A day of mass match-making takes over the seaside city. In other news: Wear pink, not red, say Chinatown leaders. If there’s any city in the world that should be competing for a title relating to light-speed love encounters, it’s Pattaya. The seaside city, infamous for its red-light nightlife, will do just that this Saturday […]
Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Cambodia is asking Google Inc. to withdraw a map of an ancient temple at the center of a border dispute with Thailand, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a letter by the Cambodian government to Google. The Google map “places almost half of the Khmer (Preah Vihear) temple in Thailand and is not […]
Cambodia denies rumors that deposed Thai leader Thaksin granted citizenship Cambodia on Friday denied a report that Thailand’s disgraced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted citizenship, an allegation that had drawn threats in Bangkok that the billionaire ex-politician could lose his native Thai nationality. Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said the allegation, which […]
Red-shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) began to gather in front of the Defence Ministry shortly before noon on Tuesday. Their intention was to ask the military to clarify rumours of a pending a coup and demand action against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for allegedly dodging the draft. They earlier announced […]
BANGKOK, Feb2 (TNA) – Bangkok police on Tuesday said they will question a taxi driver whose vehicle and personal images were captured by a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera who is believed to have witnessed the dramatic catapulting of bags of human waste and putrid fermented fish into the compound of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s […]
A fire broke out at the Phra Nang Inn Hotle in Krabi early Tuesday, causing panic among hotel guests. Channel 5 reported that the fire caused some Bt20 million worth of damages. No injuries were reported. The Nation
Thailand and the United States have begun their annual Cobra Gold military exercise, with South Korea taking part for the first time. The U.S. Embassy said Singapore, Japan and Indonesia will also participate in the three-week training exercise, which the U.S. Army describes as the largest of its type in the world. About 11,500 personnel, […]
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — An airport in Iran’s capital of Tehran was the intended destination for a North Korean weapons shipment seized in Bangkok on Dec. 12, according to a confidential report to the United Nations Security Council by Thailand’s government. A copy of the report, obtained from diplomats whose governments hold Security Council seats, […]
