A man with record for mental illness was arrested Tuesday for the second time for throwing faeces at the Democrat Party headquaters protesting for inaction to stop the police radio communications which he said causing his headache. Witnessed by about 10 policemen on guarding duty, Surachai Kerddee, 45, walked to the statue of Earth Goddess […]
Toronto – At the 2010 Tastes of Thailand festival at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto, attendees had the opportunity to experience Thai food, clothing, culture, music and Muay Thai kickboxing. Thailand is located in Southeast Asia and as of 2010, maintains a population of more than 66.4 million. Political upheaval engulfed the nation throughout […]
A visiting British politician said yesterday the state of emergency maintained by the Thai government in many provinces would not be helpful to the process of reaching a political settlement in the country. “There may be in any country an exceptional circumstance, but as a general rule restriction on freedom of expression is generally not […]
Thailand’s opposition Puea Thai Party (PTP) will hold a celebration on July 26 to mark the 61st birthday of ousted former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra at a temple in the northern Chiang Mai province, PTP MP for Chiang Mai Surapong Towichakchaikul said on Monday. The Bangkok Post’s website quoted Surapong as saying the ceremony, which […]
BANGKOK, July 17 (UPI) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told a visiting U.S. official he hopes to hold an election in early 2011, a spokesman says. Abhisit and Under-Secretary of State William Burns discussed Thailand’s political situation during a meeting Friday, the Bangkok Post reported. Panitan Wattanayagorn, the spokesman, said Burns told the prime […]
Moscow. Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev, accused of sexually abusing a child in Thailand and released on a bail has returned to the Asian country for court hearings, a Russian National Orchestra spokeswoman said Saturday, RIA Novosti reports. A Thai court allowed Pletnev, 53, to leave the country last week to accompany the orchestra on its […]
A Thai cargo ship carrying more than 200 illegal Sri Lankan migrants may be headed for Canada, the National Post is reporting. Canadian authorities are monitoring the vessel which is believed to be British Columbia-bound. Sri Lanka’s Sunday Observer reported over the weekend that the MV Sun Sea was headed for the Canadian coast, not […]
Peru (ChattahBox) – Thought his obvious guilt in the deaths of two women was bad enough? Turns out Joran Van der Sloot might have been trafficking underage girls to use as sex slaves, including two who are now missing and feared dead. Shortly after his release from an Aruba prison for the disappearance of Natalee […]
