A Sripathum University student lost control of the car he was driving while reaching for a cell phone and fatally hit a street sweeper in Bangkok’s Don Muang district Tuesday morning, police say Arriving at the scene on inbound Vibhavadi-Rangsit road at 6.30am, they found fourth-year student Worakorn Limplew and the dead body of city […]
YALA, July 19 – A roadside motorcycle bomb blast on Tuesday wounded 16 people, including military personnel and local residents, in front of a school in the southern border province of Yala, according to the Yala bomb disposal squad and forensic unit. The 16 casualties, including nine military personnel, three students and four residents, have […]
The Thai Election Commission has endorsed the election of Yingluck Shinawatra and Abhisit Vejjajiva, No 1 candidates of Pheu Thai and Democrat party lists, Sodsri Sattayatham said. Mrs Sodsri said the EC’s endorsement of Ms Yingluck and Mr Abhisit was unanimous. Read more: Bangkok Post
Thailand train accident in Ratchaburi. Forty-two passengers, 19 Thais and 23 foreigners, were wounded when an express train hit a 10-wheel truck loaded with rubber wood at a railway crossing in Ratchaburi’s Pak Tho district on Tuesday, reports said. The Bangkok-Surat Thani express train taking a large number of Thai and foreign tourists, mostly destined […]
BURMA, 19 JULY 2011 (NNT) – After the crash of a Thai army Black Hawk helicopter, 9 people on board are reported missing, including the commander of the 9th Infantry Division. The helicopter crashed inside Myanmar early today. According to an army source, Major General Tawan Ruangsri, commander of the 9th Infantry Division, and a […]
In his latest interview, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ruled out serving jail term, saying he will have to “stand for justice” by not accepting ‘unfair’ legal action against him. Speaking to Thai PBS in a special interview aired Monday night, Thaksin said he was not fighting for himself but for the justice system […]
Samsung Galaxy S II Viral Video featuring a Porsche Boxster 987 Taxi in Bangkok. The video is part of a commercial campaign of the new mobile phone from Samsung.
BANGKOK, 18 July 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has put all hospitals situated on Thai-Cambodian borders on alert for possible clashes between troops of the two countries since the ruling for a temporary injunction on the border issue will be announced today afternoon. According to Permanent Secretary for Public Health Medical Doctor […]
