BANGKOK, April 5 – Thailand’s Supreme Commander Gen Songkitti Jaggabatara on Tuesday urged the public not to believe the rumors over possible coup, saying the military will not interfere in politics. The supreme commander made the statement as he held a joint news conference with the commanders of three armed forces as rumors swirled that […]
BANGKOK, 5 April 2011 (NNT) – The Election Commission (EC) has assured that the general election will be held as planned while urging all sides to stop making speculations about a military coup. In the midst of circulating rumors pertaining to a possible coup d’état, Election Commissioner Praphan Naikowit insisted that the dissemination of such […]
Five Indians were drugged and robbed of approximately 36,000 Baht cash by a hired Thai prostitute. Pattaya, 2 April 2011 [PDN]: At 2:30 a.m., Police General Lieutenant, Chuangchote Mongkolthanayuth, Inspecting Officer of Pattaya Police Department was informed that several foreigners had been drugged and robbed at Rooms 540-546 on 5th Floor of Diamond Beach Hotel […]
A factory worker from Chonburi District is accused of sexually assaulting a 7 year old girl on Friday Afternoon. Khun Boontum aged 38 works at the Amata Nakhorn Industrial Estate but had a days holiday on Friday. He would often drink with neighbors but on Friday he drank alone and noticed the 7 year old […]
A small cyclone hit the Homeworks shopping plaza near Pattaya Tai on Sukhumvit Road on March 24. The front glass wall of Moderform Furniture caved in and billboards and canopies were destroyed in the strong winds. This follows the recent Pattaya Times article calling for stricter building code enforcement called to the attention of the […]
A team from the China Agricultural University is reporting success after transferring human genes into a herd of 300 dairy cows. The cows now produce milk containing proteins associated with human breast milk. Human milk is beneficial to infants due to its high nutrient concentration. Formula milk offers an alternative to breastfeeding, but critics feel […]
BANGKOK, April 4 – The death toll from flooding triggered by unseasonal rain in Thailand’s South rose to 51 on Monday, with almost 30,000 people ill with flood-related maladies, according to the Public Health Ministry. Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said the most deaths, 21, were reported in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 10 in Surat Thani, nine […]
Thailand will nominate the old capital of Ayutthaya as the site for World Expo 2020. The cabinet yesterday approved Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kachornprasart’s proposal to nominate the central province as the World Expo site, reasoning that the ancient city has the strongest potential among the candidate locations of Chonburi, Chanthaburi, Phetchaburi, Chiang Mai and […]
