BANGKOK, Aug 24 – Thailand’s Foreign Minister announced that a Thai crewman who was kidnapped by pirates off the Nigerian coast early this month has been freed and will return to Thailand in a few days. Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said the Thai embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, confirmed that the Thai crewman kidnapped by pirates […]
BANGKOK, Aug 7 – Thailand’s foreign ministry is coordinating with several agencies to help a Thai crewman kidnapped by pirates who hijacked his ship off the Nigerian coast, according to ministry spokesperson Thani Thongphakdi. Mr Thani, who heads Department of Information, said the ministry could name the Thai but would not reveal his name at […]
A team of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials rescued 11 Myanmar workers who were forced to work on a fishing boat 20 hours per day for a mere Bt30 a day, DSI chief Tarit Pengdith said Wednesday. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, May 11 – A team of Thai police willing May 17-24 for a joint police investigation of the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River on Oct 5 last year. Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Pansiri Prapawat said that some Thai officials might have been involved with the murder, according to […]
Thai customs officials have arrested two Taiwanese captains and 12 Taiwanese and Indonesian crew members after their two tuna fishing boats were found to have smuggled 47,000 litres of diesel oil into Phuket. The two boats were found floating about two nautical miles north of Taphao Yai Island in Phuket. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Feb 3 – THAI Smile Air, Thai Airways International (THAI)’s new sub-brand carrier, will begin its first operational flight July 1 from Bangkok to Macau. THAI Executive Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Chokchai Panyayong, spoke after a board meeting which also approved business plans for both THAI and its new airline. Flight […]
The co-pilot of a Russian UTair airliner has died in mid-air after feeling unwell while piloting a Boeing en route from Bangkok to Moscow. The plane with 239 passengers on board – all Russian citizens – was able to land safely in Siberia. “The co-pilot [Sergey Golev, aged 44] died at 12:25 am, Novosibirsk Time […]
New PC Air on Thursday took officials and journalists on its maiden flight out of Bangkok under the ministrations of four third sex flight attendants. The privately-owned Thai airline’s management prides itself on its equal-opportunity employment policy for transsexuals. Read more: The Nation
