BANGKOK, 3 March 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has assigned security units to closely monitor the mass gathering of the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) on 12 March. Prime Minister Abhisit advised the UDD against surrounding the Parliament building while the no-confidence debate is taking place. He stressed that the […]
BANGKOK, March 1 – Thailand’s Opposition Puea Thai Party on Tuesday lodged a no-confidence motion with the Speaker of House of Representatives against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and nine Cabinet members for their alleged failure in administration of the country and corruption. Puea Thai party-list MP Mingkwan Saengsuwan, in his capacity as head of the […]
BANGKOK, 1 March 2011 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Security Affairs Suthep Thaugsuban has pledged that the government will not use violence to disperse People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators near Government House. Mr Suthep confirmed that the government will not resort to violent crackdowns as speculated by the PAD. He insisted […]
BANGKOK, 26 February 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is adamant that the government’s effort to tackle the southern unrest has been effective, though not yet satisfactory, while urging the public to continue cooperating with the authorities. Giving a special lecture this morning at King Prajadhipok’s Institute, Prime Minister Abhisit insisted that the government […]
Drug dealers and influential mafia bosses are said to be funding the insurgency and attacks in the deep South, including the most recent car bombings, an analysis by the Fourth Army Area commander Lt-General Udomchai Thammasarorat showed. “They have also heightened their operations in response to extensive suppression by security forces and civilian authorities, and […]
A Ford Executive based at their plant in Rayong was found dead in his apartment at the Ananyar Condominium in Naklua on Thursday. A cleaner at the location discovered the body of Mr. Michael aged 50 from Australia, an executive security official working at the Ford Motor Company Factory in Rayong. He was lying, fully-clothed, […]
The Nation: Thailand will finally face off with Cambodia over the recent military clashes, at the United Nations Security Council next week, after earlier insisting that the border conflict be settled only at the bilateral level. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, who will represent Thailand in addressing the UN body on Monday, yesterday launched a scathing […]
BANGKOK, 9 February 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Education has ordered a closure of schools and other educational institutes along the Thai-Cambodian border in the wake of the border battles for safety of students and teachers. Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat announced that 62 schools and three other non-formal education centers have been ordered closed […]
