BANGKOK, Sept 15 (TNA) – The Cabinet on Tuesday resolved to invoke the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Bangkok’s key Dusit district from September 18-22 ahead of this weekend’s planned anti-government “Red-Shirt” demonstration when the protesters will mark the third anniversary of the coup which toppled then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Cabinet anticipates that […]
Udon Thani Industrial Council chairman Prayoon Homewong has called on the government to legalise prostitution. Udon Thani Industrial Council chairman Prayoon Homewong has called on the government to legalise prostitution. “We can never get rid of it. So, I think we should pass laws to regulate it,” Prayoon said at a meeting with relevant authorities […]
Royal Enfield, the world’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer, is looking for Thai firms to distribute its products throughout Southeast Asia. The company is also looking for firms to produce parts for both Royal Enfield and its Bullet bikes. Headquartered in Chennai, Royal Enfield produces about 50,000 heritage British bikes each year for markets in 25 countries. […]
Pattaya,September 13th [PDN]: – At 11.00 pm, on September 11, Police Colonel Somnuk Changate, the Banglamung Police Chief and his team went to investigate a robbery case at House No. 323/8 Suansai Village, Soi Banglamung 39/3, after it had been reported by Mrs. U-Taiwan Denjarern [43], the house owner. At her two storey house, police […]
Long associated with debauchery and wild Full Moon parties, moves are afoot to change Koh Phangan’s image and make it a drugs-free island. Koh Phangan, long associated with wild Full Moon parties, is undergoing an image change to make the island a family destination. The monthly all-night Full Moon party on the Surat Thani island’s […]
Pathum Thani – Traffic snarled briefly hit a road here Monday morning when motorists parked their vehicles and rushed out to grab flying Bt1,000 bank notes. But the traffic on the highway No 345 returned to normal soon because the motorists quickly disappeared with the notes. Pol Lt Col Waroom Thairatthewin said the bank notes […]
BANGKOK, Sept 10 (TNA) – Sondhi Limthongkul, founder of Manager newspaper and leader of the Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the yellow-shirted group that gained international notoriety last year for closing Bangkok’s two commercial airports, was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday after the Criminal Court found him guilty of making libelous statements against […]
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is hiring 1,300 workers in Thailand, the latest sign of a global auto recovery, coming a day after Toyota announced it was adding 800 employees in Japan. Mitsubishi, Japan’s fifth biggest automaker, said Wednesday it’s hiring the workers for its two auto assembly plants and one engine plant in Thailand. Mitsubishi, which […]
