BANGKOK, 30 September 2010 (NNT) – The Center for Economic and Business Forecasting (CEBF) of the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce express concerns over baht appreciation that may harm the regional economy. CEBF Director Tanawat Polwichai stated that a strong baht was the current problem toward regional economy, particularly in the Northern, Northeastern and […]
The daughter of the late-Khattiya Sawasdipol, a radical red-shirt supporter and army specialist has announced her intention of leading the political party founded by her father in the next election. In Amnat Charoen province, Khattiyaa Sawasdipol, who is the daughter of late-Major General Khattiya Sawasdipo or Seh Daeng , a radical red-shirt supporter and army […]
A Thai police officer accused of killing a Calgary man is again facing murder charges. Leo Del Pinto, 25, was shot twice while visiting northern Thailand in January 2008. An off-duty Thai police officer, Sgt. Uthai Dechawiwat, was charged with his murder. Those charges are still in court. On Monday morning, Del Pinto’s father received […]
Ubon Ratchathani and Nakhon Sawan are picked as the principal locations of five nuclear power plants, with combined capacity of 5,000 megawatts, said a source from the Energy Ministry. He cited huge local resistance in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani, which made it impossible to locate the power plants in the two Southern provinces. […]
BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The Thai Meteorological Department indicates high chances of heavy rainfalls in the northern, northeastern and central regions of Thailand during the next days ahead. According to the latest forecast issued by the Meteorological Department, a low-pressure trough was moving through the lower north, lower northeastern, central and eastern. As […]
BANGKOK, 18 September 2010 (NNT) – The anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has released a caravan of 50 red vehicles from Bangkok this morning heading north to join other groups of protestors in Chiang Mai. An assemblage of the red-shirt UDD supporters has taken off on a journey from Bangkok this morning […]
Foreigners are warned by the US Embassy, Bangkok, to use caution in Bangkok and in and around Chiang Mai as the Red Shirts begin yet another demonstration which could turn violent as the 4th Anniversary of the ousting of Prime Minister Thaksin and the fourth month anniversary of the end of the Red Shirts protests […]
CHIANG MAI, Sept 15 – Anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in the northern province of Chiang Mai, a major Red Shirt stronghold, on Wednesday promised a peaceful demonstration to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 19 coup which toppled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power. Pichit Tamool, secretary […]
