BANGKOK, Nov 11 (TNA) – Thailand’s business ministers meeting approved an investment plan to build a high-speed railway with a Bt100 billion budget for four main routes linking the Thai capital to the country’s four regions. According to Deputy Prime Minister, Korbsak Sabhavasu, four routes will depart from Bangkok to the northern province of Chiang […]
BANGKOK – THOUSANDS arrived in busloads to pray outside a Bangkok hospital on Friday for the swift recovery of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a day after concerns about his health sparked the biggest slide in a year in Thai stock prices. As Thais queued up to sign get-well books at Siriraj Hospital where the world’s […]
Leaders of the pack Bike events are not new to Thailand – indeed the Phuket and Chiang Mai Bike Shows have been drawing vast numbers of motorbike enthusiasts for years, as have smaller events in other cities all over the country. Now downtown Bangkok gets to host an event, with Siam International Bike Week 2009 […]
BANGKOK : Thousands of “Red Shirt” demonstrators loyal to Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok on Sunday to rally against the current government, police said. Crowds of red-clad protesters arrived mid-afternoon in the city’s historic quarter, where a 1,500-strong police force was on hand to prevent violence, although they said they were […]
BANGKOK – Thailand announced plans Friday to mobilise a 18,000-strong security force at a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders this month to prevent anti-government protests. The summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six dialogue partners – China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand – takes place in the […]
Four million sandbags have been prepared as temporary embankment walls to cope with coming floods in Bangkok at the peak of this month’s wet season, a deputy Bangkok governor said yesterday. The sandbags will be utilised to prevent flooding at 15 locations most prone to flash foods, said Phornthep Techapaiboon. Flood drainage operations and the […]
BANGKOK, Sept 28 (TNA) – The Airports of Thailand (AoT) will continue to improve and expand the country’s showcase Suvarnabhumi Airport with a new budget of 800 billion baht (US$23 million), AoT president Serirat Prasutanond said on the third anniversary of the airport’s opening. A Buddhist religious ceremony was conducted at the airport on Monday […]
His Majesty the King has recovered from his fever and is now eating and sleeping well, the Royal Household Bureau says. His body temperature has returned to normal and the medical team has reduced his intravenous drip and antibiotics intake, the bureau said yesterday in its fourth statement since His Majesty entered hospital. The King […]
