Banglamung Police in conjunction with officers from Region 2 arrested 10 people and seized a significant amount of class 1 drugs on Tuesday. The operation began with a tip-off that a drug delivery was about to take place on the Sukhumvit Road in Central Pattaya. Officers arrived and found Khun Egarak aged 28 who was […]
A Frenchman wanted on charges of trafficking in cocaine and marijuana in France was arrested by immigration police at a rented apartment on Lat Phrao 101 Road in Bangkok on Wednesday. Immigration bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Wibul Bangthamai, said David Sellem, 30, was arrested at the request of the French embassy in Bangkok. Read […]
BANGKOK, Dec 28 – Thailand’s capital Bangkok was ranked at the top of this year’s top ten popular cities among Thai and foreign tourists in a survey conducted by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Ministry Permanent Secretary Suwat Sidthilaw and Spokesman Watchara Kannikar on Wednesday told a news briefing that the ministry had carried […]
An express train bound for Bangkok from Surat Thani Province hit a pickup truck in Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan province. One person has been confirmed dead while more than 120 others have been injured. Read more: TAN Network
Thailand’s Criminal Court on Wednesday freed on bail red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong, who surrendered earlier this month to face five terrorism-related charges in connection with the political conflicts in 2009 and 2010. He was required to deposit Bt6 million worth of assets as a guarantee and was forbidden to be involved in any disturbances or […]
Good relations and perceived mutual benefit – and not the involvement of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra – were the reasons for Burma’s rapidly agreeing to sign a petroleum concession contract with PTTEP in the New Year, Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said. Surapong and Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan discussed the matter with Burmese Energy Minister […]
For over a decade, China has been developing its own world-wide positioning system in hopes of simultaneously distancing itself from foreign dependence and providing an alternative to GPS. China announced that this month’s satellite launch marks the first time their positioning network has started offering navigational data. Beijing has named their GPS-alternative “Beidou”, a Chinese […]
The eastern coast of Thailand will likely face three to four more rounds of high and violent waves over the next few months, according to the Meteorological Department. Waves of up to five metres in height have been lashing many southern provinces since Sunday. “It’s the monsoon surge,” the department’s deputy director-general, Somchai Baimuang, said […]
