Thailand Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is seeking the closure of two diving paradises, the Similan and Surin national parks after the coral there was found suffering from bleaching. The scope of the corals destroyed from the bleaching has been wide and unless proper measures are issued, more coral would be destroyed by the […]
Jan 15, 2011 (The Nation – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — BANGKOK (THE NATION-THAILAND/ANN) — Thai Airways International’s board of directors yesterday endorsed a revised sixyear investment plan (2011-2017), which includes the acquisition of 37 new aircraft to replace retired planes and accommodate business expansion. THAI last year built up a solid foundation that […]
SA KAEO, Jan 15 — A total of 199 Cambodians charged with entering Thailand illegally and working in the Thai capital of Bangkok were deported Saturday, Thai immigration officials said. The deportees including 120 men, 61 women, 10 boys and 8 girls travelled by cars past a Thai border village in Aranyaprathet district opposite the […]
BANGKOK, Jan 13 – Thailand’s economy in 2011 is projected to expand by only 3.2 per cent, the lowest level in Asia in the past five years, dropping from last year’s economy, which grew by 7.5 per cent, Frederico Gil Sander, World Bank economist in Bangkok said on Thursday. According to the World Bank’s latest […]
Two of the seven Thais arrested by Cambodia for illegal entry – Democrat Party MP Panich Vikitsreth and Narumol Jitrawarattana – have been released on bail by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said on Thursday. Mr Chavanond, secretary to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, said the two were each released on 10,000 baht bail […]
Kiwi dies in Thailand scooter crash The body of a young Christchurch man has been flown home from Thailand after he died in a scooter accident on January 2. His Canterbury-based family will hold a funeral for Nicholas McCutcheon, aged 20, in Rangiora on Friday. The Cairns Post reported today that McCutcheon, who grew up […]
The ABAC Real time Poll has recently conducted a survey of over 2,200 Thai people from 17 provinces on why Thailand is still a developing country despite decades of ongoing development. Over 77% of the respondents said the widespread quid pro quo was a major factor hampering the country’s progress. Half of the respondents did […]
CHACHOENGSAO, Jan 11 – Two persons, a pilot and a senior aide to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, were injured in a helicopter crash in Chachoengsao Tuesday morning. Pilot Pol Lt Col Decho Phusri and royal aide Piboon Sirisaengtrakul were injured in the accident and taken to hospital. The helicopter made an emergency […]
