Preparations are under way for the expected release of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, officials said Wednesday, after the army’s proxies claimed a landslide election win. Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the past two decades locked up, had her detention extended by 18 months in August last year over a […]
BANGKOK, 9 November 2010 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Major General Sanan Kajornprasart revealed that he had met with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Norway. During a press conference yesterday, Major General Sanan, one of the deputy prime ministers, talked about his merit-making trip to nine temples in nine different countries. He said he […]
BANGKOK, 09 November 2010 (NNT) – Flooding in many areas of the country continues to affect people, especially in Ang Thong Province. In the southern provinces where the water levels have receded, officials have begun a herculean task of rehabilitating the areas. Officers have been busy cleaning up the seaside in Songkhla Province including the […]
The Thai army chief has denied that he is preparing to stage a military coup during the People’s Alliance for Democracy’s rally being held to protest against the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Thai Cambodian border issues.. Army chief General Prayuth Chanocha said he has no plans to stage a military coup during the protests […]
The survey, conducted from 2000 to 2009, documents extensive underage pregnancies in Thailand over the past decade. Details were revealed yesterday at a children’s rights forum in the North. Aside from the two nine-year-olds, the survey also said there were eight girls who became mothers at the age of 10, 15 who became mothers at […]
This is the gruesome account of a Thai woman who was strangled and her body left to rot. The murderer, her boyfriend, endured the smell of decomposition without attempting to do anything about it until he was discovered and subsequently arrested. November 8: a Thai sex worker was murdered by her boyfriend in New Zealand, […]
BANGKOK, 07 November 2010 (NNT) – According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, 161 deaths by floods have been reported in 30 provinces, and people in 7 southern provinces have been warned of mudslides. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has revealed that, currently, 30 provinces have been severely affected by floods, […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday his government has already started the preparation of celebrating King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 84th birthday anniversary next year. He said 2011 will mark the seventh circle of the king’s birthday and the nation will celebrate the occasion throughout the year. The first major activity will be the ordaining […]
