Thai private and state sectors are working together to promote Thailand’s first use of ED95 fuel by large passenger buses. The move is intended to help the country achieve its 15-year alternative energy development goal and become the world’s ethanol export center in the future. The Energy Ministry and the Industry Ministry have signed an […]
A 22-year-old man was shot dead on a No 34 bus in Bangkok’s Phya Thai area early yesterday morning. The motives behind the shooting remain unknown. Police rushed to the scene just after midnight yesterday along with rescue workers to find the body of Ekkapoj Buaphrai with two bullet wounds at the entrance to the […]
Khon Kaen – An air-conditioned bus heading from Nong Bua Lampu to Bangkok overturned here late Friday night, killing five passengers and injuring 30 others, police said. The accident occurred at 11 pm on the Kudchim-Phuwiang Road in Nong Rua district. Four of the five killed passengers were identified as Amporn Kaewprom, 27, Kesorn Kaewprom, […]
A Canadian couple were killed when the pickup-truck-bus they were riding in from the airport to their hotel crashed in Thailand only 15 minutes into 2011, according to Thai news reports. The Phuket Gazette reported Monday that Aryporn Sunthorn, 50, and Kongseng Sunthorn, 61, were killed when the Mazda pickup truck, modified to serve as […]
A Norwegian Property Developer fought off 5 Thai men who attempted to abduct him in the early hours of Saturday Morning. Mr. Svein Tore Holtekjolen aged 53 had spent the evening on Walking Street in South Pattaya with his Son and proceeded to Pattaya Second Road to catch a Baht Bus back to his residence. […]
BANGKOK, Dec 22 — Two Royal Thai Air Force C-130 transport aircraft are expected to land at the Subang Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Base, near Kuala Lumpur Wednesday afternoon to return Thai nationals who died and those who were injured in the tragic bus accident in Ipoh Monday. Thai Foreign Ministry Department of Information […]
Kuala Lumpur – Twenty-six Thai tourists were killed and 11 seriously injured Monday when their bus overturned while travelling from a Malaysian mountain resort in the northern state of Perak. The bus hit a road divider and overturned, killing 22 passengers at the scene, the official Bernama news agency reported, quoting police sources. Another four […]
On Saturday a gang of female pick pockets, including a twelve-year-old girl, stole the wallet of a German tourist while riding in a baht taxi in South Pattaya. Prompt action by police led to the apprehension of the gang and the return of the victim’s property intact. Pattaya, November 19, 2010, [PDN]: On 18th December […]
