YALA, Feb 14 – A combined force of police and soldiers on Monday detained nine persons for their alleged involvement in Sunday’s powerful car bomb in a Yala municipality market which injured 18 people and set off a blaze that swept through 10 nearby shophouses and caused an estimated Bt10 million (US$330,000) in damage. The […]
CAT Telecom is estimated to gain at least Bt14 billion in revenue from leasing the planned wholesale 3G service capacity to True Corp’s Real Move throughout the 14-year contract term, a CAT source said. The source added that the figure is based on CAT’s estimation of the net present value of the planned 3G-High Speed […]
Condom vending machines have been removed from Bangkok-based schools supervised by the city administration following complaints from parents who cited necessary provocation of sexual interests to students as the reason, deputy city clerk Pheeraphong Saichua said yesterday. Vending machines at two public parks Suan Rommaneenart and Suan Saranrom where male and female streetwalkers regularly do […]
YALA, Feb 13 – A Sunday explosion at the market in the Yala municipality injured 17 people including three officials and 14 civilians and the cost of damages is estimated at least 10 million baht (US$330,000). It took about three hours to put the fire under control at 1pm Sunday, after a car bomb exploded […]
The yellow shirts yesterday resisted a police order for them to vacate public roads around Government House where they have camped out for weeks. The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) yesterday said the order No 2 of the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) was unconstitutional as it had been issued with […]
(CNN) — At least 12 people were injured when a bomb exploded in southern Thailand Sunday morning, police said. The explosion caused a fire that burned down about a dozen houses, Yala Police Col. Krisada Kaewchandee said. Investigators believe a car bomb caused the blast, he said. The explosion occurred in a region that has […]
If you are looking for inspiration ahead of Valentines Day – look to Thailand where 14 couples have been trying to break the world record for the longest kiss. The contestants are taking part in the kissing marathon in Pattaya in the hope of breaking the current 32-hour world record. The love birds were each […]
Cambodia to shun bilateral dialogue. Foreign Ministry’s letter to Thai Embassy says JBC mechanism cannot resolve border dispute Cambodia has indefinitely postponed a boundary panel meeting with Thailand scheduled for later this month, shattering Thai hopes of settling the border conflict bilaterally. The Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh received a letter from the Cambodian Foreign […]
