BANGKOK, 2 March 2011 (NNT) – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has voiced its concerns over a new wave of violence in the kingdom after seven core leaders of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) have been granted temporary release. NHRC Chairperson Prof Dr Amara Pongsapich has also warned those UDD key […]
Thailand: A 60-year-old Swedish man was Tuesday sentenced to four-year imprisonment for buying sex service from a 13-year-old boy. The Criminal Court found Karl Erik Berglung guilty of a boy in November 2008 when the boy was 13 years old. The Swedish man claimed he was forced by police to admit having sex with the […]
BANGKOK, March 2 — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) special envoy on the Preah Vihear temple Koichiro Matsuura met Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva again on Tuesday to further listen to Thailand’s opinion after returning from Cambodia. Mr Matsuura met Mr Abhisit and Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya on Feb […]
BANGKOK, 2 March 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has expected that the number of foreign tourists coming to Thailand in the next ten years will be as high as 30 million a year. Speaking at a seminar on Wednesday, the prime minister stated that tourism had been currently a major source of income […]
BANGKOK, March 1 — The body of a Thai nursing student missing in last week’s powerful Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake was identified by her fingerprints, Thai police said. One of five Asian bodies retrieved Monday was identified as a Thai national, Hataya Lueangsurapeesakul. Forensic results were reported at a teleconference by national police chief Wichean […]
BANGKOK, March 1 – Thailand’s Opposition Puea Thai Party on Tuesday lodged a no-confidence motion with the Speaker of House of Representatives against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and nine Cabinet members for their alleged failure in administration of the country and corruption. Puea Thai party-list MP Mingkwan Saengsuwan, in his capacity as head of the […]
Supatra Sasuphan, an 11-year-old girl from Thailand, has been inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s hairiest girl. Sasuphan, who has a rare condition known as Ambras Syndrome, has thick hair growing all over her face, ears, arms and legs. “Nat”, as she is called by her friends, is one of […]
BANGKOK, Feb 26 – Thai Airways International Public Co, Ltd (THAI) plans to buy 75 aircraft plus spare engines between 2011-2022 at the total cost of about Bt457 billion with an aim to developing its routes and increase earnings and to decommission aging aircraft, according to THAI president Piyasvasti Amranand. Mr Piyasvasti said the THAI […]
