An acclaimed Russian pianist/conductor facing child sex abuse charges in Thailand returned to the Southeast Asian state on Tuesday to have his bail extended. “I am to appear in court tomorrow, September 15. I will go there with my Thai lawyer,” Mikhail Pletnev said. He plans to spend some time in Thailand and, if he […]
BANGKOK, 14 September 2010 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Suthep Thaugsuban has apologized for the mistakes in the tsunami warning system at Ban Nam Khem, Phang-nga Province. In the wake of the six false alarms at the tsunami warning tower in Ban Nam Khem, Mr Suthep offered his apology to the public […]
Gold demand is volatile, especially in Asia, but what on earth is happening in Thailand? According to some numbers buried in the Thai customs website, gold imports in July, the latest month for which data is available, hit Bt55.4bn ($1.8bn), which is equivalent to a bit less than 45 tonnes and more than 13 times […]
The army chief warns the red-shirt group against exploiting the recent chaos to frame others during its Sunday rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2006 military coup. He believes the group’s activities will not spin out of control. Army chief General Anupong Paochinda stated the red-shirt group will coordinate with the police on […]
BANGKOK, 12 September 2010 (NNT) – The participation of the Royal Thai Navy in the mission to police the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast will help bridge collaboration in naval security, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Speaking in his weekly TV show “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit”, the Prime Minister […]
Tourism to Thailand is up by 13.79 per cent despite protests and violence in May. Numbers show Recover for Thailand Tourism after protests and violence in the country which rocked the tourism industry. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports in Thailand. This year Thailand received 8,766,706 tourists comparing to 7,703,971 in 2009 for […]
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has warned of a widespread return of the 2009 flu virus after reports that two people in Lop Buri and Nonthaburi provinces died from the infection of the type-A (H1N1) virus last week, raising the death toll for this year to 57. About 260 people have been hit with the flu-like […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should show “strong signals” that the government would not allow the Thai Baht to rise any further against USD, a leading industrialist said on Friday. “The government has not shown any of such signals. If the baht rises any much further, our industries will fail to adjust,” Payungsak Chartsutipol, Chairman […]
