BANGKOK, 28 June 2011 (NNT) – Thai Airways International (THAI) is set to operate its new route from Bangkok to Brussels, Belgium from 17 November onwards while customers can start making their reservations on 1 July. THAI’s Executive Vice President for Commercial Affairs Pandit Chanapai announced that the national flag carrier would launch its Bangkok-Brussels […]
Academics yesterday called on the government to delist the country’s five Unesco World Heritage Sites, saying the designation was just a meaningless tourism and travel symbol. “It’s a shame for Thailand if the government continues to use the World Heritage sign in front of the sites after its withdrawal from the World Heritage Convention,” said […]
A man wrongfully implicated and detained by the police Narcotics Suppression Bureau has been awarded Bt300,000 in compensation. NSB commander Pol Lt General Atithep Panjamanont, speaking at a press conference Monday, apologised to Somjai sae-Lim, 39, for pressing a charge against him and detaining him for 23 days. He blamed a citizen registration database for […]
WASHINGTON : Thailand remained high on the list of nations where there is human trafficking as the US lowered the alert on the Philippines, Singapore and Laos. The US State Department said that “Tier 2 Watch List” nations named in the annual report, including Thailand, have been big on promises to fight human trafficking but […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, June 27 – Cambodia has reinforced its troops at the border of Surin province following Thailand’s exit from the UN world heritage site body, but the Thai army is on high alert to protect sovereignty, Thailand’s army region 2 spokesman said on Monday. Col Prawit Hookaew described the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border […]
The head of the local administrative body in Tumbon Don Yai of Ratchaburi Province Wittiya Sripoom was shot dead today. He sustained gun shot wounds through the temple and died immediately. Authorities are saying the shooting could be politically motivated as the victim was a canvasser of the Bhum Jai Thai Party. Read more: TAN […]
NAN, June 27 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday will discuss help for flood victims, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday while on the campaign trail, as flooding in the North, especially Nan, is reported as critical with one fatality. An 80-year-old man drowned after fainting when his house in the provincial seat was flooded […]
BANGKOK, 27 June 2011 (NNT) – Army Commander-In-Chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha has ordered troops to tighten surveillance along the Thai-Cambodian border after Thailand has withdrawn itself from the World Heritage Convention. General Prayut believed that the withdrawal should pose no problem to the Thai military which will continue to do their best to safeguard the […]
