The Surin Elephant Round-up usually takes place on the third weekend of November in Surin province,(this year, 2009, main weekend is 20th, 21st and 22nd November) Isan, Thailand. It is of recent origin, first held in 1960. The people of Surin were traditionally excellent at capturing elephants in Cambodia, then training them as working animals. […]
BANGKOK, Sept 5 (TNA) — The long-delayed Airport Rail Link project, providing direct rail service to and from Suvarnabhumi Airport, will start providing free service to the public from this December 5 which coincides with the birthday celebrations of His Majesty the King, said State Railway of Thailand (SRT) Governor Yuthana Tupcharoen. People interested in […]
Eleven people were shot dead as violence flared Wednesday in Thailand’s majority-Muslim south, where a separatist rebellion has been going on for more than five years. Police said militants shot dead 10 civilians and a soldier in Narathiwat and neighbouring Pattani province. Many of those killed were Muslim, including a religious teacher and his 13-year-old […]
BANGKOK, Sept 4 (TNA) – Key leaders of the anti-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) on Friday announced the cancellation of their planned mass rally this Saturday, but vowed to hold a major protest on September 19 to mark the third anniversary of the coup which toppled then premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Leaders Veera […]
Pattaya – Police arrested and fined an Iranian couple for having sex on the Jomtien beach early Friday. Hashom Abdli, 28, and his girlfriend, Margam Ziyace, 25, were charged with indecency and were fined Bt500 each and were released. Police Captain Chamrasthong Jinda, deputy inspector of the Pattaya police station, was riding his motorcycle to […]
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) — Thailand Futures Exchange, the bigger of the country’s two futures bourses, expects trading to slow as the stock market rally reduces the need for hedging. Trading on the bourse may drop to about 10,000 contracts a day in the second half from 10,678 in the first six months, Kesara Manchusree, the […]
CHIANG RAI : The Chiang Rai Court on Friday sentenced 13 demonstrators to six months’ jail for leading their supporters to block a road while rallying against the planned construction of a power plant. The rally was held on July 2 in protest against the building of a privately-run biomass-fired power plant in Wiang Chai […]
PB Air is adding two new light aircraft to its fleet as part of its business optimisation and expansion plan. The airline, controlled by Boon Rawd Brewery baron Piya Bhirom-Bhakdi, has leased two twin-engine turboprop Saab 340s from AeroCentury, a California-based aircraft leasing and financing firm, for five years. The first of the Saabs, which […]
