The government yesterday agreed to pay compensation to the family of Japanese photographer Hiroyuki Muramoto who was killed during the anti-government protests in 2010. The decision came hours before Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left for Tokyo on a four-day official visit ending on Friday with the main agenda to bolster confidence of Japanese investors after […]
It may be one of the largest economies in the world but Japan is quickly becoming a country divided into “rich” and “poor”. Police believe three people found in their Saitama apartment, yesterday, died of starvation- a sad fate that highlights the worsening state of Japan’s economy. The three adults, believed to be a family […]
BANGKOK, 4 January 2012 (NNT) – The government of Thailand has confirmed on Friday that victims of years of violence in strife-torn southern border region will be eligible for the THB7-million compensation as well. Mr. Yongyuth Wichaidit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, revealed that the Southern Border Provinces Development Strategy Committee has recently […]
BANGKOK, Jan 27 – Two stateless children being held at Bangkok’s Immigration Detention Centre, their mother and another adult family member were released from Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok on Friday. The sister and brother, 13-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother, members of an indigenous ethnic group in the mountains of Vietnam, their widowed mother […]
Sattahip Police arrested an entire family in East Pattaya in the early hours of Monday, accused of selling class 1 drugs. Officers from the station, which is situated outside of Pattaya, received information of the illegal family-run business and set up a covert operation which resulted in the arrest of several family members. Read more: […]
Khon Kaen has declared its 26 districts as disaster areas due to floods, provincial governor Sombat Triwatnusorn said on Thursday. “The inundation has worsened because the water retention at Ubonrat Dam is at 120 per cent of capacity, prompting the spillway to open,” he said. Read more: The Nation
CHAI NAT, Sept 19 – A father and his two daughters drowned early Monday when their boat tipped over in the torrential Thajeen River in this central province. The tragedy was the latest in Thailand’s current severe flooding of extensive areas in the North, Northeast and Central regions with no sign of letup. A team […]
YALA, Sept 12 – Four persons in one family, including two boys, were wounded Sunday when a 25kg explosive device planted on a roadside exploded, local police said. A bomb squad rushed to the crime scene and sent the injured to a nearby hospital. Read more: MCOT
