BANGKOK, 23 April 2011 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued a warning for summer thunderstorms expected to hit 52 provinces across Thailand from 23 to 26 April 2011. According to the DDPM, 52 provinces in the northern, northeastern, central and eastern regions have been declared risk zones to powerful […]
BANGKOK (eTN)-It sounds almost like routine. But after a brief two-month lull in creeping fights across the border to the well-know Preah Vihar temple, clashes erupted again yesterday between Thai and Cambodian troops. A statement from Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentions that “Around 06.30-07.00 am, Cambodian troops opened fire and launched heavy weapons, including […]
Four Thai soldiers were killed and eight others wounded, one of them seriously, in a five-hour clash with Cambodian soldiers on the border in Phanom Dong Rak district of Surin province on Friday morning, deputy army spokeswoman Sirichan Ngathong said. Col Sirichan said the fighting began about 6.30am on the border between the Ta Kwai […]
BANGKOK, 22 April 2011 (NNT) – The global gold price will possibly hit a new high of 1,600 US dollars per ounce by the end of the year while the domestic price may rocket to 22,000 baht per one-baht weight in the third quarter. YLG Bullion and Futures CEO Tipa Nawawattanasup stated that the gold […]
SURIN, April 22 – Eight Thai soldiers were wounded in a renewed border clash with Cambodian troops near the Ta Kwai temple in Surin on Friday morning. Three artillery shells fired by Cambodian troops fell on the Thai side of the border in Phanom Dong Rak district, causing wounds among eight Thai military personnel. The […]
Bangkok – It certainly had all the hallmarks of coup time in Thailand. On Thursday evening, there was an unexplained blackout of national television, sparking mass speculation that yet another military coup was in the offing. Past coups have always been preceded by military seizures of radio and television stations, so Thursday’s TV blackout – […]
A federal agency that enforces equal employment laws has sued six Hawaii farms and a California-based labor contracting company, alleging they discriminated against Thai farm workers and forced them to endure more deplorable working conditions than other non-Thai workers. Hawaii farms named in the civil lawsuit, filed Wednesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
The television blackout nationwide on Thursday afternoon was unrelated to coup rumours, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said. Information and Communications Technology Minister Juti Krairerk said television channels blacked out since 4.07pm today after Thaicom 5 satellite went off its orbit. Read more: Bangkok Post
