Bangkok – Thai police on Tuesday arrested a leader of the protest movement that seized Bangkok’s two airports in 2008, costing the country billions of dollars in lost tourism and trade revenue. Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a former leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), was arrested while eating lunch at a Bangkok supermarket on charges […]
BANGKOK, Jan 14 — An American with an outstanding arrest warrant in the United States in a US$93 million fraud case was arrested in Bangkok Friday after fleeing to live in Thailand for two years, according to the Metropolitan Police Bureau Division 7 in Bangkok. Richard Earl Saunder, 63, was arrested at Niran Condominium 4 […]
Another victim of the van accident on the Don Mueng Tollway succumbed to her injuries late Wednesday night, raising the death toll to nine. Janjira Suemkrathok, a student of Thammasat University, was pronounced dead at 15 minutes after midnight. The Nation
After four years in operation, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, which has set its sight on being one of the top 10 best airports in the world still find itself plagued with many problems. The airport, which had been on a drawing board for nearly four decades prior to its construction, has faced a series of problems […]
BANGKOK, 11 November 2010 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Air Force has set up a panel to investigate into a charge that one of its officer has committed a serious offence of lese majeste. Air force spokesman Monthon Satchukorn has disclosed that one of its officers, Sqn Ldr Chanin Khlaikhlung, of the Aeronautical Engineering Directorate, […]
The Transport Ministry expects there will be a conclusion on the plan to utilize Don Muang Airport by the end of this month and that it will be proposed to the Cabinet by December. Following a press conference on the organization of the Thai Aviation’s 100th anniversary, Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Supoj Saplom said the […]
Yesterday the Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for two additional yellow shirt members over the airport siege case. On October 6, the Criminal Court agreed to issue arrest warrants for General Patompong Kaysornsook and former actress Sirilak Pongchok, after failing to report to the police to acknowledge their charges as summoned. The two have been […]
A Thai soldier has been killed after being shot in the head during clashes between government troops and Red Shirt protesters on the outskirts of Bangkok. At least five people have already been injured in the clashes. The conflict started earlier today when Red Shirts began moving around the city recruiting supporters. About 2,000 protesters […]
