The “Yingluck government meets the people” television programme has been cancelled, government spokesman Teerat Rattanasevi said on Friday. Read more: Bangkok Post
A 18-year-old male teenager climbed a balcony to enter the room of a female officer who is off a well-known TV program. He tried to rape her but fortunately for her, her younger brother fought him off and the attacker fled the scene and he was arrested at the basketball court. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has come up with an idea to boost her flagging popularity – a reality TV show to prove that smart women are beautiful. The Thai Women Empowerment Fund has been assigned to produce the show in search of a “Smart Lady Thailand”, a Government House source said yesterday. Read more: The […]
YouTube has removed the “Rosetta Stone Thai” spoof video clip produced by US late-night TV show’s “Saturday Night Live” that portrays Thailand in a negative light, mocking the country as a destination for sex tourists. Apinand Poshaya-nond, deputy permanent secretary for culture, has confirmed the removal yesterday. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 3 September 2012 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Hong Kong office has joined hands with Hong Kong’s Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), bringing the 10 finalists of Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2012 to Thailand to mark 40th anniversary of the pageant. According to TAT’s Hong Kong Office Director, Thitiporn Maneenate, the Chinese-language […]
The “art or obscenity” scandal over the latest episode of Thailand’s Got Talent television show now threatens to expose grave violations of media ethics as allegations came out yesterday that the contestant in question had been “hired” to go on stage. Following strong criticism of the show’s Sunday episode showing a female contestant paint on […]
Thailand’s Culture Minister Sukumol Khunplome said Monday that she will seek an explanation from producers of a popular television show following a topless painting show aired on prime-time slot yesterday (June 17). Mrs Sukumol said she was shocked when viewing a video clip featuring a female contestant painting a canvas using her bare breasts in […]
BANGKOK, 26 April 2012 (NNT) – Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra said Thai media should vie for nothing but the truth in their news reports and constantly evolve to become adept at utilizing social media for the benefit of news propagation. On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Thai Television and the 35th […]
