BANGKOK, Jan 23 — Ratchadamnoen Road closed to traffic in a historic part of the capital late Sunday as the anti-government Red Shirts demonstrate at Democracy Monument in a mass gathering set to end at midnight. Thousands of United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) activists have occupied the roadway from Phan Fah Bridge to […]
Samui District Chief Sakchai Jor Phalit met with the island’s public health officials to map out strategies towards making Samui a no-smoking city. The meeting, held at the Koh Samui Municipality, was also attended by other government officials and representatives from business and civicsectors. The island’s public health department officer, Cherd Thongsook, said the move […]
A villager was shot dead in an ambush in Narathiwat’s Muang district early Sunday morning, said Pol Lt-Col Dulyaman Yaena, chief of Khok Kian police station. Chuay Promsorn, 69, a resident of Ban Khok Baka in tambon Khok Kian of Muang district, was attacked on the intra-village road in Ban Hutae Tuwaw of Muang district […]
PATTANI, Jan 22 — A village defence volunteer was shot dead by insurgents in this southern province early today, while in a separate incident a bomb exploded outside a telephone office in the provincial seat early Saturday as insurgents continued stepped up attacks since early this week, police said. Police said the 36-year-old village defence […]
A FAMILY group of Australians holidaying on Phuket was forced to pay 56,500 baht today for ”damage” to four jet-skis that they say they did not cause. The group from Melbourne argued for two hours before giving in and paying the money, having been told by the jet-ski operators that the Patong Tourist Police ”do […]
Pattaya police continue the crackdown on foreign-related bars in an effort to change Pattaya’s international image and to squelch the use and sale of drugs in Pattaya bars. In the latest raid, which is one of a series of expected police actions, the bars on notorious Soi 6 where many foreigners go to relax and […]
Phang Nga – The man who allegedly shot a Thai Airways International pilot was arrested in Phang Nga Friday afternoon. Prisorn Huayhongthong was arrested at Sriwara Hotel in Phang Nga. He will be flown from the Phuket Airport to Bangkok Friday night. Prisorn was accused of shooting at THAI pilot Phoolwit Ruengdej on January 12. […]
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