BANGKOK, 16 July 2011 (NNT) – A recent Suan Dusit Poll has revealed that most Thai people are in support of a military official to become the next minister of defense and wish to see the protection of the monarchy be carried out at haste. The survey was conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University during […]
When Yingluck Shinawatra takes up her post as leader of the new government, Thailand won’t just have a female prime minister. Her bodyguards, too, are likely to be drawn from the fairer sex. “Female bodyguards are able to remain closer to female VIPs,” said Pol Lt-Colonel Korakarn Arunplod, who is among the first generation of […]
A German court has begun hearings on the Thai government’s request for the release of HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn’s plane impounded at Munich airport by German liquidators since Tuesday. Thai officials expected the court would make a decision Friday. German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Friday that the German government could offer no […]
Buddhists nationwide joyously made merit to mark Asana Bucha Day yesterday. In Bangkok, Religious Affairs Department chief Sod DaengIed led members of the public to offer alms to 85 monks in the morning and attend a procession of Buddhist devotees with lighted candles walking clockwise around the golden pagoda at Wat Saket in the evening. […]
The Election Commission is expected to endorse the election victory of Pheu Thai prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra and outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva next Tuesday. EC commissioner Sodsri Satayatham, who is charge of political party affairs, said Friday that she expected that the consideration of complaints against Yingluck and Abhisit would be completed on Tuesday. […]
BANGKOK, July 15 – Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) issued its first ‘yellow card’ to the Pheu Thai Party winning candidate in Nong Khai Constituency 2 while a new election for this constituency will be held on July 31. EC Conmmissioner Sodsri Satayathum said the agency commissioners late Thursday agreed unanimously to hold a new election […]
German authorities have seized a Boeing 737 aeroplane controlled by Thailand’s crown prince at Munich airport, saying the Thai government owes money to a now insolvent German construction company. The plane was seized Tuesday as part of a long-running dispute in which Werner Schneider, the insolvency administrator for the Walter Bau construction group, is demanding […]
BANGKOK, 14 July 2011 (NNT) – The Pheu Thai Party has asked the Election Commission (EC) to certify MP status for all elected candidates urgently after the endorsement for many of its key members is pending. Speaking about the pending approval of MP status for 11 elected party listed candidates of the party due to […]
