Thailand and Myanmar pledged on Monday to press ahead with a multibillion-dollar deep sea port project and to open new border crossings during summit talks focused on strengthening economic ties.

Thailand on Sunday urged visiting Myanmar President Thein Sein to back a US$8.6 billion deep-sea port in southern Myanmar, to be built by a Thai construction firm.

Doctors have advised Thailand's Queen Sirikit to rest after an exam showed a slight reduction in blood flow to her brain.

Thailand has seized nearly half a ton of ivory worth an estimated US$725,000 smuggled from Kenya in boxes labeled “handicrafts,” a senior customs officer at Bangkok's main airport said Tuesday.

Eight suspected drug dealers were killed on Monday in a clash with Thai security forces who seized weapons and a large amount of illegal amphetamines, Thailand's military said.

Thailand's ruling party escaped the threat of dissolution on Friday after the Constitutional Court dismissed an opposition complaint that had raised fears of reigniting the kingdom's bitter splits.

A Spanish man found dead in his apartment in downtown Bangkok on the eve of his 37th birthday had live-blogged his suicide on his Facebook page, Thai police said Thursday.

Thailand on Wednesday said a Thai-born U.S. citizen jailed for insulting the kingdom's revered monarch had been granted a royal pardon, in a move welcomed by the United States.

An Indian tourist was among 10 passengers who died while several other foreigners were seriously injured after a bus ploughed into an electricity pylon in southern Thailand on Tuesday, police said.

The United States says it will not be able to carry out a major climate study this year because Thailand has delayed a decision on whether to grant the U.S. space agency permission to use a key naval air base.