Tag: Songkran
Red Shirts flock to greet ex-premier Thaksin in Cambodia
SI SA KET, April 14 – Several thousand Red Shirts on Saturday crossed a border checkpoint in the northern province of Si Sa Ket to [Read More…]
Eight people wounded by gunfire in Pattani bus attack
PATTANI, April 13 – Presumed insurgents opened fire at a bus in this violence-plagued province, wounding eight persons, mostly the elderly en route to make [Read More…]
Yingluck joins Songkran celebrations in Chiang Mai
CHIANG MAI, 13 April 2012 (NNT) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took part in an alms giving ceremony this morning in Chiang Mai province [Read More…]
Security tightened on Khao San Road for Songkran festival
BANGKOK, April 13 – Police stepped up security measures with extra vigilant teams on Bangkok’s Khao San Road, a popular tourist zone for backpackers and [Read More…]
Water Splashing Festival Songkran kicks off nationwide marking Thai New Year
BANGKOK, April 13 – Thai New Year revellers started the Songkran water splashing festival with making merit in a morning alms-giving ceremony and the water [Read More…]
Tourists flock to Hat Yai for holidays; bombed hotel reopens
SONGKHLA, April 12 – Malaysian tourists have begun their annual migration to Hat Yai and are checking in at the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel, which [Read More…]
First day of Songkran holidays: 30 killed, 373 injured in road accidents on Thursday
A total of 30 people were killed in road accidents in Thailand on Wednesday, the first of “seven dangerous Songkran holidays”, the Road Safety Centre [Read More…]
Cambodia deploys 4,500 police for Thaksin’s safety: Red Shirt leader
BANGKOK, April 12 – A key leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), Thailand’s Red Shirt movement, said Thursday that more than [Read More…]
