As Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva headed for Lop Buri yesterday morning to supervise flood relief operations after a prior visit to Nakhon Ratchasima province, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra posted pre-dawn Twitter messages boasting about the provisions he had made. Abhisit was scheduled to visit Ban Mi and Muang districts in Lop Buri where heavy rains […]
During the House session, the defense minister pointed out that the cracking down of the red shirt rally earlier this year was done lawfully and in accordance to the human rights standards, and that those injured have already been compensated. Yesterday, the House inquired about the government’s crackdown on the red shirt rally earlier this […]
The death toll of the flood, which has been ravaging nearly one-third of Thailand’s provinces since weekend, rose to 19, and 1,280,344 people had been affected, said the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Friday. The department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Thursday that 15 people had lost their lives in the flooding. […]
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 […]
