The 30-year old Danish war veteran had his prosthetic leg crushed as he was run down by a scooter during a holiday in Thailand. But his insurance company left him hanging with no way home. Last week Danish ex military professional Benjamin Kragsskjold was run down by a scooter while he and his girlfriend were […]
Since I was last here in England, a new oriental food store has opened in Exeter. It is run by a friendly and delightful Malaysian-Chinese woman. Exeter University (like every other UK university, I guess) has a high number of Chinese students and they seem to provide most of her customers. But Thais and English […]
The Thai baht will appreciate 1.7 percent to its strongest level in 13 years by year-end as the central bank raises interest rates and overseas investors pour funds into the nation’s stocks, according to Kasikornbank Pcl. Thailand’s third-biggest lender by assets predicts the currency will climb to 31 against the dollar by Dec. 31, from […]
BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- Thailand’s Finance Ministry is preparing the details of a Thailand-China joint venture for a railway project in Thailand, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said Friday. The ministry expects to deliver the proposal to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva before the premier visits China on Sept. 4, Korn said. NASDAQ
An Australian man got Friday got one-and a-half-month jail term after he pleaded guilty of having violated the emergency law in Bangkok. Conor Purcell pleaded guilty of joining the protest of the red-shirt people and violated the ban of political gathering from March 14 to May 19. The Pathumwan District Court sentenced him to be […]
BANGKOK, 20 August 2010 (NNT) – Thailand’s Appeal Court on Friday ordered the extradition of suspected Russian arms smuggler, Viktor Bout, to the US. Mr Bout, a 43-year-old former Soviet air force officer, is known as one of the world’s leading arms dealers. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2008 for allegedly supplying weapons for […]
Ayutthaya, Chon Buri and Petchburi are shortlisted as the host city for the World Expo 2020, after Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)’s 6-month study. Ayutthaya’s advantage lies in its proximity to Bangkok, but a disadvantage is it is flood-prone. Meanwhile, Chon Buri (Pattaya) is not far from Suvarnabhumi Airport and close to the deep […]
POLICE are looking for a Hua Hin bar girl and her boyfriend over the vicious slaying of a well-known expat journalist who was the editor in chief of Asia Times online (Atimes.com). Allen George Quicke, 57, was stabbed seven times and beaten about the head with what appeared to be a baseball bat at his […]
