BANGKOK, 18 July 2011 (NNT) – Majority of Bangkok city dwellers remain stressful since the situation after the 3 July general election is still unclear, plus persistent of economic stress, according to a recent survey by Suan Dusit Poll of Suan Dusit Rajabhat University. The survey was conducted with 1,292 respondents residing in Bangkok and […]
BANGKOK, 17 July 2011 (NNT)- Executive Vice President of Commercial Department, Thai Airways International Public Co. Ltd, Pandit Chanapai announced that from July onwards Thai Airways had resumed its round-trip flights from Bangkok to Japan as per the usual flight’s schedule after the adjustment was made due to the disastrous earthquake and Tsunami incident in […]
An Iranian man was arrested at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport late Friday night while allegedly trying to smuggle 50 snakes in a suitcase out of the country. Ghahremani Arash, 23, was arrested at Gate 1 while he was about to board Mahan Air’s Flight W5 5044. His arrested was announced at a press conference at […]
BANGKOK, 15 July 2011 (NNT) – Thai Buddhists are taking part in the Buddhism Promotion Week upon Asalha Puja Day and the Buddhist Lent Day as they gave alms to 85 monks at Wat Saket Ratchaworamahawihan on Friday morning. Speaking as he chaired the event, Religious Affairs Department Director-General Sod Daeng-Ied stated that the event […]
BANGKOK, July 13 – An Iranian man was arrested Tuesday at Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling 15 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, or ‘ice,’ worth Bt 50 million (US$1.6 million) into the kingdom, a senior Thai customs officer said on Wednesday. The contraband was found in two boxes containing artwork with a surprising twist. One lot of […]
A British man who has been convicted by a British court for soliciting Thai women for prostitution has been rearrested in Bangkok. Thai police arrested Andrew Christopher Michael Wallace, 37, in Bangkok’s Klong Toey district on Tuesday. Wallace has been sentenced to two years in jail for trading Thai women for prostitution in England. Read […]
Two Pathumwan Institute of Technology (PTWIT) students – a boy and a girl – were shot and wounded Tuesday near their home in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district by two men on a motorcycle, an incident police theorised was based on school rivalry. Sattawat Wongphrome is safe but girlfriend Wilai Nathakaranont is in a critical condition […]
BANGKOK, 12 July 2011 (NNT) – The South Bangkok Criminal Court has summoned a witness for testimony in the case related to red-shirt security guards’ arson attack on Central World Shopping Complex in May 2010. The South Bangkok Criminal Court today held a hearing for the arson case lodged by the prosecutor on 1 September […]
