A man was shot to death and his mother injured in an attack by insurgents in Panare district of Pattani province on Sunday morning, police said. Pol Col Manit Yimsai, the Panare district police chief, said Nakhon Chanthip, 23, and his mother Mrs Krue were riding on a motorcycle on Highway 4061 in tambon Khon […]
PATTANI, March 5 — Bloody violence continued in the restive southern province of Pattani early Saturday after two unidentified gunmen shot dead a Buddhist monk and wounded a monk and a novice, police said. Police said the incident occurred at about 6.10am when the two monks and a novice were walking on a road in […]
Some of the weapons found to be missing from an army arsenal in Prachuap Khiri Khan province have been recovered, an army source said on Friday. The source said that on Thursday night, Capt Apiwat Saengsoong, a company commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the army’s Infantry Centre filed a complaint with Pran Buri […]
BANGKOK, 4 February 2011 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Army has acknowledged that a large number of weapons have disappeared from Dhanarat Infantry Camp in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, suspecting officers of fraud and negligence. In response to a report that over 100 items of military weaponry had gone missing from the army depot at […]
Since 1985, the Full Moon parties of Thailand are drawing tourists by the thousands. These parties are held on full moon nights and everything goes – from drugs, to drinks, to uninhibited sex and is meant for youngsters to let themselves loose and enjoy. Touted by travel agents as a paradise for teenagers, there are […]
BANGKOK, 26 February 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is adamant that the government’s effort to tackle the southern unrest has been effective, though not yet satisfactory, while urging the public to continue cooperating with the authorities. Giving a special lecture this morning at King Prajadhipok’s Institute, Prime Minister Abhisit insisted that the government […]
TRAT, Feb 23 – This eastern Thai province has announced the closure of three islands indefinitely after over 90 per cent of their coral reefs are experiencing coral bleaching and have died from global warming, according to local officials. Chalerm Glinnimnuan, chief of Mu Ko Chang National Park, said the announcement applies to only three […]
SURAT, 23 February 2011 (NNT) – Executive Director of the Department of Events of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Chaiwiwat Boonyapak in collaboration with Samui Municipality has opened “Samui International Body Painting Competition” which is expected to take place this weekend on Thailand’s most popular island of Samui, Surat Thani province. Mr. Chaiwiwat said […]
