Bangkok – Road accidents claimed 79 lives in Thailand’s first two of the deadly days of New Year’s driving, officials said Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday, 1,012 road accidents occurred on Thailand’s highways, killing 79 people and injuring 1,095, according to government figures. Wibul Sanguanpong, director general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said […]
All except one of the 85 “Srivijaya warriors”, supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), were on Thursday sentenced to jail terms ranging from nine months to two-and-a-half years on charges relating to the seizure of the National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT) television station, Channel 11, in August 2008. The sentence was announced […]
BANGKOK, Dec 30 – Twenty-four people were killed and 425 were wounded in nearly 400 road accidents on the first day of Thailand’s “Dangerous Seven Days” with past indicators showing that the major cause of accidents is driving under influence of alcohol, said a senior official of Transport Ministry on Thursday. Deputy Transport Minister Sorayut […]
BANGKOK, December 28 (RIA Novosti) A Thai prosecutor’s office has dropped a child molestation charge against acclaimed Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev, Pletnev’s lawyer said on Tuesday. “No charges will be brought against Pletnev anymore. All the legal procedures are finished towards him. I have received a Thai prosecutor’s office’s decree,” the lawyer said, […]
A stunt driver featured in The Hangover II is in a coma. The Hangover Part II features the unimaginable in Thailand. The movie is being shot in Bangkok where Australian stunt driver Scott McLean met with a car crash during filming. McLean was taken to hospital in Thailand where his coma was induced to allow […]
New regulation not only bars sale of alcoholic drinks but restrains visitors from taking drinks in Most of Thailand’s 110 national parks, including Khao Yai, have been declared alcohol-free zones. Not only will there be a ban on booze sales, but visitors will also be barred from bringing alcoholic drinks into the parks, Natural Resource […]
BANGKOK, 28 December 2010 (NNT) – A team from the Public Health Ministry has raided four illegal abortion venues in one day, expecting more to be found. The four places found operating illegal abortion consisted of three clinics and one apartment within Bangkok. The team led by Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit confiscated a large […]
BANGKOK, Dec 27 – Thailand’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs is actively trying to help the crew aboard a Thai vessel seized by Somali pirates Friday in Omani waters in the Arabian Sea, a senior ministry official said on Monday. Thani Thongpakdi, director-general of the foreign ministry’s Information Department, made the statement following media reports that […]
