BANGKOK, 16 September 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s Department of Export Promotion (DEP) has opened a website, www.thaitrade.com, as a new channel for Thai entrepreneurs who are keen on exporting their products through e-commerce. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Kittirat Na Ranong stated that the www.thaitrade.com website would serve as an additional export channel aimed […]
At least three people, including a foreign tourist, were killed and more than 50 wounded in three car and motorcycle bomb attacks in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district Friday night. The first of three explosions went off at 6.40pm opposite the Teochew Association in Soi 3 of Charoen Khet Road in Sungai Kolok municipality. The blast, […]
A foreign woman artist, Elizabeth Briel, reported on Twitter on Friday that she and her husband had acid sprayed at their faces at the Bangkok Asoke skytrain station last night. She said the acid was directed at them from the stairway leading to the station near Robinson shopping mall. We were attacked in #Bangkok tonight […]
A Pattaya contractor parks his back ho without warning lights on the Beach Road. A foreigner riding a motorbike at high speed hits the backhoe resulting in severe facial injuries. Pattaya (September 5, 2011) [PDN] Pol.Lt.Col. Samran Kumwattana, Pattaya Police was notified of an motorbike accident in Soi 10 Pattaya Beach. At the scene the […]
Thailand will bid to stage a Formula One race to help spur tourism and meeting businesses, according to the Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB). TCEB president Akapol Sorasuchart said the agency was responding to calls by businesses to bring in or hold big events to enhance the country’s reputation among foreign tourists now that […]
Immigration Police are about to start a major crackdown on illegal immigrants focusing on street beggars. It is believed that thousands operate on the streets of Pattaya. Thai Police announced that it is time to rid the streets of such individuals to improve the image of Thailand. Read more: Pattaya One
A foreigner was found dead yesterday in a canal in Phitsanulok’s Bang Rakam district. Police believe the man – whose nationality remained unknown – was murdered. The victim’s head was covered with a plastic bag fastened by sticky tape. The tape also covered his eyes and mouth. He had fair skin and blonde hair and […]
BANGKOK, 19 August 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has officially launched the Tourist Service Center at Suvarnabhumi Airport with a target to increase the number of foreign visitors to 30 million in the next five years. Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports Sombat Kuruphan today presided over the opening ceremony of […]
