Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva holds dual Thai and British nationality, the opposition has told the parliament as it continues to pressure Mr Abhisit to come clean about his roots. Mr Abhisit was born in Newcastle in 1964 and became a British citizen by virtue of being born there. He is also Thai as he was […]
SURAT, 23 February 2011 (NNT) – Executive Director of the Department of Events of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Chaiwiwat Boonyapak in collaboration with Samui Municipality has opened “Samui International Body Painting Competition” which is expected to take place this weekend on Thailand’s most popular island of Samui, Surat Thani province. Mr. Chaiwiwat said […]
BANGKOK, 20 February 2011 (NNT)-Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denied an allegation by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) that he was a British national. The Prime Minister has expressed his confidence that by law he has had Thai citizenship ever since he was born even though the place of birth was in England. […]
A Briton who allegedly fled New Zealand on a stolen passport while on bail for child sex offences here has been arrested in Thailand, Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection (Ceop) agency said. Roderick William Robinson, 73, was detained in Pattaya on Tuesday, having been on the run for 12 years, a local newspaper reported. […]
Thai Airways International on December 21 yesterday cancelled flights from Bangkok to London because of adverse weather conditions at Heathrow Airport. It also announced it would increase domestic flights during the New Year season. A limited number of flights are being allowed to operate to and from London. Therefore, priority for flight departures will be […]
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday arrested a British convict, who was fleeing a 14-month jail sentence for sexually molesting minors in England and was laying low in Pattaya City. After receiving a request from the British Embassy to hunt down Kevin Victor Rider, 49, the DSI found the man in a house in […]
LONDON, Oct 17 — The European Union (EU) has issued strict control measures on six Thai vegetables imported by its member countries after some Thai exporters had exported sub-standard produce in which unacceptable chemical residue was found, Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai said. Mrs Pornthiva, now visiting England in an attempt to expand bilateral trade […]
Tuk tuk-a common sight on the streets of Mumbai and Bangkok- could be coming to Scotland for the first time. They will be used to take tourists on sightseeing trips around the streets of Glasgow. Taxi driver Pat Donnelly is awaiting delivery from Thailand of a motorised rickshaw, which he plans to operate on a […]
