The weekend attack at the offices of Thai Rath newspaper was instigated by a “third party” but not aimed at hurting anyone, Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt. The attacker merely wanted to stir things up and make the incident appear to be a political issue, he suggested. Read more: The Nation
Pattaya Police have arrested the American Owner of an English Language Newspaper who is accused of attempting to extort 7 Million Baht from the Australian owner of a Beauty Clinic, to avoid publication of a potentially damaging story for his business. On Saturday Morning at Pattaya Police Station, Police Major General Jamnong, the Chonburi Provincial […]
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Chalerm Yoobumrung has filed a defamation suit against four newspapers for publishing allegations that he was drunk during Friday’s parliamentary session. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobumrung has appointed his lawyer Opas Sroyson to file a defamation complaint with the Samaedum Police against four newspapers for publishing allegations that he was […]
BANGKOK, 22 February 2012 (NNT) – The cabinet has given the green light for Thailand to host the World Newspaper Congress and the World Editors Forum in 2013. Deputy Government Spokesperson Pakdeeharn Himathongkham announced the cabinet’s resolution to accept the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers’ proposal to have Thailand host the World Newspaper […]
A possible attempt on the life of a local journalist working for an English Language Newspaper took place at the Rung Far Condominium in South Pattaya on Thursday Morning. Khun Anandar aged 44, who works for Pattaya Today Newspaper explained to Police that she was in the shower when a man, dressed only in underwear […]
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, 31 May 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) and media-related units have jointly launched the Thailand Information Centre for Civil Rights and Investigation Journalism (TCIJ) website to provide in-depth information on the upcoming election. The TJA, the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association, the Isra Institute – Thai Press Development Foundation and the Thai […]
Bangkok – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has approved a plan for the Royal Thai Navy to purchase six secondhand submarines from Germany for 7.7 billion baht (257 million dollars), a newspaper reported Monday. The U-206 Class subs, which are intended for missions in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, would constitute Thailand’s […]
