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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BANGKOK, 26 December 2010 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has admitted that Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawattra is living in Dubai, but reiterated that he would not allow the former Prime Minister to be involved in any political movements. In light of reports that a group of Phue Thai party members have gone to […]
BANGKOK, 27 December 2010 (NNT) – Permanent Secretary for Transport Supoj Saplom has vowed to improve the Airport Rail Link system before it begins full operation on January 4th next year. The State Railway of Thailand (SRT), along with the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) and the Mass Rapid Transit Authority […]
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 […]
Two of the 10 leaked reports purported to have come from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and recently obtained by The Nation reveal how live bullets were “likely used” on both a bystander and a red shirt, with investigators concluding both cases were likely the work of soldiers acting on orders. In the case […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 26 – A suspect from Thailand was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday night with 19.5 kg of illegal ivory. Police intercepted her on routine patrol while she was checking into a Kenya Airways flight at 11.30pm with 105 pieces of ivory bangles, necklaces and raw ivory while […]
