BANGKOK, 24 November 2014 (NNT) – An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale has erupted in the Tachilek town of Myanmar yesterday at 6:49 p.m., sending aftershocks traveling to Chiang Rai province of Thailand. The Seismological Bureau under the Meteorological Department reported that the quake originated about 14 kilometers northwest of Chiang Rai province […]
Anti-coup messages and symbols were found painted near a Chiang Rai army base that the interior minister was scheduled to visit on Saturday. Police said someone had managed to elude security checkpoints set up around the Meng Rai Maharaj base to spray-paint the messages at seven locations on Friday night. Read more: Bangkok Post
Four people were killed and 32 others injured in an accident involving a bus carrying officials of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s budget department and two pick-up trucks this morning, reports said. The BMA officials, some of them high-level executives, were heading for a seminar in Chiang Mai province on three buses. Read more: Bangkok Post
PHAYAO, 17 November 2014 (NNT) – The bodies of nine officials have been retrieved from an army helicopter that crashed in Phayao province after experiencing a mechanical problem. A combined force of soldiers, police and rescue staff rushed to a paddy field in Mueang district of Phayao following a report that a Bell 212 helicopter […]
AYUTTHAYA – A man with a history of mental illness has been found dead in a derelict house where he was living with his girlfriend, who also has a history of mental illness and whom police believe was the murderer. The body, found late on Sunday night, was later identified as Arwuth Sukbunluea, 35. He […]
A combined force of police and military seized two million methamphetamine pills or ya baa from a passenger van in Den Chai district of Phrae province Sunday morning. Acting on a tipoff that a huge drug haul was to be smuggled by road through the province. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
AYUTTHAYA, 15 November 2014 (NNT) – Ayutthaya has been selected as one of the Greatest Cities in Human History in a ranking compiled by businessinsider.com, according to an official. According to the deputy governor of Ayutthaya Weerawut Putraserani, Ayutthya has been listed as the 13th of the 16 Greatest Cities in Human History by businessinsider.com. […]
Who says only dogs can lounge in front of 7-Eleven? CP ALL shows its support for species equality by allowing five pigs to lounge in front of their store as seen in pictures posted on Saturday. Read more: coconuts.co
