BANGKOK, 29 March 2013 (NNT) – Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn yesterday morning presided over the opening of the ‘Police Museum Parusakawan Palace’, located in the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Headquarters, in Dusit district, Bangkok. The Royal Thai Police has recently renovated the 107-year-old Parusakawan Building near the Royal Plaza into a museum building, […]
BANGKOK, 28 March 2013 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand public company has announced that it will allow all airlines to use Don Muang international airport again. The decision was made by the airport company’s board of directors, and will have to be approved by the Cabinet, as 70 per cent of the company’s shares are […]
Earlier today, Bangkok police announced the arrest of two Thais and four foreigners in Bangkok’s Bang Na district. The sextet had allegedly been running a telephone investment scam. The foreign fiends included two Brits – Anthony Gunguly, 34, and Simon Murphy, 31 – as well as Michel Dingelhoff, 45, a Dutch national, and Manny Detera, […]
BANGKOK, March 27 – Thailand’s national Election Commission (EC) today endorsed Sukhumbhand Paribatra as Bangkok’s new governor, despite continuing investigations of complaints against him and other candidates. The five-member EC voted four to one to allow the Democrat candidate to return to his previous Bangkok Metropolitan Administration office, while a group of 50 Red Shirt […]
While this year’s Bangkok International Motor Show could set a new sales record of 60,000 orders, major auto-makers are not only looking at the Thai market but also all of Asean. “Asean is such an important growth opportunity for Ford within our Asia-Pacific region,” Alan Mulally, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company, […]
BANGKOK, March 25 – The Bangkok South Criminal Court today acquitted two suspects of charges of arson at the CentralWorld shopping complex during the May 2010 political upheaval in the Thai capital. The two activists, Saichon Paebua and Pinit Channarong, were accused by the attorney general of setting fire to a storeroom inside CentralWorld which […]
BANGKOK, March 23 – Thais gathered the Breitling Jet Team, the largest civilian aerobatic display team in Europe, at Bangkok Don Mueang Airport on Saturday morning. The event was to celebrate Thailand’s RTAF Commemoration Day on March 27 and Royal Thai Air Force Day on April 9. Read more: MCOT
A group of three men and a women who appeared to be muslims snatched several gold necklaces from a Bangkok shop. They fled in a taxicab, but salesclerks did not get the taxicab’s license plate number. Police suspect the muslims are wandering to steal from various gold shops. Pattaya Daily News
