NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 30 January 2015 (NNT) – The Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has been upgraded into a customs airport and is prepared to receive international passengers for direct international flights. The ministerial directive from the Ministry of Finance had pushed for the upgrade of Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport into a customs airport since 1 […]
More than 20 major transnational gangs are plaguing Thailand – including Russian and Romanian credit card skimming gangs and Latin American thieves and bank robbers, a new study by the Thailand Institute of Justice has revealed. Acting TIJ deputy director Natee Jitsawang detailed the public organisation’s research on foreign criminal gangs in Thailand at a […]
Narcotic Control Board have arrested a transnational drug cartel who ordered drugs from China through a shipping company. They seized more than 3kg of crystal methamphetamine. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
BANGKOK, 28 May 2012 (NNT) – Thailand has announced its readiness to host the World Blind Union and International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (WBU-ICEVI) joint meeting in November 2012. Deputy Bangkok Governor Taya Teepsuwan, on Sunday, presided over the launch of the “Happy Smile Blind Event”, held by the Bangkok Metropolitan […]
BANGKOK, 26 February 2012 (NNT) – The Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AoT) is set to adjust the airport tax up to THB800 for international flights and THB150 for domestic flights. AoT Chairman ACM Sumet Phomanee disclosed that the board meeting, held on February 23, approved the new rates of passenger service charge (PSC), […]
BANGKOK, 3 February 2012 (NNT) – AirAsia, a Southeast Asian low cost carrier, is launching new domestic and international routes. It is also ready to bring in new Airbus A320 planes, hoping to spur Thailand’s tourism. Mr. Tassapon Bijleveld, Chief Executive Officer of Thai AirAsia, said that in the first quarter of 2012 AirAsia is […]
Insurgents behind the violence in Southern Thailand have used their attacks to draw attention from international organisations in a bid to draw them into the problems, Army Commander in Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said Monday. “The problems are the country’s internal affairs and we are making our best efforts to deal with them. The presence […]
United States Thursday warned Thailand of the increasing of production and export of illicit drug from neighboring Burma after the success of narcotic control and combating in Afghanistan. “Burma is likely to be a greater producer and a greater exporter of illicit drug in years ahead because of the success of the international community in […]
