Grenade attack in nightclub district Police tightened security at all branches of the Bangkok Bank in the capital after an M26 hand grenade exploded at its Silom Road branch last night and another grenade was defused at the bank’s Rama II branch. Deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol Maj Gen Anan Srihiran last […]
Foreign operators with tours due to arrive next week are being advised to switch their groups to out-of-Bangkok destinations, in order to avoid any impact from rising political tension and the likelihood of protests turning violent. At least two countries – Australia and Canada – have issued advisories to their citizens to consider safety matters […]
BANGKOK, Feb 16 (TNA) – Thai prosecutors on Monday decided to indict managers of the Santika Club and other persons involved in organising the New Year’s Eve party which became a fire tragedy killing 66 party-goers last year. Warutporn Nimitkul, director-general of the Department of Southern Bangkok Criminal Litigation, said after the case consideration that […]
A bomb exploded near Thailand’s seat of government and another was defused near the Supreme Court, the official news agency said Sunday, as tensions mount over an upcoming court ruling on the country’s ousted leader. No casualties were reported. The court is scheduled to rule February 26 on whether Thaksin Shinawatra’s $2.2 billion fortune was […]
Pathum Thani – A women couple unsuccessfully tried to register their marriage on the Valentine’s Day here Sunday. Captain-designated Juthamanee Kungwol and Kamolchanok Yaemsung went to register their marriage at the Tambon Bang Kadi Municipality but Pitthaya Sawangul, the clerk of the municipality, informed the two that the law did not permit the registration of […]
BANGKOK : Thailand said on Thursday it had decided to drop charges against the crew of a plane carrying sanctions-busting weapons from North Korea and ordered the five men deported. The attorney general’s office said it was not in the national interest to pursue the case against the Belarussian pilot and four-member Kazakh crew and […]
BANGKOK, Feb 11 (TNA) – Thai police arrested three Turkish nationals for alleged credit card forgery at a Bangkok department store Thursday. The trio are identified as Ziyaismet Gebologcu, 54, Ozulmez Bekir, 37, and Falay Togan Ahmet, aged 34, according to Crime Suppression Division police officers. The three foreigners were apprehended at a Seacon Square […]
Red-shirts of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) began to gather in front of the Defence Ministry shortly before noon on Tuesday. Their intention was to ask the military to clarify rumours of a pending a coup and demand action against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for allegedly dodging the draft. They earlier announced […]
