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The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has ordered the closure of the red shirt-affiliated Peace TV for 30 days, effective on July 10 for airing content in breach of the broadcasting law and the junta's orders, an NBTC source says. The decision was made at a meeting of the NBTC's broadcasting
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The shoreline, beaches and coral reefs around Koh Tachai island in the Similan National Park off Phangnga province will be off-limits to all visitors for an indefinite period, starting Oct 15, according to authorities. The closure aims to ease negative effects on natural resources and the environment as a result of
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TAK, 4 November 2015 (NNT) - Myanmar says it did not close its borders along Thailand’s Tak province as rumored. Tak authorities have confirmed that trade on the Thai-Myanmar border remains open as usual, after the 4th Infantry Regiment investigated the claims. Read more: NNT
Read More (23 January) Public schools in 14 southern provinces remain closed down due to anti-government campaign, Minister of Education said. Mr. Chaturon Chaisaeng said hundreds of schools and colleges in these provinces have been forced to cease operations by supporters of People's Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of
Read More Protest leader Suthep vows to close all state offices within 3 days; threatens to hold caretaker PM, cabinet ministers captive to pressure them to resign. Read more: MCOT
Read More The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will close all its 146 schools in the capital on January 13, the day when the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) announced to shut down Bangkok to pressure the resignation of the caretaker prime minister. The primary and secondary school closure proposal was agreed upon during
Read More BANGKOK, 2 December 2013 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced the closure of schools under its jurisdiction in areas of protesting sites for safety concerns and to avoid traffic congestion. Schools affected by the announcement include nine in Dusit district and four in Pomprab Sattru Phai. The
Read More BANGKOK, Nov 24 - The ongoing protests have already forced six roads to be closed to traffic, while intelligence reports indicated that anti-government demonstrators planned to lay siege to government offices in areas under the Internal Security Act (ISA) as well as all television stations, aiming to paralyse traffic in
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