BANGKOK, 29 July 2010 (NNT) – The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions has issued an arrest warrant for self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for evading the false asset declaration trial. The Supreme Court was initially scheduled to proceed with Mr Thaksin’s case involving his false declarations of assets today. However, […]
THAILAND’S largest canned fish producer has agreed a deal that will put the 140-year-old John West brand under Asian control. The acquisition will turn Thai Union Frozen Products into the world’s largest seafood group, propelling it ahead of rivals in the United States and Japan. TUF is buying MW Foods, which owns the John West […]
Thai music label Kamikaze will hold a concert featuring five popular Thai idols in Japan this Sunday. Following huge demand from Japanese fans through social network sites like Facebook and Twitter, Kamikaze, a music label under RS Promotion, will be organizing a concert called ‘Thai Idol Festival 2010 – Kamikaze Wave Concert’ at Shibuya Duo […]
A WOMAN trafficked women from Thailand to Australia to work as prostitutes, a Sydney court has been told. The 48-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to illegally bringing 11 Thai women to Sydney between August 30, 2005 and April 1, 2008 for the purpose of sexual servitude. She also […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has vowed on 27 July 2010 to protect Thailand’s rights and interests, as Cambodia makes moves to submit its management plan for Preah Vihear Temple and its adjacent areas at the Unesco World Heritage Committee meeting in Brazil. The Thai delegation, led by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, […]
Wild populations of the iconic Mekong giant catfish will be driven to extinction if hydropower dams planned for the Mekong River go ahead, says a report released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today. The report, River of Giants: Giant Fish of the Mekong, profiles four giant fish living in the Mekong that rank within the […]
Phnom Penh. In a historic first, a UN-backed court Monday sentenced a Khmer Rouge prison chief to 30 years in jail for crimes against humanity over mass executions during Cambodia’s “Killing Fields” era, AFP reported. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, is the first Khmer Rouge cadre to face justice in an international tribunal […]
BANGKOK, July 23 — Thailand’s Emergency Decree currently imposed in 16 provinces will be gradually lifted with possible revocation in some provinces next week, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Mr Abhisit said the government shared a common view with former prime minister and National Reform Committee chairman Anand Panyarachun that the emergency decree should […]
