Tag: Authorities
Thai Government to urgently assist Thais stranded in Libya, New Zealand
BANGKOK, 24 February 2011 (NNT) – The government will urgently assist all Thai people residing in both Libya and New Zealand, according to Deputy Secretary [Read More…]
Drug rings may be behind Thailand’s Deep South insurgency
Drug dealers and influential mafia bosses are said to be funding the insurgency and attacks in the deep South, including the most recent car bombings, [Read More…]
Panda cub ‘to stay in Thailand for two more years’
The first Thailand-born panda cub, Lin Ping, will remain at the Chiang Mai Zoo for another two years after China accepted Thailand’s request to extend [Read More…]
Thailand’s Full Moon parties are ‘schoolies on steroids’
IT’S schoolies on steroids. A teenager’s paradise. No parents, no rules, no authorities, no police. No limits. Welcome to Thailand’s infamous Full Moon parties, where [Read More…]
More than $9 million in opium sent from Thailand seized at JFK airport
New York (CNN) — Authorities in New York seized more than $9 million worth of opium hidden inside a shipment of porcelain figurines last month [Read More…]
120 more bunkers to be built in Surin, Thailand
SURIN, 18 February 2011 (NNT) – Surin provincial governor Mr. Serm Chainarong said 120 more bunkers will be built along the border to protect the [Read More…]
Man wanted in New Zealand for child sex caught in Thailand
A Briton who allegedly fled New Zealand on a stolen passport while on bail for child sex offences here has been arrested in Thailand, Britain’s [Read More…]
Thailand: Riot in Ratchaburi prison kills two inmates
RATCHABURI : Two inmates were shot dead as riot police quelled an uprising by more than 100 prisoners at Ratchaburi Central Prison. More than 100 [Read More…]