Prawut Thavornsiri

One of the suspects in Thailand's deadliest bombing at a temple here last month has confessed to playing a crucial role and re-enacted how he passed a bomb - laden backpack to a yellow-shirted man to plant it at the shrine, police said today.

The hunt for a group behind the Bangkok bombing focused Wednesday on an emerging link with Turkey as Thai police issued an arrest warrant for a Turkish national for possessing "war materials".

A foreign man described as a "main suspect" in the deadly Bangkok bombing was arrested Tuesday, with Thai police calling him an important figure in the network that staged the attack.

Police investigating the deadly Bangkok blast said they were seeking a Thai woman and an unidentified man after bomb-making materials were discovered over the weekend in a second apartment raided by police.

Thailand's army chief today told AFP the man arrested in connection with last week's deadly Bangkok bomb blast was not cooperating, as police announced he was part of a people-smuggling gang.

A Thai court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a man over a blast near a Bangkok pier last week which caused no injuries but came a day after the capital was struck by a deadly shrine bombing, police said.

Thailand's junta today insisted the crucial tourist industry has been unaffected by last week's bomb attack which killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, saying visitor numbers remained "at a normal level".

Authorities Sunday urged patience in their hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber, as the police chief admitted Thailand lacks some of the "modern equipment" to find the prime suspect captured on security cameras.

Thailand's police chief today insisted his officers were making "a lot of progress" in the hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber despite the lack of arrests and mystery over the attackers' motives.

The deadly Bangkok bomb took over one month to plan and was executed by more than 10 people, the kingdom's police chief said Thursday, as more details emerged of the suspected network behind an attack that killed 20 people.

A former Thai regional official accused of being a major people trafficking kingpin turned himself in today, police said, as the kingdom continues a belated blitz against the lucrative trade.

A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said Saturday, in a further blow to the country's tarnished reputation as a top tourist destination.

One of the suspects in Thailand's deadliest bombing at a temple here last month has confessed to playing a crucial role and re-enacted how he passed a bomb - laden backpack to a yellow-shirted man to plant it at the shrine, police said today.

The hunt for a group behind the Bangkok bombing focused Wednesday on an emerging link with Turkey as Thai police issued an arrest warrant for a Turkish national for possessing "war materials".

A foreign man described as a "main suspect" in the deadly Bangkok bombing was arrested Tuesday, with Thai police calling him an important figure in the network that staged the attack.

Police investigating the deadly Bangkok blast said they were seeking a Thai woman and an unidentified man after bomb-making materials were discovered over the weekend in a second apartment raided by police.

Thailand's army chief today told AFP the man arrested in connection with last week's deadly Bangkok bomb blast was not cooperating, as police announced he was part of a people-smuggling gang.

A Thai court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a man over a blast near a Bangkok pier last week which caused no injuries but came a day after the capital was struck by a deadly shrine bombing, police said.

Thailand's junta today insisted the crucial tourist industry has been unaffected by last week's bomb attack which killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, saying visitor numbers remained "at a normal level".

Authorities Sunday urged patience in their hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber, as the police chief admitted Thailand lacks some of the "modern equipment" to find the prime suspect captured on security cameras.

Thailand's police chief today insisted his officers were making "a lot of progress" in the hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber despite the lack of arrests and mystery over the attackers' motives.

The deadly Bangkok bomb took over one month to plan and was executed by more than 10 people, the kingdom's police chief said Thursday, as more details emerged of the suspected network behind an attack that killed 20 people.

A former Thai regional official accused of being a major people trafficking kingpin turned himself in today, police said, as the kingdom continues a belated blitz against the lucrative trade.

A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said Saturday, in a further blow to the country's tarnished reputation as a top tourist destination.