BANGKOK, 6 March 2011 (NNT) – The Airports of Thailand (AOT) is pushing for Chiang Mai International Airport to feature in the list of top 10 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) in the world. AOT President Serirat Prasutanond said the AOT had set a goal for Chiang Mai International Airport to be among the global top […]
CHIANG MAI, March 3 – The first day of Thailand’s royal rain-making operation in the North is proving successful as drought-affected areas will be targeted as a priority, according to Song Klinprathum, director of the Royal Rain Making Centre, Upper North office said. The timeframe of the rain-making operation plan this year runs through Oct […]
Bangkok (AIT News) – A powerful earthquake has hit Laos on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:53 PM. The quake measured magnitude 4.6. The earthquake struck 101 km (63 miles) E of Muang Nan, Thailand and 587 km (364 miles) NNE of Bangkok, Thailand. The quake was also felt in the area of northern Thailand […]
Lincolnshire couple found dead on Thailand holiday A couple from Lincolnshire have died while on holiday in Thailand, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed. George and Eileen Everitt, from Boston, were in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, when they died on 19 February. BBC
Thai police have arrested a French language instructor who allegedly sexually abused a young boy in Nan province. Police said the man sold photographs of the children on the internet. Nan Provincial Police have arrested a 48 year old (name removed), a French national language instructor who allegedly sexually abused a number of young boys […]
A 23-yr-old member of the Akha hill tribe in Northern Thailand has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of British music teacher and composer David Crisp. Awe Ye Piang, was sentenced by the Chiang Mai provincial court in Northern Thailand, but two other hill tribe men who were involved have still not yet […]
WLB Urges the Thai Government to Ensure the Protection of Civilians Fleeing Conflict (Thai-Burma Border, Thailand – 1 February 2011) A mother and two young boys seeking refuge in Thailand have been seriously injured by shrapnel from mortars that landed across the Thai-Burma border on Sunday 30 January. The three injured are refugees from Karen […]
TAK PROVINCE, Thailand – Navy Seabees and Thai Army engineers are constructing a new school building at Pa Ka Mai School to improve the quality of life of residents in the area as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 Jan. 18 though Feb. 20, 2011. The schoolhouse construction is part of a series of humanitarian […]
