A total of 241 people have been killed and 2,382 injured in the first four days of New Year holiday week in Thailand, said the country's Road Safety Centre.

Some 2,167 road accidents took place in fo

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Saturday that she would meet Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on a visit to the neighbouring country next week.

Yingluck will travel to Myanmar's

Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday he has no plans to return home following suggestions that the current government headed by his sister may seek to pardon him.

Thaksin

The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in decades jumped above 500 on Sunday as the seemingly unstoppable waters crept deeper into Bangkok, swamping main roads and threatening the city centre.

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Tensions were rising between Thai residents and authorities in flooded parts of Bangkok on Monday, with hundreds protesting that their homes were being sacrificed in attempts to keep the city centre d

Floodwaters in Thailand on Tuesday breached barriers defending Bangkok's second airport and have begun seeping into the compound, forcing at least one airline based there to suspend flights for a week

Thailand's premier urged the country's rival political factions on Wednesday to work together to tackle the worst floods in decades, as residents in parts of Bangkok were put on heightened alert.

"To

A total of 269 people have died and four people were missing in the floods that have inundated the upper region of the country for almost three months, authorities said.

Northern province of Phichit

Thai authorities are looking for about 100 crocodiles that escaped from a farm in a flood-hit province.

About 100 crocodiles escaped Sunday when the crocodile farm in central province of Uthai Thani

Thailand scrambled on Wednesday to airlift condoms and other emergency health supplies to victims of its worst floods in decades to prevent a feared surge in unplanned pregnancies.

Five helicopters b