For days now officials in Japan have been giving citizens potassium iodide tablets with hopes of preventing thyroid cancer from exposure to radiation from damaged nuclear power plants. Now, Thai authorities announced they will give citizens traveling to Japan, iodide tablets starting Thursday. Pills will be given free to travelers flying to Tokyo from airports […]
BANGKOK, March 13 –The Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry will seek approval from the Cabinet on Monday to provide an emergency relief fund amounting to Bt200 million to assist Japan after Friday’s massive earthquake and resultant tsunami, said Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya on Sunday. Mr Kasit told journalists after a meeting with the Japanese […]
BANGKOK, 11 March 2011 (NNT)-The Thai embassy in Tokyo has been coordinating with Japanese authority in bringing Thai nationals living in Miyagi to safety after the 8.9 magnitude quake has rocked the province earlier today, prompting tsunami warnings in Japan as well as other countries in the Pacific Ocean. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokersperson Mr. […]
Thai Army Region 2 announced last night that the Thai-Cambodian border in some areas will be shut down indefinitely. The Thai Army Region 2 announced the closure of the Thai-Cambodian border in the areas of Sakaeo, Sisaket, Surin, Trad, and Chanthaburi provinces last night, specifically at the chong jom, prasat ta kway and prasat ta […]
A 3rd round of fighting has erupted between Thai and Cambodian troops at the border. Tanks are being used. Initial reports say 2 Thai civilians have been injured. Cambodia: 10 Soldiers, Civilians Killed in Clashes The Cambodian Foreign Ministry has said Thailand violated Cambodian territory in 3 areas during the clashes yesterday, resulting in 10 […]
He has made an incredible recovery after treatment at a psychiatric hospital in Bangkok. And remarkably it was a private British citizen who came to his aid after seeing pictures of Hewitt up on this website. The British Embassy had seemingly written him off as either a ‘feckless’ Brit or perhaps as one Embassy employee […]
Under the Constitution, Thai citizens are duty-bound to uphold and safeguard democracy, yet speculation persists about another power seizure. People here talk about the coup like it’s the common cold, even though military intervention can snuff out democracy. The last coup took place in September 2006, and soon after the December 2007 election, held to […]
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 […]
