A Thai man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 14 year-old-girl he met via Facebook and later videotaping sexual acts to use as blackmail fodder in the future. Wimol Srida, 37, admitted to having participated in sexual acts with the unnamed victim, but insisted that it was consensual. Police said they were compiling evidence […]
Thailand’s deputy prime minister suggested that signal blocker devices be purchased for the crackdown on anti-monarchy websites that use overseas servers. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobumrung held a second meeting today with the administrative body on cyber crimes to draw up preventive measures against anti monarchy content on the internet. The deputy premier said website […]
Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has teamed with China to jointly develop a new type of nuclear reactor, which would be better for the environment and reduce the need for uranium enrichment and reprocessing. Gates says the traveling wave reactor technology is low-cost, very safe and will generate little waste. He spoke at […]
YouTube celebrity Dancing Matt has come to Thailand to lend his famous dancing skills to a tourismpromotion campaign. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Visa (Thailand) invited Matthew Harding, aka Dancing Matt, to lure foreign travellers under the “Go Thailand: All that is missing is you” campaign. Read more: The Nation
Bangkok Airways – Recently, Mr. Prote Setsuwan, Vice President – Marketing, Mr. Ping Na Thalang, Vice President – Information Systems and Capt. Saravoot Thonglek, Assistant Vice President Flight Operations welcomed the latest Airbus 319 named “Bangkok” at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Bangkok Airways has progressively achieved with the arrival of its 18th aircraft. This aircraft has 138 […]
Indian authorities today declared an intent to force web companies to screen content for “offensive” and “blasphemous material”. The move follows failed talks yesterday with Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. Communications Minister Kapil Sibal says “My aim is that insulting material never gets uploaded”, and that web firms “will have to give us the data, […]
The National Broadcasting and Tele-communications Commission of Thailand has given approval to cellular operators to test fourth-generation cellular broadband service on the 2.3-gigahertz and 1,800-megahertz frequencies. NBTC commissioner Colonel Settapong Malisuwan said the watchdog had approved a joint application by Advanced Info Service (AIS) and TOT to offer Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology 4G service […]
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asked His Majesty the King for a royal pardon for a mistake on her Facebook page. On Saturday her staff uploaded the wrong photo when she posted a Facebook message urging all Thais to join in the celebration of His Majesty’s birthday. Read more: The Nation
