BANGKOK, Jan 19 – Some 600 Thai Airways International (THAI) employees protested at Suvarnabhumi Airport today, demanding a 7.5 per cent pay rise and two months bonus. The rally interfered with today’s flights, airline officials said. In addition to the rally itself, THAI staff refused to move the airline’s aircraft from their assigned waiting areas […]
Two Thai women who allegedly lured nine girls aged 14 to 16 into prostitution have been arrested and charged with human trafficking, said city police chief Pol Lt-General Kamronwit Thupkrajang at a press conference yesterday. A 17-year-old suspect identified as Bee was arrested in a police sting at an unnamed dormitory in Bangkok’s Thung Khru […]
BANGKOK, Jan 16 – Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra kicked off the city’s gubernatorial election campaign for candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen at a suburban fresh market today, promising to imprint smiles on the faces of Bangkok people. Ms Yingluck, accompanied by Pheu Thai Party executives, was welcomed by vendors and shoppers, some of whom presented […]
Eight air-conditioned buses of a concessionaire of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority were damaged in a massive fire late Friday night, police said. The fire broke out while the buses were waiting for repairs at a garage inside an NGV gas station in Samut Prakan’s Bangkaew district at 11:30 pm. Read more: The Nation
Medical staff at Parliament House yesterday refused to use an ambulance on standby to ferry a seriously ill news photographer to hospital. Sakol Sandhiratne, who works for Nation Multimedia Group, was covering a parliamentary press conference when he collapsed. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 10 January 2013 (NNT) – After spending over 100 million baht on its renovation project, Siam Piwat, the operator of Siam Center, has finally unveiled the “Ideaopolis Siam Center”. Siam Center is now ready to welcome the public after it has been renovated. According to Siam Piwat Vice President Mayuree Chaipromprasith, it is a […]
BANGKOK, Jan 7 – Incumbent Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra will resign from his four-year political position tomorrow to pave the way for a new bid in the gubernatorial election. Opposition Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said today the governor will officially submit his resignation after appearing before the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to acknowledge an […]
Nonthaburi police said they were confident they would soon arrest a young man suspected of brutally killing his girlfriend during the New Year celebration. Police believed the suspect is still in the country as they had monitored his friends’ movements and they would not be able to help him flee. Read more: The Nation
