A Thai court jailed an Indian financier for 10 years on Friday for massive embezzlement that helped bankrupt a Thai bank in the mid-1990s and spark a crisis in the financial sector that spread through

Several people were feared dead and dozens more were injured after a blaze tore through a chemical factory in eastern Thailand spewing toxic smoke into the air, local police said on Sunday.

Hundreds

At least 282 people were killed and 3,059 others injured in road accidents during the first six days of Songkran festival, the Thai New Year, authorities here said on Tuesday.

Most Thais go to their

KFC Thailand apologised on Thursday for a post on its Facebook page urging Thais to hurry home and monitor earthquake news with a promotional bucket of chicken as tsunami fears gripped the nation.

Wh

Seven people were killed and dozens wounded in three bomb attacks on Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south, the military said.

"Seven people are confirmed dead, more than 7

More than 30 people, many of them foreign tourists, were rushed to hospital on Saturday on the Thai resort island of Phuket after a chlorine leak at a hotel swimming pool, local officials said.

The a

The Japanese economy shrank in the final three months of 2011, data showed on Monday, as exports were hurt by the strong yen and weak overseas demand while flooding in Thailand hammered production.

O

Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat.

Two wild elephants were found slaughtered last mont

Thai police discovered bomb-making material after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted on Monday that everything was under control.

Authori

The United States warned on Friday of a terrorist threat against foreign tourists in Thailand, which said it was tracking two suspects who had entered the kingdom.

"Foreign terrorists may be currentl