BANGKOK, Dec 4 — Thailand’s anti-government Red Shirts, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have cancelled their plan to hold a political talk show on Sunday, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 83rd birthday, a UDD leader said Saturday. Sombat Boonngamanong, leader of the Red Sunday group, told a press conference that the UDD […]
BANGKOK, Dec 1 – The Thailand International Motor Expo 2010 kicked off Wednesday under the concept of “Unify…Create Earth-loving Vehicles” with money in circulation expected at around Bt23 billion and at least 20,000 cars expected to be pre-ordered. Organising chairman of the motor show Kwanchai Paphatphong said the number of cars to be pre-ordered was […]
BANGKOK, Dec 1 – Thailand’s Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) on Wednesday set up a command centre to monitor the situation during the celebrations to mark His Majesty the King’s 83rd birthday, according to army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. The army chief said CRES has many times discussed security measures during […]
BANGKOK, Nov 27 — A high-speed train project, a planned joint investment project between Thailand and China, which will link between the Thai capital and Nong Khai province bordering Laos is expected to be completed in late 2015, said Supoj Saplom, permanent secretary for Thai Transport Ministry. Mr Supoj said after a meeting of the […]
In the wake of the discovery of more than 2,000 of foetuses at a Bangkok temple, police and foodanddrug agents yesterday seized a large number of abortion pills worth about Bt20 million (S$872,415) in a raid on a shophouse on the outskirts of Bangkok. The raid turned up 100,000 mifepristone (MT) and other pills and […]
The official use of online traffic ticket machines will be announced on Monday, police spokesman Maj-General Prawut Thawornsiri said yesterday. The machines have been set up in collaboration with the Office of Information Technology and Communication, traffic police and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Initially 100 of these machines were used in areas that have bad traffic […]
BANGKOK, Nov 24 – His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej will go by boat Wednesday evening, his first such journey in four years, to preside over the opening of the Bhumibol 1 and Bhumibol 2 Bridges and a sluice gate of Klong Lad Pho, a shortcut canal in Samut Prakan, part of the royal initiative project […]
Thai Yellow Shirts oppose change in constitution Bangkok – Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Thai parliament Tuesday to oppose efforts to amend the constitution, deemed a first step towards holding new elections. About 1,000 supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement, which helped overthrow the administration of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in […]
