Reports have come in about half an hour ago that that a military foot patrol unit has found the wreckage of the Black Hawk helicopter, just around 200 meters from the site of the first helicopter crash on Saturday. The Black Hawk helicopter took off on Monday to pick up the bodies of the five […]
BANGKOK, July 22 — Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) late Thursday endorsed 32 more candidates for seats in parliament as winning MPs, including leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the Red Shirt movement, according to EC Secretary-General Suthiphon Thaveechaiyagarn. Mr Suthiphon said the agency took some 10 hours to consider complaints against […]
BANGKOK, 22 July 2011 (NNT) – Former Democrat Party Secretary-General Suthep Thaugsuban considers Mr Apirak Kosayodhin as the most suitable candidate for his replacement due to his extensive political experiences. After his resignation as the Democrat Party Secretary-General, Mr Suthep voiced support for the appointment of Mr Apirak to the post as his successor. He […]
BANGKOK, July 21 – Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Thursday that the Thai government would not deposit a 20 million euro (over US$28 million) bank guarantee for the release of the impounded aircraft used by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The foreign minister said the seized plane will remain parked at Munich Airport although the German […]
PHETCHABURI, July 21 – Myanmar soldiers on Thursday reportedly identified the site of Tuesday’s Thai army Black Hawk helicopter crash. An earlier dispatched team of 20 Thai soldiers is making its way to the crash site across a heavily-forested terrain on foot, Army Region 1 commander Lt-Gen Udomdej Sitabutr said, but another team of 18 […]
“When people here say it’s business as usual, nothing has changed, they mean people still get killed and bombs continue to explode every day…” A senior Buddhist monk made this off-the-cuff comment in a radio programme all the way from the southernmost district of Sugei Golok on the first day of Buddhist Lent last week. […]
BANGKOK, July 21 – Thailand’s prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday urged Red Shirt supporters to respect the law and not put the Election Commission under pressure to officially endorse the UDD protest leaders who ran for office. Ms Yingluck, set to become the country’s first female prime minister, made her remarks as supporters of […]
Thai security officials probing a bomb attack in Yala on Tuesday that wounded scores of victims, including young students, have identified the possible mastermind: an insurgent leader “competing” to take over terror operations after his area chief was killed recently. The man was named as Abdulloh Pulah, who sources said was demonstrating his potential against […]
