One passenger and five crew members were slightly injured when a Thai Airways International flight from Jakarta hit turbulence on Monday, an airline executive said. THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira said Tuesday that Flight TG434 from the Indonesian capital hit clear-air turbulence while the aircraft was flying over Singapore, injuring seven people, one of them a […]
An ongoing trial involving a Singaporean couple and their treatment of the migrant domestic worker they employed has shone a light on the exploitation and disempowerment that many female migrant workers face in the wealthy city-state. Lim Choon Hong, a trader, is being charged with contravening the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012 […]
BANGKOK, 17 November 2015 (NNT) – The Singapore Defence Minister has paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his official visit to Thailand. Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen met with PM Prayut at Government House on Monday as a part of his itinerary during his visit to the country as a […]
BANGKOK, 8 August 2015 (NNT) – The Prime Minister will be attending the 50th anniversary celebration of Singapore on 9 August 2015 along with the world’s global leaders, PMO spokesman says. The Deputy Spokesman of the Prime Minister’s Office Col Weerachon Sukondhapatipak has revealed that Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will be attending the 50th […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is now on a tour of ASEAN countries after having visited China last week. Matichon Online said Thaksin is now in Singapore after having visited and made merit at Xishuangbanna, a Tai Lü autonomous prefecture in the south of Yunnan Province of the People’s Republic of China, and Hong Kong. […]
NRC member Sungsidh says Singapore has earnt a huge sum from its casinos and Thailand could reap even more Police chief General Somyot Poompanmoung yesterday backed a controversial proposal to permit legal casinos, saying he would open a website to sound out public opinions on the issue. Read more: The Nation
More than 28,000 people gathered in Singapore’s Hong Lim Park to celebrate Pink Dot, an annual assembly in the city to promote inclusivity, diversity and LGBT rights. This is the biggest Pink Dot event ever since it started in 2009. Last year, Pink Dot drew a crowd of 26,000. This year’s theme, ‘Where Love Lives,’ […]
BANGKOK, 12 June 2015 (NNT) – Bilateral relations between Thailand and Singapore have been tightened during an official visit to the City State by Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha. PM Prayut on Thursday traveled to Singapore following an invitation from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as the two leaders have planned to strengthen relations between […]
