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 […]
Few people doubt that the action, at least in economic terms, is going to be in asia in the next few years. But if you’re a relatively developed economy within Asia, how do you take advantage of that? It’s a question that has obviously been exercising Korn Chatikavanij, Thailand’s finance minister. Speaking at the Foreign […]
BANGKOK, 4 AUGUST 2010 (NNT) — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) urges mobile operators to expedite the implementation of the number portability service. NTC acting Secretary-General, Thakorn Tantasit disclosed on Wednesday that the new regulation has been adopted at the board meeting, in which all mobile operators will need to proceed with the service by […]
