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 […]
LONDON, Oct 17 — The European Union (EU) has issued strict control measures on six Thai vegetables imported by its member countries after some Thai exporters had exported sub-standard produce in which unacceptable chemical residue was found, Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai said. Mrs Pornthiva, now visiting England in an attempt to expand bilateral trade […]
A red-shirt leader warned Thursday certain red-shirt people may turn suicide bombers to avenge the government crackdowns and fight for democracy. The warning was made by Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, a leader of the June 24 Group, during a seminar at the Royal Hotel to mark the October 14 student uprising. The seminar was titled “October 14: […]
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand if the opposition Pheu Thai Party wins a landslide election victory and forms a one-party government, according to a satellite-based television station run by his family. If Pheu Thai forms a government, legislation to grant amnesty to people banned from politics will be “urgently tabled […]
Chanasongkram Police have arrested a man accused of raping his stepdaughter. In a separate case, three flower garland vendors have been arrested for drug dealing. Chanasongkram Police arrested 60 year old Thawatch Pimwilai, accused of raping his 10 year old stepdaughter multiple times. The mother of the child said that she had been with Thawatch […]
Police have detained a young woman with possible knowledge about the bomb blast in Nonthaburi last week. Wasa Theprian, 25, was arrested yesterday for her alleged involvement in the explosion last Tuesday that claimed four lives and injured nine other people, two of them seriously. Wasa is the secretary to the House committee on anti-money […]
