Police identified the man as Arnat Saweeyanon, 39, a former air force non-commissioned officer. Mr Arnat was detained at a rented house in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Bang Saphan district after more than three weeks on the run. On June 7, a 27-year-old woman, who has not been identified, told police at Khok Kram station in […]
Bangkok police seized more than 600,000 flu tablets containing enough pseudoephidrine to produce methamphetamine, or yaba, worth about 416 million baht from a drug store in Bangkok’s Pratunam area on Thursday. The flu tablets could be used as reagents for the production of methamphetamine and crystal meth, or “ice”, Pol Maj Gen Itthiphon Phiriyaphinyo, deputy […]
There are now 10,000 CCTV cameras operating in Bangkok to make the capital safer, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Thursday. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) had installed the 10,000 surveillance cameras near junctions and in areas where there was a high crime risk, and near schools, hospitals, community areas and important places around […]
BANGKOK, 30 June 2011 (NNT) – The Democrat Party is set to organize its last major election campaign tomorrow at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok along with other activities in nine provinces. After traveling to the Royal Plaza to pay respect to the Equestrian Statue of King Rama V, Democrat Party executive Satit Wonghnongtaey announced […]
BANGKOK, 30 June 2011 (NNT) – The MasterCard Worldwide Index of Global Destination Cities 2011 has ranked Bangkok world’s 3rd Global Destination City with an estimation of 11.5 million visitors to the capital city of Thailand this year. London tops the list at 20.1 million visitors followed by Paris with 18.1 million tourists. As for […]
BANGKOK, 30 June 2011 (NNT) – The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has issued a declaration terminating its prolonged street-protest at Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge and Chamai Maruchet Bridge nearby Government House on Friday night (1 July). PAD Spokesperson Panthep Puapongpan declared that PAD demonstrators will disperse as their demand has been met after Thailand withdrew […]
PARIS, June 30 – Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok has been chosen as the 2013 “World Book Capital” by a selection committee including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it was announced after a meeting held at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters. Bangkok was designated to be World Book Capital in 2013 for its […]
A Ukrainian and two Turkish nationals, accused of being part of a gang of credit-card thieves, were arrested in Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shopping mall yesterday. Police say Andrew Salkosky, 40, from Ukraine, and Kardial Karamen, 33, and Oske Gildiarim, 28, both of Turkey, were taken into custody along with 40 credit cards and some brand-name […]
