PATTANI, Jan 25 – Thai police here have detained 18 suspects for suspected involvement in an attack at an army outpost in Rangae district last week. Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) spokesman Col Banpot Poolpian said a joint operation of 300 military and police searched for insurgents who attacked the military outpost in Narathiwat’s Rangae […]
An Australian company has begun an oil drilling operation in Phichit province where they expect to find deposits containing approximately 16.6 million barrels of crude oil. Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kachornprasart, Australian Ambassador to Thailand James Wise and Governor of Phichit province Suwit Watcharoteyangkul presided over the ceremony to commence drilling at the CVN5 oil […]
Arrest of five men for allegedly possessing war weapons, bombs shrouded in secrecy. Home-made bombs were allegedly found late yesterday afternoon near Government House, as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was bracing himself for what was promised to be a relentless campaign against his regime by former allies. Whether this was a bad omen, an orchestrated […]
SIX RUSSIAN tour firms have been banned from operating on Phuket for five years because they were “zero baht” agencies, a new committee overseeing tourism on the island heard today. The Supporting Phuket Tourism Committee listened as Phuket Tourism Business and Guide Registration Office Chief, Piyasuda Sukcharoen, explained that she had already prevented some of […]
Thai police said on Monday as many as 91 Rohingya boat people, who ended up in the country while fleeing from Myanmar, will be deported, the Voice of America said on Monday. Rohingya are stateless, Bengali-speaking Muslims from northern Rakhine state in Myanmar, according to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHCR). According to Thai […]
Thailand earned 1.8 billion baht from foreign film production teams shooting in the country last year, according to the Department of Tourism. Director-General Supol Sripan of the Department of Tourism said statistics from the Thailand Film Office in the Tourism Development Office showed that 530 movies were filmed in Thailand, earning the country 1.8 billion […]
THAI police have charged two men with the Melbourne murder of ”good Samaritan” Luke Mitchell. Two Thai nationals were arrested late last year following raids on homes. Sarud Seehaverachart, 28, was arrested in Phuket in September and Thatiya Terdputham 35, was caught in late October. However, a third man wanted over the knifing of Mr […]
Do the baht plan: AIS splashes THB10bn on 2G/3G expansion Reuters reports that Thailand’s largest cellco by subscribers, Advanced Info Service (AIS), plans to invest THB10 billion (USD326 million) on network expansion this year to benefit from continued growth in the sector. AIS targets spending THB7.5 billion on expanding its 2G capacity, with the remaining […]
