An anti-Thaksin Shinawatra alliance has kicked off a campaign against rewriting the charter, vowing to step up their protests if an amendment is touted that would allow his return. Around 1,000 supporters of the Siam Samakkhi group, led by appointed senator Somjet Boonthanom, packed out Lumpini Hall in Lumpini Park yesterday to protest against the […]
A 4 meter by 100 meter section of the unused Hopewell Train platform, running parallel, to Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, has collapsed on the Bangkhen rail track. The site of the incident is about 100 meters away from Samiennaree temple in Bangkok. Police believe the steel plates which supported the structure rusted due to lack of maintenance, […]
BANGKOK, 1 March 2012 (NNT) – The First Auto Show Thailand 2012 kicked off on Wednesday at BITEC, Bangkok, featuring both new and pre-owned vehicles. Eighteen car manufacturers are showcasing their latest models, while 20 used car dealers are also joining the event. The First Auto Show Thailand 2012 is aimed at promoting Asian vehicles. […]
Thai police, accompanied by US drug enforcement officers, arrested 12 Africans on charges of drug dealing and seized crystal methamphetamine pills and five kilogrammes of marijuana in a joint operation in Bangkok on Wednesday morning, police said. None of the suspects had current visas, and some could not produce passports, police said. Read more: Bangkok […]
Thai police and US anti-drug officials raided a suspected hideout of foreign drug dealers at an apartment in the Ladprao area and seized five kilograms of marijuana sticks along with some ice pills. Two suspects were arrested, one of whom broke his leg while fleeing. Some 50 narcotics suppression and immigration police, along with US […]
BANGKOK, Feb 29 – The Thai authorities have identified two additional suspects who may have been involved with Bangkok’s Valentine’s Day blasts on Sukhumvit Soi 71, after re-examining closed-circuit television footage and evidence collected. In consequence police are seeking court-sanctioned arrest warrants for them. Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat, deputy national police chief overseeing the case, […]
BANGKOK, 28 February 2012 (NNT) – The Airport of Thailand Public Company Limited (AoT) has confirmed that Bangkok Don Mueang Airport will resume its operation on March 6. The Senate subcommittees on air transport and environment has called for the AoT to clarify Don Mueang Airport’s readiness to resume its services on the scheduled date […]
Thai youth are strutting around in T-shirts bearing cartoonish images of the Nazi dictator. Critics blame it on ignorance Cartoon pandas, Teletubbies, Ronald McDonald. At first glance they don’t seem to have much in common beyond a certain childlike quality. But during a visit to Bangkok you may discover another trait these popular cultural icons […]
