Three killed in Bangkok fire

Three people, believed to be of the same family, were killed when a fierce fire gutted a five-storey building in Bangkok’s Bang Kho Laem district early Tuesday. The fire broke out on the third floor of the building, which sells Chinese-style vases on soi Charoenkrung 72/4 in Phrayakrai area, Bang Kho Laem district, about 1.30 […]

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Foreign Ministry seeks to help Thai crew on vessel seized by Somali pirates

BANGKOK, Dec 27 – Thailand’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is actively trying to help the crew aboard a Thai vessel seized by Somali pirates Friday in Omani waters in the Arabian Sea, a senior ministry official said on Monday. Thani Thongpakdi, director-general of the foreign ministry’s Information Department, made the statement following media reports that […]

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Thailand’s 3G still plagued with uncertainties and legal challenges

Telecom executives say that next year will be a chaotic time for the industry, with many uncertainties, conditions that they say are unfair, and looming legal challenges. These stem from the absence of the 3G-2.1GHz spectrum licences, the effect of the new frequency allocation law, which kicked started the formation of the National Broadcasting and […]

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Phangnga, Phuket hold remembrance events for those killed in 2004 tsunami

PHUKET, Dec 26 — Foreign and Thai relatives of those who perished in the devastating tsunami disaster that hit Thailand’s six Andaman coastal provinces on Boxing Day in 2004 held remembrance events for their beloved ones in the two southern resort provinces, officials said. Simple ceremonies including religious activities were part of the remembrance events […]

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