Dozens of impoverished red shirts detained since the May 19 dispersal of the red shirts’ protest have been “virtually abandoned” with no visitors and some without defence lawyers, revealed Nitirat Sapsoomboon, a member of the National Human Rights Commission’s subcommittee on citizen and political rights. At least 10 of them are women and Nitirat said […]
BANGKOK, 6 August 2010 (NNT) – Three-wheel ‘Tuk Tuk’ a well known taxi of Thailand has been ranked 5th in “The World Best Taxi” arranged by a tourism website ‘hotel.com’. Following a survey in random of more than 1,900 travelers during 11-28 May this year about the best taxi they ever met, London taxi was […]
A disturbing double-suicide was uncovered in a house in Soi 16 off the Naklua Road on Friday Morning. Banglamung Police made their way to the house and were directed to the 1st floor bedroom where the bodies of the house owner Mr. John McMahon aged 73 from England and his Thai Wife, Khun Nuansawat aged […]
Two foreign subsidiaries of Virginia-based Alliance One International Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday to bribing officials in Thailand and Kyrgyzstan to secure contracts and purchase tobacco leaf, the Justice Department said. Alliance One International AG, a Swiss corporation, was charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act and violations of the anti-bribery and […]
YALA (Thailand) – Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead three people in Thailand’s restive south on Saturday in two separate incidents, police said, the latest violence in the troubled region bordering Malaysia. A soldier was gunned down in an ambush while riding a motorbike to a military base in Yala province. In neighbouring Pattani, a Buddhist […]
BANGKOK, 7 August 2010 (NNT) — The heavy rain that causes widespread flooding in Northern Thailand has continually ravaged residents’ properties and belongings. Students and teachers of the Ban Nam Mong Pang Sa School in Nan province on Saturday were reportedly evacuated from the school by boat due to a broken bridge from heavy rainfall, […]
Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul said yesterday the ministry could not terminate the four oil exploration concessions off the resort island of Samui as the concession-holders are not conducting any practices that breach the law or cause serious environmental damage. His remarks came after Samui residents protested against the concessions out of concern about the economic […]
Yangon (Aug 7, 2010) : An explosion killed two people on the Burmese side of the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, officials said Saturday. The blast occurred about 8:30 pm Friday, in the Myawaddy market place, killing two people and injuring up to 20 others, according to government and border sources. Myawaddy is directly across the Moei […]
