Weapons seized in Thailand from an impounded plane traveling from North Korea were likely destined for Iran, a high-ranking Thai government security official was quoted by Reuters as saying regarding the findings of a team investigating the arms. “Some experts believe the weapons may be going to Iran, which has bought arms from North Korea […]
On the heels of TOT’s 3G deployment it seems that True Move may be secretly testing 3G in Chiang Mai as well. Speaking to some iPhone 3G users in the Muang area of Chiang Mai, I’ve found that in many areas of the city are getting a steady signal but have not noticed a big […]
North Korean plane seized The biggest weapons seized on a Soviet cargo plane detained at Don Mueang airport on Saturday are multiple rocket launchers – two mobile units – and two dozen 240mm unguided rockets, high-ranking security sources said yesterday. The total value of weapons found in 145 large boxes that weigh nearly 40 tonnes […]
BANGKOK, Dec 15 (TNA) – Thailand is due to start its Influenza A(H1N1) nasal spray vaccine trials on the first group of volunteers this Friday, according to Dr Vichai Chokewiwat, chair of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO). The vaccine trial for humans is ready after the problem of the vaccine’s stability was solved. The nasal […]
Freed convicted spy Sivarak Chutipong’s mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, on Tuesday denounced Democrat Party spokesman Buranat Samutrak for saying the release of her son was staged and in the interests of a certain group of people. Mr Sivarak, a 31-year-old engineer employed by Cambodia Airport Traffic Services (CATS), was sentenced to seven years in […]
If you think that your 5Mbps home broadband connection is fast, you need to take a look at a new Google-backed 17Tbps fat pipe for Southeast Asia. In a bid to fix the reoccurring cable-cutting problems hitting the two largest Internet backbones in Asia, Google and other Asian partners are investing in this with $400m […]
Bangkok – Thai authorities on Saturday impounded an airplane from and unnamed Eastern European country that was found to be carrying war weapons, a government spokesman said. The pilot of the airplane had requested an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport to refuel Saturday morning. “When authorities boarded the plane they found it was […]
Special investigators have arrested eight people, including three Thai women, who were allegedly members of two passport forgery rackets with links to the Madrid train bombings in 2004 that killed 191 people. The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said yesterday that in addition to providing assistance to terrorists groups based in Europe, the two groups […]
