LOPBURI, June 19 – An M 26 hand grenade was found near the house of a former subdistrict head in the province Sunday and he believed that it may be politically motivated. Police said 61-year-old Surin Krobthong, an ex-subdistrict chief who had received a prize for being an outstanding village chief, informed police that he […]
BANGKOK, 18 June 2011 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has announced that the Democrat Party will launch a campaign at Ratchaprasong Intersection on 23 June while calling for the red shirts to stop all disturbances. In his capacity as the Democrat Party Secretary-General, Mr Suthep stated that a major campaign of the party […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand this December to attend his eldest daughter’s wedding, his youngest sister, Pheu Thai’s No.1 party list candidate Yingluck Shinawatra, said on Friday. “It’s not unusual for my brother to want to attend the wedding of his daughter (Pinthongta Shinawatra).” “I have conversations with him regularly and […]
BANGKOK, 17 June 2011 (NNT) – The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has stressed that its ‘red villages’ scattering around the nation are merely symbolic and legal and will not affect the operation towards reconciliation. In response to a call by Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva for the UDD to explain its concept […]
PHITSANULOK, 16 June 2011 (NNT) – Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has reaffirmed his intention to resign from the post if the party acquires fewer MP seats in the 3 July general election than in the previous one. Mr Abhisit announced the intention upon his arrival at Phitsanulok Airport on Thursday morning, but also indicated […]
A brother of a Bhum Jai Thai Party candidate for Lop Buri was gunned down in a broad day light in Chanasongkram district on Thursday. Police believed the attack was politically motivated. Subhan Jirapanwanich, 53, a chairman of Tambon Administration Organisation in Lop Buri was rushed to nearby Washirapayabaran Hospital, but he was later pronounced […]
Thailand will hold a long-awaited federal election on July 3, pitting the governing Democrat Party against the opposition Puea Thai party, as well as a group of smaller parties. For some Thai politicians, this poll will be the culmination of a process of national reconciliation that began in the wake of bloody riots in Bangkok […]
BANGKOK, 15 June 2011 (NNT)-Permanent Secretary of the BMA Charoenrat Chutikarn has launched a motorcade of tractors, tuk tuks and bicycles in an attempt to raise awareness and encourage Bangkok residents to exercise their rights in the upcoming elections. The event has been provided by 5 district offices and the Public Relations Division. The motorcade […]
