MOPH: Dengue fever spread a concern nationwide BANGKOK, 10 August 2010 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has voiced concern over the spread of dengue fever in all provinces nationwide after the number of infections was found higher than last year by 83%. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit considered the ongoing spread of dengue […]
BANGKOK – THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday demanded Cambodian citizens leave a disputed border area that has been the focus of deadly clashes in recent years. The two countries have stepped up a war of words over the spat, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warning that the dispute with Thailand was ‘very […]
The mother of a backpacker murdered in an unsolved killing in Thailand 10 years ago has spoken of her long wait for justice for her daughter. Kirsty Jones, 23, from Tredomen, near Brecon, Powys was raped and strangled at a guesthouse on 10 August, 2000. Sue Jones says she will never give up the fight […]
Pathumthani police and doctors said they found the body of a taxi driver on a remote road and believe that he was murdered after being robbed. Authorities explained that the murder victim, 51-year-old Chakkrit Chan-on, sustained a four-centimeter-long wound under his chin. Police found evidence of a struggle and blood stains inside the taxi. They […]
While Thailand’s reputation as ‘the land of smiles’ is a cliché, the recent images of violence and unrest in Bangkok have been a shocking contrast to its reputation as a stable regional travel and business hub. Bangkok’s streets have been cleaned up and normal life has resumed, but political instability is likely to continue in […]
BANGKOK — The Government of Thailand has embarked on an ambitious programme to develop and position the royal kingdom as “Asia’s Golf Hub”. This is a collective policy decision by the Ministry of Tourism and Sport and its three agencies – namely Tourism Authority of Thailand, Sports Authority of Thailand and the Thailand Convention and […]
Cambodia’s premier warned Monday that a border dispute with Thailand was “very hot” and could result in violence, reiterating his call for international assistance to end the row. “Cambodia would like to ask for intervention to have an international conference on the issue of the Cambodian-Thai border dispute,” Prime Minister Hun Sen said during a […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court held its first hearing Monday in a case of alleged misuse of a state grant by the ruling Democrat Party, which faces possible dissolution. The Election Commission in April called for the party of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to be abolished over allegations of misuse of a 29 million baht (900,000 […]
