Thai Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced to death a man who killed a woman and her five-year-old son before mutilating his body. Siriphong Kanjananiwit, 40, a taxi driver, was found guilty for murdering Sunan Srisusan, 38, and her Thai-Japanese son Cho Makino. He mutilated the boy’s body and put them on plastic bag to cover-up […]
Kasit dismisses embassy closure, visa issue rumors BANGKOK, 21 September 2010 (NNT) – Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has dismissed the news reports about the closure of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Thailand as well as refusal to approve visas for Thai Muslims aiming to participate the Hajj pilgrimage. Speaking in the US during his mission […]
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 coup and campaigning against his political opponents from abroad since, staged a meeting with seven Thai opposition leaders in Moscow, Kommersant reported. Thaksin discussed a new street protest in Bangkok that took place Sunday, a Thai lawmaker told the local Bangkok Post newspaper, the report […]
BANGKOK, Sept 20 – Thai Army chief Gen Anupong Paochinda on Monday conceded that some 30 rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) disappeared from a military armoury in Lopburi province over a week ago, while the defence minister said the stolen grenades may be destined for use in possible violence. Gen Anupong said a forensic investigation to find […]
Bangkok – Thailand issued a warning Monday about a new outbreak of H1N1, or swine flu, in the country after confirming three deaths and 338 new cases due to the virus last week. Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit confirmed cases of H1N1 had reached 11,154 this year. Altogether 66 people have died of the virus since […]
BANGKOK, Sept. 20 (UPI) — Leaders of the Red Shirt opposition movement in Thailand called on a deputy leader to mediate talks between rival parties, the government announced Monday. The British government last week issued a travel warning for parts of Thailand out of fear that Red Shirt demonstrations could turn violent. The so-called Red […]
BANGKOK, 20 September 2010 (NNT) — The Ministry of Public Health stressed concerns over the third phase of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection in Thailand as three people were reported dead last week. According to Minister of Public Health Jurin Laksanawisit, the H1N1 flu outbreaks have been continually reported since the beginning of 2010, in […]
On the fourth anniversary of the coup today to oust the Thaksin government, we examine the price the country has paid in financial terms and democratic aspirations since the day the tanks rolled out. Four years on, the legacy of the coup to oust former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra lingers in a country where political […]
