The Thai government’s crackdown on “red shirt” protesters last spring was planned nearly four years in advance and modelled on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, a report contends, saying Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva approved military force against unarmed civilians. The report also alleged two Bangkok hospitals colluded with the Thai government to cremate bodies of […]
The student uniform, once again, has become the center of attention when the Japanese media announced that Thai university uniforms, with its short-sleeve white blouse and short black skirt, as the world’s sexiest student uniform, based on an online survey. The news has caused people in the educational sphere to strike a note of disapproval […]
BANGKOK, Jan 31 — Thailand’s Foreign Ministry is coordinating with Thai International Airways (THAI) to provide a special flight to pick up some 80 Thai nationals stranded at Cairo airport in Egypt as anti-government protests in Egypt ran into the seventh day and showed no sign of easing, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi. […]
UDON THANI, Jan 30 – Disciples and followers of Thailand’s highly-revered monk Luangta Maha Bua Yanasampanno thronged to make merit during morning alms for the monk who died early Sunday at the age of 98. Luangta Maha Bua died of lung infection and an intestinal obstruction at 3.53am at Wat Pa Ban Tad in the […]
BANGKOK, 30 January 2011 (NNT) – Four ace ice carvers from Thailand are reportedly left standed at Cairo Airport on their return home with several awards in ice and snow sculpture contest in France. The coordinator of the event, Mr Anat Limjirawattana, called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help the four Thais due […]
TAK PROVINCE, Thailand – Navy Seabees and Thai Army engineers are constructing a new school building at Pa Ka Mai School to improve the quality of life of residents in the area as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 Jan. 18 though Feb. 20, 2011. The schoolhouse construction is part of a series of humanitarian […]
In light of recent stories regarding the coral bleaching at Similan Islands and other areas of southern Thailand, I want to bring to the world media’s attention a problem that may have even more severe consequences for the future of Similan National Park. The problem is illegal fishing within the marine park and the plight […]
A raid of Soi Pattayaland 13/2 located off Pattaya Beach resulted in 13 arrests and a seizure of class 1 drugs and computer sets from an Internet Café. Police Colonel Nantawoot, the Chief of Pattaya Police led the operation on Thursday Night, which was held in cooperation with the Pattaya branch of the Narcotics Suppression […]
