A 30-year-old Thai woman used all her wits and knowledge of communications technology to help herself and nine other Thai women escape from forced prostitution in a Bahrain brothel. From sending SMS messages, googling for websites to contact Thai police and reporters, to using the Google Earth three dimensional programme, Wadi (given name) employed all […]
BANGKOK, Aug 28 – DTAC, Thailand’s second largest mobile operator, was bombarded with complaints Tuesday when its network was down – its second service disruption in less than a year. The network went off the air late this morning due to a failure in DTAC’s switching system in suburban Rangsit. Read more: MCOT
A strange disease infecting Thais and Asians resembles HIV but is not the deadly infectious disease, doctors reported. Doctors are unsure of the causes of this relatively new disease, whether it is inherited or spread by human contact. BANGKOK – August 25, 2012 [PDN]; the results of a recent study by a U.S. researcher of […]
Former American astronaut Neil Armstrong has died at the age of 82, due to complications following heart bypass surgery earlier this month. He is known as the first person to walk on the moon when commander of Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the moon. Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 […]
BANGKOK, 23 August 2012 (NNT) – Transport Minister Jarupong Ruengsuwan has disclosed that the government will spend more than 400 billion baht in building the hi-speed train system, which he claims will help Thais save on transportation costs. According to Mr. Jarupong, the high-speed train system will consist of 4 rail lines, which are Bangkok-Nakhon […]
BANGKOK, 23 August 2012 (NNT) – Free wireless internet access is expected to be made available at tourist destinations throughout Thailand, starting from the beginning of next month. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is preparing to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology to provide free WiFi access […]
The country’s “first complete business- and investment-oriented television” channel is set to launch full-scale broadcasting on September 9. Krungthep Turakij TV, a new satellite-based channel, has been conducting trial broadcasts since August 1 and has obtained a good response from the audience, according to its top executive. Read more: The Nation
Netizens, both on Twitter and Facebook, reacted angrily to the controversial refereeing decision by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) that saw the glove of Chinese boxer Zou Shiming raised to win the light flyweight Olympic gold medal over his Thai opponent Kaew Pongprayoon early yesterday morning. “Shame on AIBA. We won’t ask for gold […]
