A lone gunman has escaped with eight million baht after robbing the bank officials unloading the 20 million baht deposit into the Khon Kaen’s UOB Bank branch. The gunman, armed with a pistol has pulled off a daring robbery at Khon Kaen’s branch of UOB Bank where three bank officials were in charge of depositing […]
SURIN, Aug 20 – Three Thai villagers in Thailand’s northeastern border province of Surin were arrested by Cambodian authorities on charge of spying while they were hunting and collecting forest products along the border. Families of two detainees, Sanong Wongchareon and Ling Pongphet, said the duo and another villager, Lan Sapsri, were arrested by Cambodian […]
The personal chauffeur of the late red-shirt military strategist Maj-General Khattiya Sawasdipol is being held at an undisclosed army camp for interrogation over his alleged involvement in anti-government protests from March to May, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tharit Pengdit said yesterday. Jakchalat “Pol” Khongsuwan, 37, could be detained for up to 30 days […]
UBON RATCHATHANI, 8 August 2010 (NNT) – Over 800 people in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani have been infected with dengue fever; reported the Ministry of Public Health. Dr. Suraporn Loiha of the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Public Health, said 882 people have so far come down with the fever, two of whom already died. […]
SI SA KET, Aug 8 – Cambodian villagers are reluctant to cross the border to buy Thai goods at a Sunday market in this Thai border province where the disputed ancient temple lies. The Sunday market in Si Sa Ket’s Phu Sing border district has been quiet since early Sunday as Cambodian villagers are fearful […]
(NECN/MCOT: Chaiyaphum, Thailand) – Heavy rain caused massive flooding in the downtown Chaiyaphum prompting schools and government agencies to suspend their operations on Monday. Monsoon downpour prolonged throughout Sunday night brought flooding to the city of Chiayaphum in Thailand’s northeast. A number of schools are forced to abruptly suspend as floodwater level rose to over […]
(RTTNews) – A state of emergency, imposed in Thailand to quell violent anti-government protests, has been lifted in three northern provinces. The Abhisit Vejjajiva government’s decision to repeal emergency law in Lampang, Roi Et and Sakon Nakhon was announced Tuesday by deputy spokesman Supachai Jaisamut, citing peaceful atmosphere in those provinces. However, the state of […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND (17 July 2010) — In the start of a carefully crafted emergency campaign to thwart a pest outbreak that is wreaking havoc on Thailand’s vital cassava production, agricultural researchers will release a quarter of a million parasitic wasps in the northeastern part of the country. Thailand’s cassava industry alone accounts for more than […]
