AMAZING THAILAND

Three vehicles were destroyed by an angry, starving elephant in Huai Khwang district early yesterday. The attack occurred on Rama IX road near Ramkhamhaeng expressway toll booth about 3am.

IT is a sport growing in popularity across the nation. And Monklands is playing its part as Thai boxing emerges as a force to be reckoned with.

Most days, I'm a relatively easy, even-tempered kind of girl: the sort of person who (annoyingly) holds a constant blood pressure while letting strings of ill-mannered drivers squeeze in front of me on the N1; someone who just dismisses the neighbours' untimely midnight romping as well-deserved fun; and who has as much energy for conflict resolution as a tree-dwelling sloth.

With all flights in and out of Suvarnabhumi Airport cancelled, thousands of tourists are stuck in the country. "Please let me go home for Thanksgiving," pleaded one American tourist in an interview with Thai PBS. In the face of rising visitor anger, the hosts are doing all they can.

BANGKOK - Two supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy tied the knot inside the Government House complex Tuesday.

The upcoming winter will likely extend to mid- February with Bangkok people having a good chance of seeing Mercury drop to just around 17 Celsius degrees.

Three years ago, Thailand delightedly added a new chapter to her first-of-its-kind record with the birth of the first-ever quintuplets. Today, the three boys and two girls are healthy and are the darlings of their parents despite the weariness in bringing them up.

A staunch supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy was found wandering naked near a local market in Chon Buri's Sattahip district last Sunday. Montree Jitwimolprasert, 40, a well-known radio show host in Sattahip and a singer, was repeatedly shouting "I'm dying" when an emergency unit arrived at the scene. His fellow radio hosts were trying to cover the man, who is better known as "Kai Nano" to his fans, with a blanket.