Thailand’s Prime Minister addressed “Yellow Shirt” protesters Saturday at a rally held in defiance of emergency rules banning political gatherings. Police said around 2,500 demonstrators — many wearing yellow and waving national flags — gathered at a sports stadium in Bangkok, after protesters agreed a change in venue to avoid confrontation with the authorities. Crowds […]
About 1,500 members of a right-wing group ignored a state of emergency by demonstrating in the Thai capital Saturday, but heeded a government warning not to rally outside the prime minister’s office, police said. The number of people participating in the protest at a sports stadium against government policy on a territorial dispute with Cambodia […]
BANGKOK – A Japanese man accused of forging his own death certificate to collect millions of dollars in insurance payments is being held in Thailand on an immigration violation pending other possible charges, Thai police said Friday. Arrested in his Thai girlfriend’s apartment Thursday, Ichiro Ogushi, 35, had been on the run since immigration authorities […]
Authorities in Bangkok are tightening security after a number of warnings about possible bombings this month. The government has warned residents to expect further random attacks. The government says it has specific information that car bombs could be used and has named areas in the city that could be targeted. Royal and government buildings, the […]
BANGKOK, Aug 6 – Thai police arrested a suspected murderer and a suspected paedophile in two separate cases after investigation a request by the British Embassy in Bangkok. The first case is involved with a British national, Stuart Scott Crawford, most wanted as the subject of an arrest warrant for murdering Michael Ryan in Surrey. […]
Two Malaysian men have been arrested for having allegedly used fake credit cards to shop at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Tourist Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Adisorn Ngarmjitsuksri told a press conference that Wong Choo weng and Mok Choy were arrested Thursday evening after they allegedly used fake credit cards to buy goods from shops […]
Veterinarians were treating the latest land mine victim from the Thai-Myanmar border Thursday, a 22-year-old female elephant whose foot was severely wounded by the explosion. Mae Ka Pae, as she is called, is the 13th mine casualty to be treated at the innovative Friends of Asian Elephant hospital near this city in northern Thailand since […]
Pattaya Police made their way to the SPN Mansion on the North Pattaya Road on Thursday Morning to investigate a suspected suicide. Inside room number 107 was the body of Khun Wipawan aged 29, a coyote dancer for a bar in South Pattaya. She was lying on the bed and due to the position of […]
