BANGKOK, 17 July 2011 (NNT)- Executive Vice President of Commercial Department, Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd, Pandit Chanapai announced that from July onwards Thai Airways had resumed its round-trip flights from Bangkok to Japan as per the usual flight’s schedule after the adjustment was made due to the disastrous earthquake and Tsunami incident in […]
U.S. President Barack Obama stressed the importance of protecting the human rights of Tibetans when he met Saturday at the White House with the Dalai Lama. In a statement following the closed-door talks, the White House said Mr. Obama talked of the need for direct dialogue between the Dalai Lama’s representatives and the Chinese government […]
Prime ministerial hopeful Yingluck Shinawatra’s MP status will be endorsed by the Election Commission this week, Pheu Thai Party predicts. The election watchdog is investigating complaints that Ms Yingluck, Pheu Thai’s candidate for prime minister, allowed her self-exiled brother Thaksin Shinawatra to influence the party’s affairs. Read more: Bangkok Post
RATCHABURI, July 16 – An army helicopter on Saturday crashed in Kaeng Krachan National Park, killing one person with no confirmed reports on the number of injured. The helicopter belonging to a Task Force stationed at Ratchaburi army base went missing as it went on a mission to rescue officials trapped in Kaeng Krachan National […]
Mount Lokon, one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, has erupted for the first time since 1991. The volcano has erupted at least three times in the space of two days. In the immediate aftermath of the eruption, no casualties have been reported. However, 4,400 have been evacuated from the surrounding area as a […]
Two Thai Buddhist Monks accused of consuming and selling class 1 drugs have been removed from the monkhood and sent to jail pending court proceedings. Police were given information of the two men who, previous to being ordained as Monks, were accused of selling illegal drugs. Police raided the accommodation block at the Cha Ko […]
BANGKOK, 16 July 2011 (NNT) – A recent Suan Dusit Poll has revealed that most Thai people are in support of a military official to become the next minister of defense and wish to see the protection of the monarchy be carried out at haste. The survey was conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University during […]
An Iranian man was arrested at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport late Friday night while allegedly trying to smuggle 50 snakes in a suitcase out of the country. Ghahremani Arash, 23, was arrested at Gate 1 while he was about to board Mahan Air’s Flight W5 5044. His arrested was announced at a press conference at […]
