professional service, came out of retirement to accept the most prickly political post in today's government, as foreign minister.
POSTBAG
Thanks to Motoring section writers (Aug 1) for again providing credible information and honesty to the alternative fuel for vehicles debate.
InMedia
The rise of the 'Gang of Four' in the ruling People Power party (PPP) has not gone unchallenged, and things could get ugly if no compromise is reached in the reshuffled cabinet.
COMMENTARY
By now, everyone should have heard about the shocking prison sentence handed down by the Criminal Court against Potjaman Shinawatra, her stepbrother Bannapot Damapong and her secretary Kanchana Honghern after they were found guilty of tax evasion.
The guilty verdict on tax evasion charges against Potjaman Shinawatra, wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has been described as politically loaded. Had the Criminal Court's decision been otherwise, it would have also been so described.
SPOTLIGHT
The story of a 2,100-carat diamond, which its owners claimed was worth 315 million baht when it was stolen last month by a thief who fled on a motorcycle and was later returned by a mystery man who arrived by taxi, is in the running to be the hoax of the year.
