BANGKOK, Feb 13 – A Ghanaian man on Monday was detained for smuggling 1.55 kg of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice,’ at Thailand’s main international airport, according to customs officers. Yeboah Kwame, a 36 year-old Ghanaian, was captured Monday morning on arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport with 1.55 kg of ice in his stomach and […]
A man was killed on Saturday after falling from an escalator on the third floor of a busy department store in Bangkok’s Bang Phlat district. Pongsathorn Suwannakorn, 31, lost his balance on the escalator while moving from the third to fourth floor of Central Pinklao shopping complex on the Borommaratchachonnani Road, police said. Read more: […]
City authorities will move to demolish the Aetas Bangkok Hotel in Soi Ruam Rudi if the hotel operator ignores an order from the Administrative Court that the building is illegal. Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipibul yesterday said he had instructed the director of the Pathumwan district office to order the owners of the hotel to […]
A van transporting foreign labourers crashed into the rear of a parked six-wheel truck this morning, killing eight people and injuring five others. The accident happened at 7am on the BAngkok Kanchanapisek Ring Road at kilometre marker 59 heading towards Bang Na. The impact killed two Thais and eight Cambodians, police said. Read more: The […]
A Van carrying Cambodian passengers collided with a 6-wheel truck at eastern ring road motorway intersection in Bang Na, Bangkok, killing 8 people and and injuring 4. The minivan’s driver fled from accident scene. MCOT
The Administrative Court has found a hotel building in Soi Ruam Rudi was built illegally and ordered Bangkok Metropolitan Administration authorities who allowed its construction to enforce compliance with the building control law. On Sept 17, 2008, Grand Chamberlain Khwankeo Vajarodaya, Royal Household doctor Songkram Sapcharoen, and 24 residents of Soi Ruam Rudi on Phloenchit […]
Bangkok police have begun a crackdown on unauthorised operations of taxi motorcycles, after Wan Yoobamrung, a secretary to the transport minister, launched an inspection earlier this week and vowed to combat illegal operations based on mafia protection fees. A meeting of traffic inspectors at all 88 police stations in Bangkok was held yesterday to discuss […]
BANGKOK, 9 February 2012 (NNT) – According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Bangkok Transit System (BTS) skytrain extension between Wongwian Yai and Petchkasem will be completed by 12 August next year. Deputy Bangkok Governor Teerachon Manomaipiboon revealed that the construction process of the 5.3-kilometer Silom line extension between Wongwian Yai and Petchkasem will […]
