Freed convicted spy Sivarak Chutipong’s mother, Simarak na Nakhon Phanom, on Tuesday denounced Democrat Party spokesman Buranat Samutrak for saying the release of her son was staged and in the interests of a certain group of people. Mr Sivarak, a 31-year-old engineer employed by Cambodia Airport Traffic Services (CATS), was sentenced to seven years in […]
Special investigators have arrested eight people, including three Thai women, who were allegedly members of two passport forgery rackets with links to the Madrid train bombings in 2004 that killed 191 people. The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said yesterday that in addition to providing assistance to terrorists groups based in Europe, the two groups […]
BANGKOK, Dec 11 (TNA) – Cambodian king Norodom Sihamoni on Friday pardoned a Thai engineer sentenced seven years in Cambodian jail for espionage charge, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said on Friday. Mr Khieu told international media that Prime Minister Hun Sen had requested the royal pardon for the Thai national on Thursday and King Sihamoni […]
Seizure of airports Thai Airways International filed civil lawsuits against yellow shirted leaders who led anti-Thaksin protesters in the seizures of Bangkok’s two airports last year. The national carrier, Thai Airways International, filed a lawsuit with the Civil Court on November 24. The THAI is seeking Bt575 million in compensation from 36 protest leaders who […]
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej greeted well-wishers in Bangkok today to celebrate his 82nd birthday, his third public appearance since he was hospitalized 11 weeks ago for symptoms of pneumonia. National television showed the world’s longest-reigning monarch, who bypassed an annual birthday speech and other events because of the illness, leaving the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 4 (TNA) – Thai people from all walks of life on Friday flocked into Bangkok’s old city area to join the grand celebrations and admire the illuminated historic buildings and areas in the capital on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 82nd birthday anniversary, December 5. This year is seeing […]
King leaves hospital to preside over ceremony His Majesty the King left the hospital on Saturday to drive through the streets and grant an audience on his 82nd birthday. Tens of thousands of subjects lined the streets to see His Majesty and members of the royal family as they drove from Siriraj Hospital to Chitrlada […]
The birthday celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej are muted this year as the king remains in hospital recovering from pneumonia. Instead of hearing his annual speech and watching the king’s inspection of the glittering trooping of the colour, his loving subjects are worrying about his – and their nation’s – health. More than 1.2 million […]
