Thailand’s former prime minister will not press his demand to return to office, he indicated on Sunday as mass protests swept the country. On the fourth anniversary of the coup that ousted his democratically elected government, Thaksin Shinawatra pledged not to meddle in the country. Its politics have been paralysed by the division between pro-Thaksin […]
Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen is set to kick off with England chiefs over plans to send the love-rat soccer ace to ‘world capital of vice’, Bangkok. Football bosses have penciled in a friendly against Thailand to help win votes for England’s World Cup bid. The astonishing move came as the squad reels from a series […]
An opinion survey by Bangkok Poll at Bangkok University found that more than 60 per cent of young people pay little or no attention to politics. The pollsters surveyed 1,159 people in Bangkok aged 15 to 25 years from Sept 10 to 12 asking them about politics, to mark National Youth Day on Sept 20. […]
Debt among civil servants is at an alarming level, explaining why many are tempted by the opportunity to take easy ‘tea money’ The financial status of Thai civil servants is becoming alarming. The National Statistical Office (NSO) recently reported that the level of debt among civil servants has risen sharply since 2006. The average debt […]
BANGKOK, 16 September 2010 (NNT) – A group of black-clad men believed to be plotting an assassination against the prime minister Abhisit have been identified by police while a team of officers have been tailing the perpetrators closely to prevent possible attacks. Speaking of the report on killing attempts against public figures, police revealed they […]
BANGKOK, 15 September 2010 (NNT) – Thai Airways International (THAI) has set the issue price for the new lot of its bond at 31 THB, aiming to attract the existing bondholders into investing. Piyasvasti Amranand, THAI president, said that the price-per-bond offered at 31 THB is deemed reasonable. This issue price will help draw the […]
BANGKOK, 15 September 2010 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has confirmed that the Government has no policy to pardon any wrongdoer in political rallies for the sake of national reconciliation as proposed by the coalition Bhumjaithai Party. Prime Minister Abhisit dismissed the policy to issue an amnesty bill for all wrongdoers in the past […]
Thai authorities used bulldozers to destroy more than 600,000 pirated goods, worth about Bt2.2 billion, in a ceremony at the Crime Suppression Division headquarters on Wednesday. The ceremony was presided over by Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Polabutr. Alongkorn said the bulldozers destroyed a total of 613,374 products including game machines, mobile phones, watches, shoes, CDs […]
