BANGKOK, Oct 12 – Toyota, Japan’s biggest automaker, announced on Wednesday that production at its three plants in Thailand has temporarily halted until Oct 15 due to severe flooding which has disrupted parts supply. Toyota Motor (Thailand) senior vice president Vudhigorn Suriyachantananont said the current flooding disrupted delivery of necessary auto parts, so the company […]
With 21 countries issuing travel warnings to their nationals about visiting Thailand due to the flood situation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Surapong Towijak-chaikul has instructed the Thai embassies in these 21 countries to ensure the public are accurately informed about the situation, ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said on Tuesday. The 21 countries included the United […]
BANGKOK, 28 September 2011 (NNT) – On its 5th anniversary, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport announced that it has welcomed as much as 47 million passengers over the past fiscal year. Suvarnabhumi Airport Spokesperson Vilaiwan Nadvilai revealed that from October 2010 to September 2011, the airport received over 47 million passengers, a 12 percent increase year-on-year. […]
Tourist flight was returning from visit around Mt. Everest Aviation officials in Nepal say a plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed, killing all 19 people onboard. Authorities say one passenger initially survived the crash Sunday, but died later in a hospital. Tourism officials say the Buddha Air Beechcraft was carrying 10 Indians, […]
In a surprising U-turn, Department of Special Investigation chief Tharit Pengdit told Agence France Presse on 17 September that the army was responsible for the fatal shooting of Japanese cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto during clashes between government forces and “Red Shirt” protesters in Bangkok on 10 April 2010. The DSI previously reported on 24 March that […]
BANGKOK, 25 August 2011 (NNT) – Thai Democrat Songkhla MP Mr. Wirat Kalayasiri has submitted a petition to Senate speaker General Theeradej Meepian to disqualify Foreign Minister Surapong Torwijakchaikul, saying that he has violated the Constitution. According to Mr. Wirat, the Foreign Minister has violated the Constitution on purpose and it was unethical for him […]
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday attended the 66th anniversary in Hiroshima of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, and reaffirmed the need to reduce the country’s reliance on nuclear energy. In his speech during the service to commemorate the 1945 bombing, Mr. Kan said Japan would examine the causes of this year’s nuclear […]
Self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants to visit Japan in late August, a senior Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmaker said yesterday. Hajime Ishii, DPJ vice president, met Prime Minister Naoto Kan and asked him to allow Thaksin’s entry into Japan, the lawmaker told reporters. Thaksin, who served as Thai premier from 2001 to […]
