Wat Sri Sunthon or Wat Sri Sunthorn (วัดศริสุนทร) is a temple located in Thalang, Phuket, Thailand. It hosts the largest reclining Buddha image in Phuket on its roof. Wat Sri Sunthon is just over a kilometer north of Heroines monument. The two heroines Thao Sri Sunthon and Thao Thep Kasattri are sisters who led the […]
Chinese health officials say a man who tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus died Saturday in the southern city of Shenzhen. City officials said the 39-year-old bus driver, surnamed Chen, was hospitalized with a fever on December 21 and tested positive for the virus.
A crowded Bangkok-Si Sa Ket tour bus collided with a pickup truck in Buri Ram’s Nang Rong district, killing 12 people and injured 15 others Saturday morning. Following the accident report at 9 am Saturday, Nang Rong police and rescue workers went to the Ban Sing Intersection on Nang Rong Chamni Road to find the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 31 – Ninety-four people were killed in road accidents throughout Thailand during the first two days of the “seven high-risk days of the New Year’s holidays” from December 29 – January 4, according to the Road Safety Centre. There were a total of 955 road accidents with 1,051 injuries reported on December 29 […]
In 2011, scientists discovered they had created a highly contagious and deadly form of H5N1 – commonly called avian or bird flu. When the discovery was announced, debate erupted over whether the research was ethical and fears the new strain could be used as a bioterrorism weapon. Now, the World Health Organization has weighed in […]
Police arrested a suspended police officer for allegedly shooting and wounding many motorists on Ratchadapisek Road on December 23. Police Lance Corporal Thirayu Phetmeekha, 28, was nabbed in his home town in Songkhla province, the media were told yesterday. He has allegedly confessed that he got drunk after attending a wedding party in Bangkok’s Huai […]
Local police say the body of a 30-year old male was found in a Phuket guesthouse after a night of debauchery. The man was in Thailand to mark the anniversary of the death of his friend who was a victim of the devastating tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 300,000 people seven years ago. […]
MUDA, Nepal (WOMENSENEWS)–Four years ago, Taruna Badi, 38, a member of the Badi community, one of the most marginalized groups in Nepal, thought her days of prostitution were over. In 2007, she and dozens of other Badi women traveled from Kailali, a district in the far west of Nepal, to Kathmandu, located across the country, […]
