BANGKOK, April 9 — Anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will hold a major demonstration in Bangkok on Sunday to commemorate colleagues killed in a clash with government troops exactly one year ago at Khok Wua intersection on Ratchadamnoen Avenue. UDD “Red Shirts” core leader Jatuporn Prompan, also a party […]
BANGKOK, 8 April 2011 (NNT) – As part of the security measure during the red shirt rally of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) on 10 April, the Bangkok Metropolitan Police will station seven companies of officers around the gathering site. Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Police Major General Piya Uthayo gave an interview regarding […]
Super Giant, a world-famous mobile theme park coming to Bangkok from April 16 to May 29, is aiming to draw a million visitors and generate income of Bt500 million. Kevin Yoo, chief executive officer of Apirom International, local joint owner of the attraction, said Bangkok would be the first stop on the park’s Asian Tour […]
BANGKOK, April 8 — Twenty foreigners were arrested at their Bangkok office for running a ‘boiler room’ scam in a joint operation involving the Thai police and international law enforcement agencies — Australian and Canadian police in conjunction with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Thailand’s Tourist Police Division Commander Pol Maj Gen […]
BANGKOK, 8 April 2011 (NNT) – Suvarnabhumi International Airport has launched celebrative activities in conjunction with the upcoming Songkran Thai New Year Festival, 13-15 April, by decorating the terminal in festive atmosphere and holding cultural activities for passengers. Suvarnabhumi Airport General Manager Flying Officer Anirut Thanomkulbutra on Thursday presided over the inauguration of the festivities […]
BANGKOK, 6 April 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s Red Shirts (UDD) will hold a rally in Bangkok on 10 April in remembrance of the political bloodbath at Kok Wua Intersection last year. A press conference was held by Acting Chairperson of the UDD Thida Thavornseth along with UDD core leaders Jatuporn Prompan, Natthawut Saikua and Weng […]
Three members of a drug gang have been arrested in Bangkok’s Min Buri district and crystal methamphetamine, known as “ice”, with a street value of three million baht seized from them, police said on Tuesday The three suspects –Thongsak Kunpuddom, 51, Chonnakan Kasempokin, 44, and Thanabodi Srichai, 36-were arrested at the entrance of soi Ramkhamhaeng […]
United Nations Climate Change Conference Bangkok, April 2011 The sixteenth session of the AWG-KP (AWG-KP 16) and the fourteenth session of the AWG-LCA (AWG-LCA 14), as well as workshops pursuant to the Cancun Agreements, are taking place from Sunday, 3 April through Friday, 8 April at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) of the United […]
