Thai Airways (THAI) has announced the creation of a sub-brand airline called Thai Smile yesterday. Ampon Kittiampon, chairman of the airline’s board, said the board had approved the establishment of the airline, which is a business unit affiliated with THAI. Thai Smile will start flying in July next year. Mr Ampon characterised it as a […]
Thailand’s Department of Social Development and Welfare’s Viengping Home is looking for 20 families to join its foster home project. The home’s superintendent head, Jiraporn Chaoprayoon Yamamoto said the home, covering 17 northern provinces, has in its care 580 children and youths, who were abandoned since birth, or whose parents were in prison or were […]
BANGKOK, 19 August 2011 (NNT) – Thai police is investigating 169 bodies found in burial grounds of three temples in the eastern province of Rayong after it has been rumoured that the corpses belong to those killed in military crackdown against the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Legal Affairs and Litigation Office Commander […]
BANGKOK, Aug 19 – Thai Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha accompanied Defence Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa to visit troops stationed at the Thai-Cambodian border and to get firsthand information on the current situation in preparation for the coming General Border Committee (GBC) meeting. Gen Prayuth gave an interview before leaving for the northeastern province of […]
Thai Police have found 169 bodies buried at two temples in Rayong province Pol.Lt.Gen. Santan has gone to Rayong after the local people complained to the police that there were so many mysterious bodies buried in the area. Local people believed those bodies might be Red Shirts who disappeared last year. The police, Red Shirt […]
BANGKOK, 19 August 2011 (NNT) – Greenpeace Southeast Asia has encouraged the government to push forward a policy to develop a sustainable energy management system for greater security in terms of energy, economy, environment and social development. Greenpeace Southeast Asia Campaign Manager Tara Buakamsri and sixteen representatives of the group on Thursday met with Deputy […]
Following the student brawl on Wednesday on board bus No 45 on Sukhumvit, which led to 12 people being injured, Education Minister Woravat Auapinyakul said yesterday that if schools cannot control their students, then these institutions should be shut down. Saying that he already told officials to investigate the incident, Woravat said school executives should […]
David Carradine’s widow has settled a lawsuit in which she accused production bosses behind the tragic actor’s final movie of neglect – after he died while shooting on location in Thailand. The Kill Bill star, 72, was found hanging in the closet of his Bangkok hotel room in June, 2009. Investigators ruled the actor had […]
