BANGKOK, 3 April 2012 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) has tightened security at 6 airports nationwide following a series of bomb blasts in Songkhla and Yala provinces. AOT President Flying Officer Anirut Thanomkulbutra said that in light of the three bombings in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district and Yala province, security has been increased […]
PHNOM PENH, April 3 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak agreed on Tuesday to step up security measures at border crossings following the weekend’s deadly car bomb attacks in Thailand’s two southern border provinces which killed 15 people. Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Towichakchaikul told reporters that the Thai and […]
Security agencies believe insurgents behind the vehicle bomb attacks in Yala over the weekend belong to a group close to an insurgent leader behind the Hat Yai airport bomb attack in 2005. The security agencies have also learned the identity of an insurgent behind the bomb attack at the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in Hat […]
HAT YAI, April 2 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday inspected the scene of the weekend’s devastating car bombing at the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in Songkhla’s Hat Yai commercial district and ordered deployment of the Arintarat police commando unit to the area. Giving words of encouragement to boost the morale of Hat […]
Car bomb attacks in Yala and Hat Yai district in Songkhla have badly affected tourism and local businesses, and a quick recovery is important in salvaging plunging visitor confidence in Thailand, hoteliers and business operators said yesterday. A large number of tourists from Malaysia and Singapore who remain in Thailand have been relocated to other […]
BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 (NNT) – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport has been named the 7th best airport in the world for 2011 among airports with passenger traffic of more than 40 million per year. Flying Officer Narongchai Tanadchangsaeng, Deputy General Manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport (Operation Line), said the Airports Council International (ACI) has disclosed its […]
BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 (NNT) – Thai Police Chief Police General Preawpan Damapong chaired the opening ceremony of a campaign called ‘The White Suvarnabhumi’, with an objective to reduce the smuggling of illegal drugs and theft in and around the airport. Seminars have also been provided to train airport staff and those involved in the […]
Four men in a pickup snatched a moneybag with Bt4.1 million in it from a cash transport truck in Sing Buri after shooting a guard, then chased an armoured van at high-speed in an attempt to steal three other bags. Police are looking for the silver Isuzu D-Max used by the four robbers. Witnesses reported […]
