BANGKOK, July 15 – Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) issued its first ‘yellow card’ to the Pheu Thai Party winning candidate in Nong Khai Constituency 2 while a new election for this constituency will be held on July 31. EC Conmmissioner Sodsri Satayathum said the agency commissioners late Thursday agreed unanimously to hold a new election […]
BANGKOK, 15 July 2011 (NNT) – Thai Buddhists are taking part in the Buddhism Promotion Week upon Asalha Puja Day and the Buddhist Lent Day as they gave alms to 85 monks at Wat Saket Ratchaworamahawihan on Friday morning. Speaking as he chaired the event, Religious Affairs Department Director-General Sod Daeng-Ied stated that the event […]
German authorities have seized a Boeing 737 aeroplane controlled by Thailand’s crown prince at Munich airport, saying the Thai government owes money to a now insolvent German construction company. The plane was seized Tuesday as part of a long-running dispute in which Werner Schneider, the insolvency administrator for the Walter Bau construction group, is demanding […]
SA KAEO, July 14 – A Cambodian migrant worker was arrested on Thursday alleged to have attempted the smuggling of nearly 6,000 methamphetamine pills worth Bt3 million into Thailand. The Cambodian detainee was identified as Mai Siang, who claimed to work as a cleaner at Tesco Lotus hypermarket in the eastern province of Rayong. The […]
Two known suspects guilty of many crimes in Chonburi Province were extrajudicially killed in a Pattaya police shoot out. Large quatities of ya-ba and ya-ice were found with the suspects. Pattaya, July 13, 2011,(PDN) Pol.Col.Somneuk Jankate, Banglamung Police was informed that the Banglamung police team led by Pol.Lt.Col.Nit Witinuntakit were involved in a gun fight […]
TrueVisions, the leading subscription-based cable-television operator, has announced an expansion of high-definition services in a bid to broaden its subscriber base. Managing director Thiti Nantapastsri said yesterday that the company until now had operated three HD channels – Reality HD, HBO HD and True Sport HD – as a pilot project via its digital fibre-optic […]
TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (7211) has agreed to produce pickup trucks for Nissan Motor Co. (7201) at its plant in Thailand starting in fiscal 2012, the two companies said Wednesday. Under the latest accord, Mitsubishi will roll out Nissan’s “Navara” pickup truck model. The move is the latest of collaboration between the two companies […]
PATTANI, July 14 – A former defence volunteer was gunned down Thursday at a tea shop in the southern province of Pattani, according to local police. Adeunan Maming, 33, was shot in his torso and forehead while drinking tea at a shop in Yarang district, according to Pol Col Uthai Tipsopa of Ban Sarong police […]
