BANGKOK, Feb 16 – Thai Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan and his Cambodian counterpart Tea Banh will hold talks on establishing a permanent ceasefire along their countries’ disputed border as urged by the United Nations Security Council, said a senior Thai foreign ministry official on Wednesday. Chavanond Intarakomalayasut, a secretary to the Thai foreign minister, […]
An army officer who commanded soldiers during the “krachab puenti” (seizing back the area) operation against red-shirt protesters on April 10, 2010, says he regrets the loss of lives but his men were overwhelmed by numbers and attacked by unknown assailants using guns and explosives. Col Thammanoon Withee, head of the 1st Army Command’s Operations […]
According to local agencies, of today, foreigners who were issued their six-month or one-year visas by the Chonburi Immigration Bureau no longer have to go to the immigration office to report in person every 90 days. Visa holders wishing to stay legally in Thailand more than 90 days and hold valid visas now have two […]
CAT Telecom can switch on its third-generation HSPA network within two months, chief executive Jirayuth Rungsrithong said yesterday, shrugging off doubts over the deals the state enterprise made with True Corp. CAT can start up the network service quickly as TrueMove is installing high-speed packet access (HSPA) equipment from its own network on to the […]
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday ordered the Immigration Bureau to immediately release and pay a small sum of damages to an injured Burmese worker held in a locked cell at the Bangkok Police Hospital. Chalee Diyoo, 33, had been locked in a room in the hospital for more than two weeks, during which time […]
A British National is expected to be deported from Thailand after Pattaya Immigration issued a notice of visa revocation against him. A press conference was held at the Immigration Office in Jomtien on Tuesday Afternoon to announce the detention of Mr. Roderick William Robinson aged 73 from England who was caught in a joint operation […]
NAKHON PRATHOM, 15 February 2011 (NNT) – Minister of Tourism and Sports Mr. Chumpol Silpa-Acha has welcomed Indian beauty pageant contestants on their trip to Thailand in preparation for the contest. As part of their activities, the 24 Indian contestants yesterday visited Riverside Rose Garden , Suan Sum Pran, Nakorn Pathom Province. During the visit […]
BANGKOK, 15 February 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has found several Thai-Cambodian border residents suffering from mental illnesses following the recent border clashes and has tasked village health volunteers to take care of them. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit reported that 72 mobile medical units had been dispatched to Thai-Cambodian border provinces […]
