Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday’s afternoon performed a final act on his last day – hosting a reception to thank officials and the press corps at Government House. In his capacity as the senior-most civil servant, PM’s Office permanent secretary Chaturong Panyadilok made a speech to bid the prime minister farewell. Read more: The […]
United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons Joy Ngozi Ezeilo will visit Thailand from Monday to August 19 to appraise the government’s efforts to curb the illicit trade, DPA reported. “During my mission, I wish to reach out to a wide range of stakeholders and trafficked persons themselves, so that their voices are heard […]
An expert panel is due to meet today to rule on the cause of death of six tourists in Thailand, including New Zealander Sarah Carter. It is understood the results of extensive sample testing into the sudden deaths – by Thai and international laboratories – are now complete, although not all samples returned conclusive results. […]
Self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants to visit Japan in late August, a senior Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmaker said yesterday. Hajime Ishii, DPJ vice president, met Prime Minister Naoto Kan and asked him to allow Thaksin’s entry into Japan, the lawmaker told reporters. Thaksin, who served as Thai premier from 2001 to […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4 – Nine people died and six are missing in landslides, drowning and other storm- and flood-related incidents in Thailand’s North and Northeast, as the number of flood-hit provinces rose to 17, according to Public Health Ministry’s deputy permanent secretary Dr Narong Sahamethapat. The northern province of Mae Hong Son recorded the highest […]
BANGKOK, Aug 4 – Thailand’s immigration police on Thursday arrested a Swedish man who has been hiding in the kingdom for nine years after eluding warrants in Scandinavian countries on 20 million krona fraud case. Carl-Gustav Alexander Tartagni was arrested in Prachuab Khiri Khan’s seaside resort of Hua Hin after concerned agencies in Scandinavian countries […]
BANGKOK, 4 August 2011 (NNT) – Core leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) Yosawarit Chuklom has confessed to committing lèse majesté and has been scheduled for a court hearing on 29 August. On Wednesday, the Ratchada Criminal Court summoned witnesses on the plaintiff’s side for questioning in the lèse majesté case […]
BANGKOK, 4 August 2011 (NNT) – Outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will make a television address on Thursday night to report national economic and social situations before passing the administrative power to the new government. According to outgoing Prime Minister’s Office Minister Satit Wonghnongtaey, Mr Abhisit recorded the address on Wednesday, and the tape […]
