Bangkok - Thousands of Thai truck drivers went on strike Wednesday, parking their vehicles along the nation's highways to protest high fuel prices.

"If we work we lose money, so it's better not to work," said Thongu Kongkhan, secretary-general of the Transportation Federation of Thailand.

Thongu claimed that altogether 120,000 trucks out of 700,000 operating nationwide had joined the strike on Wednesday, parking their 10-wheel and container vehicles in queues stretching up to 10 kilometres along Bang Na Trad Highway on the outskirts of Bangkok and along other major highways in Chonburi, Rayong and Nakorn Sawan provinces.

Bangkok  - Toyota is to begin production of Camry hybrid cars in Thailand next year, making the kingdom the third production base for the popular energy-saving model after Japan and the United Stat

Bangkok  - A fire in a luxury condominium overlooking Bangkok's Chao Phraya River killed a Thai family of three early Tuesday, police said.

Bangkok  - Thailand's central bank on Monday intervened in the foreign exchange market to halt a rapid slide of the baht currency, officials said.

Singapore - An info-security service provider has extended its operations into Thailand and India in a drive to expand in the Asia-Pacific region, a published report said on Monday.

Bangkok - Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking a 100 million baht (3.1 million dollars) budget to promote Thai fruits at the Beijing Olympic Games, state media reported on Sunday.