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 […]
A helicopter of a private firm accidentally hit a power cable and crashed onto the Chao Phya River Saturday, police said. The accident happened at 10:30 am near the pier of Wat Klang Pakkret Temple in Nonthaburi’s Pakkret district. Two pilots and two other staffs of the firm, Helilux Co, exited the helicopter before it […]
BANGKOK, Sept 10 – Around 50 tonnes of ‘safrole’, or sassafras oil, the substance used as a principle component for ‘ecstasy’ or ‘E’ production, will be destroyed for the first time in Thailand on Monday, according to Justice Minister Peerapan Saleeratwipak. The burning of the sassafras oil will be carried out cooperatively by the Narcotics […]
The prime minister admits the security situation remains worrisome, especially during a red-shirt rally planned for September 19, the 4th anniversary of the 2006 coup. He has ordered security agencies to keep a close watch on some groups who do not want to see national reconciliation. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has ordered security tightened from […]
BANGKOK, 9 September 2010 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Suthep Thaugsuban admits receiving there are reports of possible assassination to be attempted on important figures but no report of anticipating violence in the upcoming opposition rallies during the upcoming red-shirt rallies on 19 September. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep said he has instructed […]
