BANGKOK, 18 August 2012 (NNT) – The Transport Ministry has affirmed that Bangkok Don Mueang Airport will be ready for full commercial operation again at the beginning of October, as planned. Transport Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan said on Friday that 14 airlines and aviation-related agencies, including Airports of Thailand PLC (AOT), Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd, […]
A Soi Cowboy bargirl stabbed her co-worker to death in a drug-induced rage, after they got into a fight while getting high on “ice” in their Bangkok apartment. They had apparently argued about boyfriends, when the dispute turned violent and deadly. Police found Ms. Jaruwan Sangpluem, age 24, lying dead in a pool of blood […]
Five transvestite newly graduates of Thammasat University have been allowed to be dressed as girl students for the royally-sponsored commencement at the end of this month, Thai Rath reported. The paper said the university has consulted with the Royal Household Bureau about the wish of five students, who were born men, to get dressed as […]
A Honda Civic car crashed into the rear of a 10-wheel truck before plunging from the Udon Ratthaya Expressway in Pathum Thani’s Muang district to a football field below and exploding in flames in the early hours of Wednesday, killing the driver instantly. The accident took place at around 4.50am. Police found the charred body […]
BANGKOK, Aug 15 – Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said he will upgrade the landscape at Victory Monument along with improving facilities and infrastructure throughout Bangkok. The project includes improving public restrooms, burying electric power and cable lines underground, and expanding the city’s CCTV network, he said after visiting the Victory Monument area today to inspect […]
BANGKOK, 13 August 2012 (NNT) – Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra has instructed all 50 districts of Bangkok to search for illegal billboards and have them removed immediately as well as check on those at risk of falling down. MR. Sukhumbhand and executives of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) went to inspect the billboard on […]
A 21-year-old Burmese man cut the neck of an infant girl living in a construction workers camp in Samrong, apparently to avenge a beating by the girl’s uncle. He had earlier attacked the uncle with two swords but was beaten and escaped, only to return later to hurt the girl. SAMUTPRAKARN – August 13, 2012 […]
In Pathum Thani’s Lam Luk Ka district yesterday, the driver of a trailer truck carrying foundation pillars reportedly dozed off behind the wheel at 7am, causing the vehicle to run over four pedestrians, killing three and injuring one. The driver fled the scene. Read more: The Nation
