Bangkok – A former financier who spent 13 years in Canada fighting extradition to Thailand went on trial Tuesday for violating security exchange regulations. Rakesh Saxena, 57, arrived at Bangkok’s Southern District Court in a wheelchair to hear prosecution witnesses give evidence that he violated Security Exchange Commission (SEC) laws by blocking access to financial […]
BANGKOK, Aug 23 — Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has not yet concluded its investigation into the deaths of 91 people, including the Italian photographer and Japanese cameraman, killed during the ten-week street protests by anti-government Red Shirt protesters. Pol Col Narat Sawettanant, deputy DSI chief and spokesman, told a news conference on Monday […]
Piranha 3D didn’t make a huge splash at the box office this weekend — $10 million and the #6 place. But the money that was made is enough to ensure the film will recoup the film’s estimated $24 million budget. The film is likely to make at least $30 million theatrically, and a bunch more […]
BANGKOK, 24 August 2010 (NNT) – Miss Thailand Universe 2010 Fonthip “Pook Look” Watcharatrakul has won first place in both the “Miss Photogenic” and the “Best National Costume” awards in the Miss Universe 2010 contest held in the US. Ms Fonthip won the “Miss Photogenic” award in the vote by worldwide media members via the […]
A British man fell to his death at the Novotel Suvarnabhumi Hotel, within Suvarnabhumi Airport compound, yesterday morning, police said. The body of James Edwards Smith, 30, was found at the back of the hotel with cuts to his hands and a fatal head wound. He had checked in on Saturday to the hotel’s VIP […]
Thailand says it will resume diplomatic ties with Cambodia after Phnom Penh announced the resignation of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic advisor. The two countries recalled their ambassadors in November 2009 amid a row over the controversial appointment. The Thai military removed Mr Thaksin in a coup in 2006, and he has […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva hinted on Monday that Cambodia will revoke fugitive ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra from the position of economic adviser. Abhisit said he is waiting for Cambodia to announce this, possibly within today. Meanwhile AFP reported from Phnom Penh that Thaksin resigned from the position appointed in October last year. The appointment has […]
The outbreak of dengue fever in Thailand this year has reached a critical point, surging at an alarming rate, due to increase in the number of disease-bearing mosquitoes. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the number of patients infected between January and August this year has gone up by 83% year-on-year. 54,592 people have […]
