Thai community radio stations and websites will be subject to closer scrutiny for possible lese majeste content. The Internal Security Operations Command is taking a closer look at community radio stations and websites broadcasting and publishing content which could be deemed offensive to the monarchy. Isoc’s 6th Operation Centre, which has responsibility for promoting royal […]
BANGKOK, April 14 — Bangkok Police early Thursday shot dead a man who went berserk killing two persons — a police officer and a taxi driver – and wounding two others, police said. Police said a man identified as Thada Intamart first stabbed 2nd Lt Vichai Wilairasami and took his car in suburban Bangkok’s Nonthaburi […]
Bob Dylan, the U.S. musical artist and songwriter, performed his first concert ever in Vietnam on Sunday night, forty years after his 1960s protest songs, now iconic, gave voice to America’s anti-Vietnam War movement. The concert came days after he played two shows in China, where he performed in Beijing and Shanghai as part of […]
Police and volunteers raided a room inside the Spanish Condo complex on Sukhumvit Road in central Pattaya after being told by telephone of a drugs party taking place at the location. Inside the room police found three Thai females aged between 23 and 29 and one Thai male, aged 29, engaging in the act of […]
BANGKOK, 14 April 2011 (NNT)-Spokesperson of the Royal Thai Police Pol Maj Gen Prawut Thavornsiri said over 880 homes have been under care of the police under the campaign encouraging city residents to let the cops look after their properties while they were on holidays upcountry or abroad. According to Police Mai Gen Prawut, the […]
BANGKOK, April 14 — Thailand has set a new world record for water gun shootouts Wednesday, the first day of the Songkran festival, Thailand’s traditional New Year, overtaking Spain, the previous record holder. A total of 3,477 Songkran revellers sprayed water from their water guns at each other for 10 minutes at Bangkok’s CentralWorld shopping […]
A total of 116 people were killed and 1,760 injured in 1,626 road accidents from April 11 to 13, the first three days of the “seven dangerous days” of Songkran, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Thursday. On Wednesday, 733 road accidents killed 57 people and injured 784 others, according to the department. […]
Red-shirt leaders yesterday threatened to file libel and lese majeste charges against the political establishment after the Army chief hit them with a similar suit. Pheu Thai Party MP Jatuporn Promphan, a core red leader, said he would lodge a complaint with Samran Rat Police Station on Sunday against General Prayuth Chan-ochar for falsely claiming […]
