BANGKOK, Nov 20 (TNA) – New Politics Party (NPP) leader Sondhi Limthongkul claimed that he is targeted for being killed by a group who fear that his political party will expose corruption, saying that the grenade explosion behind stage at the ‘Yellow Shirt’ People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstration at Sanam Luang on November 15 […]
Bangkok – A Thai labourer allegedly killed a Cambodian co-worker with an axe early Friday after a heated and inebriated argument over the two countries’ deteriorating diplomatic relations, police said. Thai national Sinchai Namnon, 44, was the chief suspect in the slaying of Cambodian national Dieng, 40, who died shortly after midnight from a gash […]
Police have arrested two Thai nationals for trafficking in African ivory, a crime that carries a maximum four-year jail sentence, police said on Tuesday. Samat Chokechoima and Kanok Wongsarot were arrested on Monday in a sting operation in which Thai police posed as buyers of carved African ivory items, Police Lieutenant Colonel Thanayos Gengkasrikit, spokesperson […]
NEWARK, N.J. — A small-time actor and former children’s entertainer who was known for playing Santa Claus was sentenced Monday to nearly 20 years in prison for his role in an international sex tourism ring that preyed on young children. Wayne Nelson Corliss, whose 2008 arrest was the culmination of an international manhunt, had admitted […]
Bangkok – Hundreds of Thais on Wednesday protested outside a tobacco industry congress in Bangkok aimed at expanding cigarette consumption in Asia, already the fastest-growing market for tobacco products. “We would like the world to see we are opposed to the tobacco industry using Thailand as a base to promote and expand its markets in […]
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 […]
