This message alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Thailand that the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (aka UDD, or the “red-shirts”) plans to hold a demonstration in Bangkok on Sunday, January 23. Scheduled from approximately 1:00 pm to midnight, the demonstration is to begin at the Rajaprasong area (around Central World) and […]
NARATHIWAT, Jan 10 – Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat on Monday was been declared a disaster zone as incessant heavy rain triggered flooding over large parts of the province and has affected thousands of residents, Narathiwat governor Thanon Vejjakornkanon said. The governor designated all 13 districts disaster areas and promptly allocated budget to assist 37,000 […]
BANGKOK, Nov 24 – His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej will go by boat Wednesday evening, his first such journey in four years, to preside over the opening of the Bhumibol 1 and Bhumibol 2 Bridges and a sluice gate of Klong Lad Pho, a shortcut canal in Samut Prakan, part of the royal initiative project […]
About 10,000 people from Myanmar fled across the border into Thailand on Monday to escape fighting between Myanmar government forces and a splinter group of rebels of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, military and border officials told CNN. The rebels and Myanmar forces clashed over control of the town of Myawaddy, which sits across the […]
TAK, Nov 7– Myanmar soldiers were deployed along Thai-Myanmar border at the Moei River after a Japanese journalist was arrested in Myanmar’s Myawaddy for illegally crossing the border from Thailand. Responding to the detention of the Japanese journalist late Sunday morning, the combined forces of Myanmar military and Border Guard Force personnel have been stationed […]
Floods stranded more than 40 tourists at several resorts in Ratchaburi’s Suan Phung district after bridges to other areas were damaged. Soldiers and local villagers were trying to build a temporary bridge late yesterday before sending vehicle-loads of food to villagers and the stranded tourists. Officials were also considering dispatching flat-bottomed boats to bring the […]
BANGKOK, 28 September 2010 (NNT) – The Deputy Finance Minister reveals today that the Japanese government is willing to provide financial support to the MRT Purple line and the Chao Phraya bridge construction projects with a total investment fund of more than 8,600 million baht. Mr. Pradit Phataraprasit, the Deputy Finance Minister, has disclosed early […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Three bombs didn’t explode when it was found in Bangkok which is the capital city of Thailand. One of the explosives is found under the bridge which was in front of the school in central Bangkok. The two were found in the shopping mall and at the car park of the public […]
