Bangkok – Thai police on Tuesday arrested a leader of the protest movement that seized Bangkok’s two airports in 2008, costing the country billions of dollars in lost tourism and trade revenue. Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a former leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), was arrested while eating lunch at a Bangkok supermarket on charges […]
The Public Health Ministry confirmed yesterday that at least two people had died in the cold weather – one in Loei and the other in Chiang Rai. “Victims in this category are people who died because they lacked warm clothes and lived in areas declared as being hit by a cold spell,” Public Health Minister […]
A three-day-old baby was a victim of physical abuse last year – and some 56 young girls went missing after online chats with strangers, the most in 11 years. These were some of the disturbing details in an annual report released yesterday by the Paveena Hongsakul Foundation. The foundation received 7,855 complaints, 635 involving rapes […]
As the country’s national symbol, you would expect the people of Thailand to show nothing but respect for their elephants. But the once-majestic beasts are clearly still viewed by some as mere circus performers. In this case, they have been trained to ride tricycles – and steer using their trunks. Kwanmueng, seven, and Sarai, nine, […]
BANGKOK, 17 January 2011 (NNT) – As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Chinese tourists are flocking into Thailand. Over 130 flights have been chartered to fly Chinese holidaymakers to Thailand during the Chinese New Year. be flown to Thailand as travel agencies are changing their strategies by aiming at high-end tourists and tourists who […]
BANGKOK, 16 January 2011 (NNT) – 26 districts in Khon Kaen Province have been declared cold-spell disaster zones. Over 150,000 people in the province are in dire need of warm clothes The weather is so cold in in Baan Ped district, Khon Kaen, that the elderly and children in particular, most lacking warm clothing, have […]
Thailand Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is seeking the closure of two diving paradises, the Similan and Surin national parks after the coral there was found suffering from bleaching. The scope of the corals destroyed from the bleaching has been wide and unless proper measures are issued, more coral would be destroyed by the […]
Two Thai men impersonating police searched a German tourist and robbed him of Bt300,000 in cash at gunpoint on Friday evening. Following a report of the theft, police rushed to Soi Thepprasit 7 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district at about 6pm. Michael Maslankowski, 43, told police he was riding a motorbike in the soi […]
