UK. Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) has announced that an international consortium, Asia Football Investments, led by King Power International Group (Thailand), has acquired the Championship club. The consortium is led by Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn of the Raksriaksorn family that owns King Power, the leading Thai duty free retailer. King Power last week struck a three-year […]
Nordic citizens staying in Thailand have declined with 3.4 pct or 494 persons during the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2009 according to statistics of the Immigration Bureau of Thailand. Currently, there are a total of 12,340 Nordic citizens in Thailand on a non immigrant visa, a business […]
BANGKOK: Thais Thursday celebrate the 78th birthday of Queen Sirikit, which is also Mother’s Day in the Kingdom. The occasion is being marked even as the Abhisit government says there have been serious threats recently to overthrow the monarchy. Recently a special task force of over 300 officers was formed to investigate what the government […]
Prosecutors indict key red shirts. Cases against Thaksin and others to follow Public prosecutors have indicted 19 red shirt leaders and supporters on terrorism and other charges stemming from their street protests from late February to mid-May. The indictment was issued at the Criminal Court yesterday on the last day the suspects could be held […]
King is paying special attention to irrigation issues; Her Majesty thanks Thais for their overwhelming love His Majesty the King’s health “has improved much” during rehabilitation at Siriraj Hospital, where he continues working on existing and new projects for the welfare of Thai people, Her Majesty the Queen said in a national address yesterday marking […]
THE hitman who murdered a disabled divorcee on the orders of her ex-husband may die in prison after being jailed for life on Wednesday. Paul Cryne, 62, would have served at least 32 years – the same as the man who hired him, Graham Birchwood – but a judge at the Old Bailey reduced his […]
Bangkok – Thai Airways International on Wednesday signed a purchase agreement with Airbus SAS for seven A330-300 aircraft, with deliveries due to start at the end of 2011. Airline president Piyasvasti Amranand, who signed the deal, said the newly ordered aircraft will join the national carrier’s existing fleet of 20 A330-300s. Thai’s board approved the […]
Despite claims of restored order, Thailand remains bitterly divided between rich and poor, writes DAVID McNEILL in Lamphun Thailand IN NORTHERN Thailand, the world has been turned upside down. Men branded terrorists are heroes, the police are the enemy and children wear T-shirts hailing anti-government rebels. Driven from power, branded a criminal and hounded by […]
