Some 3,000 policemen will be deployed to keep security at the Rajprasong Intersection on New Year Eve, Police Commissioner-General Pol Gen Wichien Phojphosri said Wednesday. A countdown activity is normally held at the Central World at the intersection. Wichien said police expect no untoward incidents but the police will be deployed to guard the area […]
Emergency decree lifted, 104 red shirts supporters will get bail The cabinet on Tuesday decided to revoke the emergency decree, set up a new situation monitoring centre and allow Rights and Liberties Department officials to seek the release on bail of 104 red shirts detained for minor offences. Acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said the […]
Chula lecturers put record straight with latest forecasts Following a report that Bangkok might be under seawater in 20 years’ time and suggestions that the capital should be moved to the Northeast, Chulalongkorn University lecturers yesterday countered with advice that the public should not panic over such claims. They said it would take 100 years […]
BANGKOK, Dec 19 – Thai police on Sunday arrested a Nigerian man in Bangkok with 20 bags of cocaine, valued Bt5.25 million (about US$175,000) while he was delivering the drug to a client. Tourist Police commander Pol Maj-Gen Adisorn Ngamjitsuksri said the 30-year-old Nigerian national was identified as Ohanyiri Onyekwere Alentine. He was arrested at […]
BANGKOK, Dec 18 – Over 100,000 fans experienced a Formula One car racing (F1) demonstration on Rajdamnoen Avenue Saturday afternoon as part of the celebrations for HM the King’s 84th birthday in 2011 in the “Street of Kings Rajdamnoen Red Bull Bangkok 2010” show. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn presided over the driving exhibition ceremony […]
This message alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Thailand that media reports indicate that the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (aka UDD or red-shirts) will hold a demonstration on Sunday, December 19, 2010 scheduled from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm in Bangkok’s Rajaprasong area (around Central World) to mark the 7 month […]
BANGKOK, 16 December 2010 (NNT)-Center One Shopping Center is due to re-open its door on December 24th, seven months after the bloody May which saw the greater part of the center torched to ashes. Only part of the shopping complex will be open to the public, while the rest of the areas are still undergoing […]
BANGKOK, Dec 15 — A senior Japanese embassy official on Wednesday met National Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree to ask the Thai authorities to speed up their investigation into the death of a Japanese cameraman killed during Red Shirt protest. Cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto of the Reuters news agency was shot dead while filming the […]
