BANGKOK, 6 August 2011 (NNT) – Thailand is set to hold the World’s record as the largest Thai spa and massage service center on 17 November 2011 at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani. The purpose of this event is also to honor His Majesty on his 7th cycle birthday anniversary. Ms. Wanwalee Tantikarn, President of […]
BANGKOK, 4 August 2011 (NNT) – Core leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) Yosawarit Chuklom has confessed to committing lèse majesté and has been scheduled for a court hearing on 29 August. On Wednesday, the Ratchada Criminal Court summoned witnesses on the plaintiff’s side for questioning in the lèse majesté case […]
Thai government will pay a 20-million-euro bond to secure the release of a royal jet that was impounded at a German airport last month, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Tuesday. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn had announced plans on Monday to use his personal funds to pay the bond for his personal Boeing 737 that was impounded […]
BANGKOK, August 1, 2011- Thailand’s new parliament is to officially open on Monday, faced with the daunting challenge of bringing stability to the kingdom after five years of political turmoil. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presided over the opening ceremony in the capital Bangkok in the late afternoon, the palace has said, allowing the 500-seat lower […]
BANGKOK, 1 August 2011 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is scheduled to reopen Sanam Luang for public use on 9 August after its renovation, in time for the celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday on 12 August. Following a meeting of BMA executives over the preparation for the reopening of Sanam Luang […]
BANGKOK, Aug 1 – Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has offered his personal assets to settle a long-running dispute between the Thai government and a German company. German insolvency officials seized a Boeing 737 used by the Crown Prince while it was parked at Munich airport in southern Germany on July 12. The move was […]
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists called Friday on Thai authorities to drop lese-majeste charges filed against an editor that could lead to a 30-year-jail sentence. “The growing official use of lese-majesty charges to stifle free expression has greatly undermined Thailand’s democratic credentials and done more harm than good to the royal institution the laws […]
BANGKOK, 27 July 2011 (NNT) – The Bureau of the Royal Household announced that Her Royal Highness Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda, the only daughter of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI, passed away following an illness at the age of 85. The Princess had been admitted to Siriraj Hospital since 13 July 2011 with infections in her bloodstream. […]
