BANGKOK, 11 February 2011 (NNT) – Residents of the Thai-Cambodian border area in Si Sa Ket are gradually returning home as tension subsides while a bomb inspection unit has been dispatched to ensure safety. Following four days of skirmishes between Thai and Cambodian troops along the border in Si Sa Ket province, Army Chief General […]
Narathiwat – A police sergeant was shot and killed by muslim insurgents in front of a mosque in this southern border province Friday afternoon. Pol Sgt Kittisak Singdam was shot and killed by insurgents in front of Dharul Iman Mosque in Bumae Village in Tambon Yingor in Yingor district at 12:50 pm. Kittisak was standing […]
BANGKOK, Feb 11 — The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), also known as the Yellow Shirt movement, marched from its rally site at Makkhawan Bridge on Rajdamnern Nok Avenue to the capital’s Royal Plaza to make an oath of allegiance to the monarchy and country at the King Chulalongkorn Equestrian Statue before returning to its […]
Foreigners in Thailand and ASEAN are closely following breaking news on the amazing and unprecedented events in the Middle East as the movement to overthrow governments may ripple through even more countries into Thailand causing a potential overthrow of the current government. “Like we hope happens in Egypt, we want an orderly transition into democracy […]
The Staff of an a-go-go bar reveal themselves as a would-be mafia, with a group of 20 punching a group of customers consisting of foreign models and Thai Hi-So’s. Around mid-day on the 9th February 2011 Police General Nantawut Suwanlaorng, Police Officials Pattaya received complaints from Mr. Jestin Elekjoseph, 28, and Mr. Johnny Wittel ,28, […]
The Nation: Thailand will finally face off with Cambodia over the recent military clashes, at the United Nations Security Council next week, after earlier insisting that the border conflict be settled only at the bilateral level. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, who will represent Thailand in addressing the UN body on Monday, yesterday launched a scathing […]
As part of Pattaya Police’s continuing city-wide crime suppression operation, officers conducted a total of 15 raids on establishments in the Soi Chayapoom area in Central Pattaya, a popular area consisting of bars and go-go’s frequented by foreign tourists and ex-pats. Prior to the raid, a briefing by Police Colonel Nantawoot took place at Pattaya […]
NARATHIWAT, Feb 9 – One suspected insurgent was detained Wednesday for questioning after being captured in a military raid in Narathiwat. About 50 soldiers raided an area in the Baan Jor Kor mountain range in Cho Ai Rong district after learning that a hideout of a Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) armed force was located there […]
