BANGKOK, Jan 18 – The Cabinet on Tuesday extended the state of emergency in Thailand’s three southernmost insurgency-plagued provinces for another three months. The extension is the 22nd since the law was introduced in mid-2005 to restore peace in the southern border region. The special law facilitates the operations of security agencies and allows them […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Sunday promised that his government will reduce crimes by 20 per cent in six months. He said the government will install more security cameras in remote spots and increase police patrols in such areas to prevent crimes. The measure is part of the people’s agenda for 2011 announced at the Queen […]
28 December 2010 – The United Nations refugee agency today urged Thailand not to forcibly return a group of some 166 Myanmar nationals who fled their country amid renewed fighting and are currently seeking temporary protection from the Royal Government. On 25 December, the Thai authorities asked the group from Myanmar to return to their […]
After four years in operation, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, which has set its sight on being one of the top 10 best airports in the world still find itself plagued with many problems. The airport, which had been on a drawing board for nearly four decades prior to its construction, has faced a series of problems […]
Some 3,000 policemen will be deployed to keep security at the Rajprasong Intersection on New Year Eve, Police Commissioner-General Pol Gen Wichien Phojphosri said Wednesday. A countdown activity is normally held at the Central World at the intersection. Wichien said police expect no untoward incidents but the police will be deployed to guard the area […]
A Japanese woman was found dead after she fell from her room on the eighth floor of a condominium in Pattaya on Friday night. Police said they found no signs of foul play. Nobuko Wachida , 63, had lived with her husband at the condominium Yoshikasu Wachida, 67, for years. On Friday before she fell […]
Hua Hin police were notified of the murder of a foreign national on December 13th. The discovery was made in a locked room at Prasopchok Guesthouse on Petchkasem Road, it appears the deceased had been there for at least a week. Mr Christopher Schnitzer, a 67 year old Swiss national was found with head and […]
BANGKOK, 12 December 2010 (NNT) – The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) has rescheduled the date for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s visit, citing reshuffling of its members. Mr Thaksin’s Legal Advisor Noppadol Pattama announced the postponement of the CSCE for the former premier to address a forum titled “Thailand: Democracy, […]
