BANGKOK, 20 July 2011 (NNT) – 2010 Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Worawong Pongpanich wins a gold medal from the eighth Chucheon Open International Taekwondo Championships 2011, arranged in the Republic of Korea from 14 to 19 July 2011. Ms Worawong, a Thai taekwondo athlete, showed her outstanding performance by beating her rival from Mexico […]
TOKYO (Dow Jones)–Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (7211) has agreed to produce pickup trucks for Nissan Motor Co. (7201) at its plant in Thailand starting in fiscal 2012, the two companies said Wednesday. Under the latest accord, Mitsubishi will roll out Nissan’s “Navara” pickup truck model. The move is the latest of collaboration between the two companies […]
Japanese visitors will be granted a visa on arrival for 90 days, instead of 30 days, for a period of six months, starting from 1 May to 31 October 2011. The decision was made by the Cabinet, during its meeting on April 26, when the Ministry of Tourism and Sports submitted the proposal for approval. […]
A Thai tour guide surrendered himself to the police confessing that he had shot dead one Japanese tourist and wounded another, after a heated argument during the trekking in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. On 26th April, 2011 the tour guide, Apichart Inphisak, 41, turned himself in to the police and admitted to the crime that […]
The operators of the stricken Fukushima I nuclear power plant in northeast Japan have been ordered to pay compensation to families affected by the worsening crisis at the site amid calls for the resignation of the Japanese prime minister have demanded he resign over how he is handling the crisis, which has now been designated […]
Japanese officials issued tsunami warnings and evacuated a crippled nuclear plant after a strong earthquake struck the nation’s northeast coast Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the magnitude of the quake at 7.1, the same strength as a major aftershock that hit on Thursday, but later revised it downward to 6.6. A tsunami warning […]
Two workers at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been taken to hospital after being exposed to high levels of radiation. The pair had been attempting to restore the cooling system in reactor 3, which was damaged by the quake on 11 March. Several workers have now been hurt on the site, an […]
Police investigators have concluded no authorities were responsible for the killing of a Japanese cameraman for Reuters, the Department of Special Investigation announced Wednesday. DSI Director-General Tharit Phengdit said police have wrapped up the case and sent it to the DSI to carry out further investigations to try to find the one behind the death […]
