BANGKOK (eTN) – Despite the crucial importance of tourism to Thailand’s economy and the successful efforts made by the country to lure international visitors, foreigners touring the kingdom often wonder about the difficulties to be understood in English, even when these are basic words such as restaurant or hospital. In Bangkok or major tourism centers, […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) — A Red Siam leader was indicted on Thursday on a charge of lese majeste (insulting the monarchy) in Bangkok, Thailand, local media reported. Surachai Danwattananusorn, 68, also known as Surachai Sae Dan, was indicted after allegedly making libelous comments against the Thai monarchy during a Sanam Luang rally in December […]
Is Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva flirting with a “political mistress”? Or is he just trying to teach his “strange bedfellow” a lesson? Whatever the real reason, the prime minister has been unusually harsh with his most visible coalition partner – the Bhum Jai Thai Party – which has likened their relationship to that between a husband […]
Heavy rains in the past weeks produced flooding disasters in the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. This post will focus on Thailand which recently experienced its worst flooding in many decades. Since October 10, flooding hit 13 provinces of Thailand. The most serious flooding was seen in the rural northeast. Agricultural crops were destroyed, hospitals […]
BANGKOK, 20 October 2010 (NNT) – As flash floods continued to threaten the Northeast and the Central Plains, His Majesty the King granted 10 million THB from his personal fund to aid flood victims as an urgent assistance. The fund was given through the Rajaprajanugroh Foundation, to purchase necessities and distribute them to people hit […]
BANGKOK, Oct 19 – Thailand’s central and northeastern provinces are facing critical flooding, which claimed two more lives in Lopburi, raising the death toll to seven on Tuesday following five deaths reported earlier in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, hardest hit by floods. Thousands of displaced flood victims in Nakhon Ratchasima, hit by the […]
Bangkok, Oct 18 (DPA) An US-made F16 fighter jet crashed in northern Thailand Monday, killing the pilot, the Royal Thai Air Force said. ‘This is the first F16 crash we’ve ever had,’ Air Vice Marshal Monton Sanchukorn said. The jet was flying with three other fighters from Nakhon Sawan province to Chiang Mai when it […]
Thai opposition Puea Thai Party spokesman on Sunday showed a video clip claiming a ruling Democrat Party MP was negotiating with Constitution Court President’s secretary-general over the Democrats dissolution case. The clip is a second one of overall five clips claiming that a ruling Democrat executive committee and MP for southern Ranong province Virach Romyen […]
