BANGKOK, 1 June 2011 (NNT) – Pheu Thai Party prime minister candidate Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed her standpoint against all types of coup d’état in response to another wave of silent coup rumour if her party wins majority seats. Responding to the coup rumor, the Pheu Thai number one party-listed candidate stated that she does […]
A United Arab Emirates national arrested last month with baby leopards in his carry-on luggage has fled Thailand under suspicious circumstances, police confirmed Wednesday. Noor Mahmood, 36, was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on May 13 as he prepared to fly first class to Dubai, after police found four baby leopards, one marmoset, one gibbon […]
Thai police have launched a murder inquiry into the death of a Briton on the island of Koh Samui after a post-mortem examination ruled that he had drowned. Police on the holiday island had previously ruled that video producer Kevin Attew, 57, from Aldershot, Hampshire, committed suicide by drowning himself in a lake near the […]
BANGKOK, 31 May 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has lambasted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra for his remark that Thailand initiated the border dispute by intruding on Cambodian soil while insisting that Thailand has been a helpful neighbor. Mr Thaksin recently gave an interview to foreign media and claimed that Thailand was the one who […]
BANGKOK, 31 May 2011 (NNT) – The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) found that more Thai people are getting sick while cigarette and alcohol consumption is rising together with technological advancement. According to NESDB Secretary-General Akom Termpittayapaisit, advertisements of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks can reach people easier via social media channels such as […]
Five pregnant Vietnamese surrogate mothers and five babies from other illegal surrogates were repatriated from Thailand yesterday. They boarded a flight to Vietnam at 6.45am. Social Development and Human Security Minister Issara Somchai said the babies were not entitled to Thai citizenship because their mothers had entered Thailand illegally. Read more: The Nation
Rights activists for the so-called “third sex” – gays, lesbians and transsexuals – have urged political parties to allow a same-sex marriage law. Natee Teerarojjanapongs, president of the Sexual Diversity Group and the Gay Political Group of Thailand, and transsexual singer known as Jim Sarah (Sujinrat Prachathai) said yesterday they would visit the Democrat and […]
BANGKOK, May 30 – The Department of the Disease Control are on alert to prevent bacterial outbreak, E. coli, which has struck Germany however, there has been no report of the disease in Thailand so far. Dr Pasakorn Akrasewi, Director of the Bureau of Epidemiology, said in response to the outbreak in Germany, that the […]
