Thai Ex-prime minister Thaksin shinawatra has been writing a book on the economy, offering insights on how to tackle Thai economic woes, his legal adviser Noppadon Patama said on Friday. “Thaksin is presently in Dubai and I understand he is writing his new book,” Noppadon said. He said Thaksin’s book would be released at an […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva holds dual Thai and British nationality, the opposition has told the parliament as it continues to pressure Mr Abhisit to come clean about his roots. Mr Abhisit was born in Newcastle in 1964 and became a British citizen by virtue of being born there. He is also Thai as he was […]
Thailand’s police Wednesday afternoon rescued 14 Vietnamese women hailing from Mekong Delta provinces after they busted a transnational ring offering surrogate services in Bangkok’s suburbs. At a private house No. 246, Soi 150, in Thararong, four Vietnamese girls T.T.M.P., M.T.H., L.T.N.H, and T.B, aged from 19 to 26, said they were moved here from southern […]
BANGKOK, 24 February 2011 (NNT) – The government will urgently assist all Thai people residing in both Libya and New Zealand, according to Deputy Secretary General to the Prime Minister and Acting Government Spokesperson Dr Panitan Wattanayagorn. Dr Panitan stated that both the Royal Thai Air Force and Thai Airways International are currently ready to […]
A British tourist was seriously injured and a Swiss woman was killed when two male elephants went on the rampage in Thailand. The incident at Khao Sok national park, happened after two tour groups, carrying tourists on an elephant ecotour came head to head on a jungle path. Mahouts were unable to control the two […]
Four border patrol policemen were given a death sentence Wednesday for possessing a large number of metamphetamine tablets with the intent to sell. They were arrested in a sting operation three years ago. The Criminal Court handed down the maximum penalty to the four Chiang Mai-based officers, overruling a legal condition that subjects convicts to […]
BANGKOK, 23 February 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that six Thai nationals in Christchurch, New Zealand, are now missing following the deadly tremor yesterday. In the latest development of the earthquake disaster in Christchurch, Deputy Director-General of the Information Department and Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesperson Jesda Katavetin stated that […]
AFTER a long wait for the much-heralded Swedish-made Gripen jet fighters to be commissioned, Royal Thai Air Force pilots are now itching to fly the new aircraft that will replace vintage F-5 fighters. The Gripen, with the designated code of JAS-39 C/D, has technological advantages 30 years ahead of even the US-made F-16 fighters, the […]
