A combative Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte blasted critics of his anti-drugs war on Thursday and demanded that European Union envoys leave the country within 24 hours. He lashed out at the E.U. during a speech a month before the Philippines was to host a summit of Southeast Asian leaders and their European Union and U.S. […]
The Immigration Bureau (IB) has nabbed two Nigerian nationals and an Indian man in Bangkok for allegedly running romance scams. The IB on Thursday announced that two Nigerians — Lawrence Osita Nwaenyi, 32, and Peter Stanley Chukwuebuka, 33 — were arrested at a condominium in Prawet district. Full story: Bangkok Post WASSAYOS NGAMKHAM BANGKOK POST
The ‘Australian’ pensioner who was floored by a left hook in the parking lot of a Pattaya school on Wednesday after a road rage incident is really British national George Collins, 77, Thaivisa can reveal. He clarified his background in an exclusive interview with Thaivisa on Friday morning before he attended another hearing at Pattaya […]
Millions of Thai people in the Kingdom and overseas today (Friday) held merit-making ceremonies at temples, public grounds, government offices in Bangkok and the provinces to mark the one-year anniversary of the passing of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. King Bhumibol passed away peacefully at 3.52pm on Oct 13, 2016 at Siriraj Hospital after a […]
The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Thursday passed amendments to the firearms law which ban foreigners living in Thailand from having and using guns and also place controls on fireworks and Bang Fai rockets. The previous version of the Firearms, Bullets, Explosive Objects, Fireworks and Fake Firearms Act did not require people who want to […]
BANGKOK — Those campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty may take solace in the fact that no one has been executed for eight years. There have been no actual executions, but a senior government official said it’s simply impossible to predict when capital punishment will be abolished in Thailand. Pitikan Sitthidej, Director General […]
Construction of the first stage of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway will definitely begin in November although there is still a problem with an environment impact assessment study, Transport Minister Termpittayapaisith confirmed on Wednesday (Oct 11). The first stage is a 253-kilometre section between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima. The full project is for the Bangkok – […]
Authorities arrested eight suspects, including two Chinese, for allegedly operating a call scam causing 60-million-baht damage and running travel agents to launder the illicit money. Pol Maj Gen Somsit Weeriyasan, acting secretary-general of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo), told the press on Thursday that the eight suspects were arrested on Wednesday. Full story: Bangkok Post […]
