BANGKOK : Thousands of “Red Shirt” demonstrators loyal to Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok on Sunday to rally against the current government, police said. Crowds of red-clad protesters arrived mid-afternoon in the city’s historic quarter, where a 1,500-strong police force was on hand to prevent violence, although they said they were […]
BANGKOK – Thailand announced plans Friday to mobilise a 18,000-strong security force at a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders this month to prevent anti-government protests. The summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six dialogue partners – China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand – takes place in the […]
Four million sandbags have been prepared as temporary embankment walls to cope with coming floods in Bangkok at the peak of this month’s wet season, a deputy Bangkok governor said yesterday. The sandbags will be utilised to prevent flooding at 15 locations most prone to flash foods, said Phornthep Techapaiboon. Flood drainage operations and the […]
BANGKOK, Sept 28 (TNA) – The Airports of Thailand (AoT) will continue to improve and expand the country’s showcase Suvarnabhumi Airport with a new budget of 800 billion baht (US$23 million), AoT president Serirat Prasutanond said on the third anniversary of the airport’s opening. A Buddhist religious ceremony was conducted at the airport on Monday […]
His Majesty the King has recovered from his fever and is now eating and sleeping well, the Royal Household Bureau says. His body temperature has returned to normal and the medical team has reduced his intravenous drip and antibiotics intake, the bureau said yesterday in its fourth statement since His Majesty entered hospital. The King […]
MANILA – World No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain has withdrawn his participation from the 2009 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok due to a stomach injury. “I am very disappointed not to be able to play in Bangkok,” he said in a statement posted on RafaelNadal.com. “I was looking forward to this tournament but the […]
‘Please don’t hurt each other,’ Abhisit Vejjajiva says in a nationwide address after a protest in Bangkok and a clash on the Cambodian border. Meanwhile, King Bhumibol is hospitalized for fatigue. Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand – A bloody clash at an ancient Hindu temple on the Cambodian border. Security forces deployed in the capital to […]
Bangkok – Six foreign nationals were arrested on charges of tricking other foreigners to invest in bogus companies in stock markets through the internet and taking their money, police said Saturday. Police Major General Panya Mamen, deputy Central Investigation Bureau commissioner, said four British nationals, one French man and a Filipino woman were arrested this […]
