One foreign national and 13 Thais were arrested by police following a raid on a complex of low-rent houses south Pattaya. On Thursday morning a team of local police officers went to an area in Soi Khopai in south Pattaya which is renowned for having people who like to engage in illegal gambling and illicit […]
BANGKOK, Jan 14 — An American with an outstanding arrest warrant in the United States in a US$93 million fraud case was arrested in Bangkok Friday after fleeing to live in Thailand for two years, according to the Metropolitan Police Bureau Division 7 in Bangkok. Richard Earl Saunder, 63, was arrested at Niran Condominium 4 […]
The Thai Patriots Network Thursday held a rally outside the Foreign Ministry to demand Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign. The group alleged that the foreign minister and prime minister had failed to retaliated against Cambodia after it violated Thailand’s sovereignty. Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a leader of the group, said the […]
BANGKOK, Jan 13 – Thailand’s economy in 2011 is projected to expand by only 3.2 per cent, the lowest level in Asia in the past five years, dropping from last year’s economy, which grew by 7.5 per cent, Frederico Gil Sander, World Bank economist in Bangkok said on Thursday. According to the World Bank’s latest […]
Two of the seven Thais arrested by Cambodia for illegal entry – Democrat Party MP Panich Vikitsreth and Narumol Jitrawarattana – have been released on bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said on Thursday. Mr Chavanond, secretary to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, said the two were each released on 10,000 baht bail […]
UTTARADIT, Jan 13 – This northern province of Thailand has been declared a disaster zone as the current cold wave continues bringing frigid temperatures to residents in all nine districts. Uttaradit Disaster Prevention and Mitigation chief Surachai Tatkawin said the temperatures in the province have continually dropped, causing more victims to be affected by the […]
BANGKOK, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Thailand’s Red Shirts will rally against the government again in Bangkok Jan. 23, a spokesman said Wednesday. Worawut Wichaidit of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship told the Bangkok Post the rally, demanding justice for Red Shirts, opposition political activists known for their red clothing, killed in protests last […]
Walking along Sanphawut Road at around 4.30pm on Thursday, my son and I were stopped by a group of three men, one in uniform, standing opposite the Chinese temple. They nodded at each other then stopped us and asked whether we were Indians. Assuming they were policemen, I answered yes and showed them my driving […]
