A Norwegian Property Developer fought off 5 Thai men who attempted to abduct him in the early hours of Saturday Morning. Mr. Svein Tore Holtekjolen aged 53 had spent the evening on Walking Street in South Pattaya with his Son and proceeded to Pattaya Second Road to catch a Baht Bus back to his residence. […]
THE TSUNAMI of December 26, 2004, ripped through the coastal buildings of Phuket and the Andaman, depositing sand in the top pocket of a man’s suit found hanging days later, in a third-floor room closet. Like it or not, Phuket and the Andaman remain in a tsunami zone. And this year’s sixth anniversary has finally […]
BANGKOK, Dec 25 — A key leader of the anti-government movement insisted Saturday that documents which he had leaked to the public regarding troops killing anti-government protesters earlier this year were genuine and that he was ready to reveal them all during a debate in the lower house as he has parliamentary immunity. Jatuporn Prompan, […]
Chon Buri — Tourist Police early Saturday arrested an Australian man, who was accused of molesting two boys aged 14-15 at a rented room in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district along with 23 pornographic VCDs of boys. Following a tip-off that a foreigner was to bring minors for molestation at the rented room, police staked […]
Brussels, Dec 25 (DPA) Pirates early Saturday seized the MV Thor Nexus general cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with its crew of 27 Thai nationals, the European Union’s Atalanta mission reported. The EU Naval Force (NAVFOR) Operation Atalanta said that the 20,377-ton Thai-owned and flagged vessel was pirated about 450 nautical miles northeast of […]
After four years in operation, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, which has set its sight on being one of the top 10 best airports in the world still find itself plagued with many problems. The airport, which had been on a drawing board for nearly four decades prior to its construction, has faced a series of problems […]
Huge quantity of drugs and weapons seized in simultaneous crackdowns Bangkok police yesterday made multiple arrests and seized a large volume of narcotics in several simultaneous raids yesterday, the start of the month’s deadline the government has given the police force to crackdown on drug traffickers. Some 696 people were arrested as part of raids […]
BANGKOK, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Thai officials say they’ve asked China to allow a giant panda cub, a celebrity at a northern Thailand zoo, to stay for two more years. Zoological Park Organization chief Sophon Damnui and the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti say they’ve been working to extend the contract signed with […]
