Angry demonstrators rallied outside the British Embassy today as a Thai woman married to a retired Scottish kilt-maker threatened to kill herself outside the mission on St. Valentine’s Day. Supporters gathered around Kanokrat Booth, 42, waving banners saying ‘Stop Judging Thai People’ and ‘Marriage is not a love service and needs no probation’ after Mrs. […]
BANGKOK, Feb 2 – Laid off workers whose jobs were casualties of the recent floods carried their protest to the Ministry of Labour Thursday after their employers neither had clear policies nor gave them answers about further employment during the post-flood period. Over 200 workers from Altum Precision Co in Ayutthaya’s previously flooded Hi-Tech Industrial […]
A new campaign launched by the Metropolitan Police bureau puts female police officers to work as traffic police. Khun Krittin explores the issue. If you notice female traffic police officers on Bangkok streets, you are not seeing things. The Metropolitan Police bureau has just launched a new project, using female police officers as traffic police. […]
One of the gambling dens revealed by politician Chuwit Kamolvisit is located in the jurisdiction of the Railway Police, not the Metropolitan Police Bureau, a senior metropolitan police commander said yesterday. Railway Police have been contacted and informed of the den, said Pol MajGeneral Pachara Bunyasit, commander of the Metropolitan Police Division 1. “If there […]
Thai Police intercepted a wild animal smuggling ring, seized 120 snakes, turtles. Police intercepted a wild animal smuggling gang and seized 120 snakes and soft-shelled turtles heading to Suvarnabhumi Airport with China as destination. Source: MCOT
The deputy PM has instructed the Bangkok police to step up measures to prevent and eradicate drugs and other vices in the area after reports about an increase in Bangkok’s entertainemt venues with horse racing machines and drug sales. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung delivered drug suppression policies for Bangkok’s entertainment venues to commanders and […]
BANGKOK, 30 January 2012 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AoT) has announced that Bangkok Don Mueang Airport Airport will be able to resume its operations on March 6 while confirming no impact on flight operations from the upcoming maintenance work at Suvarnabhumi Airport. According to AoT President Anirut Thanomkulbutra, Don Mueang Airport […]
BANGKOK, 30 January 2012 (NNT) – Transport Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan has announced the project to develop the world’s largest weekend market Chatuchak Market in Bangkok as a night plaza to welcome the increasing number of foreign tourists. The newly-appointed transport minister on Monday assured a group of Chatuchak Weekend Market vendors, who were congratulating him […]
