A live hand grenade was found in front of a school in Yala municipality this morning and was disarmed by the police bomb squad. The M67 grenade was inside a military-style green waist pack left on the road outside Municipal School No.4 in Muang Yala district, said Sontaya Thoobthong, deputy superintendent of Muang Yala Police […]
A World Bank economist in Thailand is warning even if tensions ease in the Middle East, oil prices will remain high due to high demand from China, India and other industrialized countries. High oil and commodity prices are contributing to inflation, which is now seen as a key concern in Thailand and throughout the region. […]
Damage assessments are underway in the three provinces before restoration follows, an official DPMD update said. Trains are running down to Chiya Station in hardhit Surat Thani, as are buses from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport opened yesterday after repairs to landing systems, the runway and taxiway lighting […]
BANGKOK, April 6 — The value of trade between Thailand and India is expected to rise to US$10 billion next year, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva reported following his one-day official visit to New Delhi. Mr Abhisit’s visit to India, his first after becoming prime minister in 2008, ended late Tuesday. Read more: MCOT
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 6 April 2011 (NNT) – Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has resumed its services in the wake of the recent flood while damages on the facilities are being evaluated. Director of Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nisit Sombat announced that the provincial airport had been back in operation after it was forced to close […]
More than a million people living on the slopes of hills nationwide are at great risk of landslides due to massive deforestation and torrential rains, the Mineral Resources Department warned yesterday. The Northern region is the highestrisk area with more than 3,965 villages located near slopes of hills, followed by the South with 1,628 villages, […]
Three members of a drug gang have been arrested in Bangkok’s Min Buri district and crystal methamphetamine, known as “ice”, with a street value of three million baht seized from them, police said on Tuesday The three suspects –Thongsak Kunpuddom, 51, Chonnakan Kasempokin, 44, and Thanabodi Srichai, 36-were arrested at the entrance of soi Ramkhamhaeng […]
BANGKOK, 5 April 2011 (NN)-The Democrat Party said it was ready to contest in the upcoming election while believing that the unrest would continue to dominate Thailand’s political arena if the Red Shirt core leaders were fielded as Puea Thai Party candidates. The personal spokesperson of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjivija, Thepthai Senpong, said the Democrat […]
