The man who gained widespread internet notoriety after rushing the 2010 Vancouver Olympic torch procession to light a cigarette has been found dead in Thailand last week. Ratchaburi, the 29th of August 2010: Jordan Ashley Krull [26] was found dead in Thailand’s Central province of Ratchaburi on Tuesday last week. Krull, discovered dead 500 meters […]
BANGKOK, 29 August 2010 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has asked people to take extra precautions against flood-related diseases during the rainy season, and to keep themselves warm to prevent seasonal flu infection. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit stated after the opening ceremony of a new building at Yasothon hospital that it is […]
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will meet on Monday Montenegro’s high ranking officials including president and prime minister in a bid to boost the bilateral cooperation and relations. One of the topics expected to be raised when they meet in the capital of Podgorica is about runaway ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who is holding […]
His intense silence has fired rumors about ‘intensive care’. Is Thaksin in ICU (Intensive Care Unit)? Or is it just some wild rumor promoted by some of his foes? Manager Weekly today put Thaksin Shinawatra on the cover again with a simple headline: “ICU”? The story inside repeats the speculation about Thaksin’s health. But some […]
Press freedom in Thailand, especially for broadcast media such as community radio stations and Web boards, has “palpably deteriorated” over the past six years, lamented Roby Alampay, outgoing executive director of the Southeast Asean Press Alliance (Seapa). “The Internet over the past six years has played a crucial role in allowing people to debate and […]
The 17-year-old daughter of the US Ambassador to Thailand accidentally fell to her death from the window of an apartment block near the Empire State Building in New York. Nicole John fell from a 25th floor flat where she was attending a party and was killed instantly, according to police. A 25-year-old man faces charges […]
A B.C. man — known for lighting a cigarette off the Olympic torch earlier this year — has reportedly died after falling from a train in Thailand. Media reports from indicate Jordan Ashley Krull died after falling from a train in Ratchaburi province 80 kilometres from Bangkok Tuesday. A Facebook tribute page to Krull calls […]
NA CHUEAK, THAILAND — Three months ago, images of protesters battling the military in the streets of Bangkok seized the world’s attention. Now, by some measures, Thailand is bouncing back: the country’s economy is projected to grow as fast as 7.5 percent this year, and the government is pushing ahead with a program of “reconciliation” […]
