Relief efforts are being stepped up as Thailand copes with its worst flooding in 50 years. Thais working at a key relief center say the disaster has helped foster a sense of national unity absent from the country’s recent years of political turbulence. Thai officials remained confident Sunday that flood walls protecting Bangkok would hold. […]
Thailand’s prime minister has assured that inner Bangkok will not be flooded but urged all city residents to keep a close eye on the situation. She also confirms there is no apparent need to announce a state of emergency to cope with the flooding. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she believed inner Bangkok will not […]
AYUTTHAYA, 10 October 2011 (NNT) – Lieutenant General Udomdej Sitabutr, Commanding General of the First Thai Army Area said flood barriers around Siriyalai Villa, one of Ayutthaya historical places, had been made higher to 5.9 meters while they had also been reinforced by layers of sandbags which had been laid around the Villa. According to […]
A 75 year old man was found dead next to a partially collapsed concrete wall inside an unfinished housing estate in East Pattaya. The family of Khun Chork’s was concerned he had not returned home on Tuesday Night and went to search for him and found him dead by the concrete wall. Read more: Pattaya […]
BANGKOK, 23 September 2011 (NNT) – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport is preparing for the possible rise in water levels around the airport as the water runoff from the North continues to increase. The Airports of Thailand (AoT) has sent a team of officers to inspect the areas around the airport and concluded that the current water […]
Two powerful earthquakes hit northern Burma last night, sending shock waves that shook buildings in many parts of Thailand and caused panic among high-rise residents in Bangkok. A 55-year-old woman, Hong Khamping, was killed when a concrete wall collapsed on her in Chiang Rai province, where the tremors were strongest. A 7-magnitude quake at 8.55pm […]
Thai protester scales hotel wall to evade capture BANGKOK — Thailand’s political crisis took a surreal twist Friday when an anti-government protest leader scaled down a hotel facade with a rope to evade arrest and drove off with two police officers taken hostage by his supporters. Arisman Pongruangrong’s escapade was the latest embarrassment for the […]
