BANGKOK, Jan 3 – Both the Foreign Ministry and the Army Region 1 commander on Monday urged the yellow-clad activists of the Thailand Patriot Network not to rally tomorrow at the border, saying the move could sabotage talks between Thai and Cambodian authorities over the release of seven detained Thai nationals. Chavanond Intarakomalyasut, secretary to […]
Thai Prime Minister believes an election in the first half of the year will show he is not clinging to power The dissolution of the House, should it go ahead early, should be done in the first half of the year, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva predicts his party will win […]
Neither the girl involved in the crash or her relatives attended. “There is no contact, message of apology, or even a wreath from them” The under-aged driver of a sedan involved in a tollway crash that left nine van passengers dead will be sent to a home for girls after she acknowledges criminal offences to […]
In recent times the blogosphere has been home to reports of a twist in the usual tale of Thais snatching gold necklaces from unwitting persons on the Pattaya streets. These reports claimed there are a couple of foreigners stealing gold necklaces by way of the usual Thai-style snatch and grab from a motorbike. Initially dismissed […]
The crackdown by Thai police on undesirable foreigners living in Thailand gained momentum with numerous arrests of fugitives wanted by INTERPOL and other countries. Police Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop, directed the very capable leader Police Colonel Athiwit Kamonrat Superintendent of Chonburi Immigration to use all available resources to catch the wanted fugitives in Pattaya. -TN
Road accidents claimed 234 lives in Thailand’s first four days of the seven deadly days of New Year’s driving, officials said Sunday. Between Wednesday to Saturday some 2,473 road accidents occurred on Thailand’s highways, killing 234 people and injuring 2,656, according to figures released by the government’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. The department said […]
BANGKOK, Jan 2 – Thailand’s struggle with rising drug use will continue in 2011 with crystal methamphetamine likely to spread as the authorities plan a closer watch over border areas to prevent drug smuggling during the New Year, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB). The ONCB will keep an eye on […]
Russians Dominate the BRIC Market into Thailand With the worldwide credit-related meltdown starting its third year of reduced spending by Westerners, the countries fairing the best in the short term are the countries with the cash economies now referred to by economists collectively as “BRIC.” The BRIC countries are Brazil, Russia ,India and China. Stories […]
