03-02-2012
Cambodian monks roaming the Pattaya streets lined with beer bars with their alms bowls asking foreigners for money at three in morning.
02-02-2012
Former Tottenham midfielder Hossam Ghaly was caught up in horrific scenes as at least 74 people were killed and 248 injured at a match in the Egyptian city of Port Said.
02-02-2012
BANGKOK, 2 January 2012 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to meeting representatives from a number of governments, in hopes of a success in convincing them to remove travel advisories against Thailand
02-02-2012
BANGKOK, 1 February 2012 -The Cabinet has given the green light to the Ministry of Culture’s proposal for Thailand to consolidate relationships with the Bay of Bengal countries by signing an MOU on the establishment of the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Commission and the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Observatory, which is hoped to be signed later this month.
02-02-2012
The earliest known copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" -- thought to have been painted at the same time as the original masterpiece -- has been discovered at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.
02-02-2012
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook unveiled what is expected to be Silicon Valley's largest ever initial public offering, but made it clear to outside investors that they will have little voice in its running, as founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will continue to exercise almost complete control.
02-02-2012
DALLAS — The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs — 15 percent of its workforce — as the nation's third-biggest airline remakes itself under bankruptcy protection.
01-02-2012
BANGKOK, Jan 31 - A human trafficking agent was arrested in the central province of Saraburi for smuggling foreign labourers from the Lao PDR to Thailand.
01-02-2012
BANGKOK, Feb 1 - The international rice trade is forecast to fall by approximately 1 million tonnes, or 5 per cent, this year as improved harvest prospects in several major importing countries may reduce overall demand after achieving a worldwide record of 34.5 million tonnes (milled basis) in 2011, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
01-02-2012
A bald British retiree was drugged with a strong hypnotic by a young woman wearing a hat who stole his belongings worth 400,000 THB. The woman is on the run and the police on the case.
01-02-2012
An American Pitbull terrier bites its co-owner viciously as she returns home. The large canine attacks the female co-owner and bit her upper body. The severely bitten woman is admitted to Banglamung hospital. She assumes that the dog might have been stressed because her foreign husband who usually look after the pitbull was not at home.
31-01-2012
An 18 year ya-ba dealer escaped from a police inspection. After a high speed pursuit he collided with a Pattaya volunteer police and was arrested. On his Honda bike the police found crystal methamphetamine, "ya-ice", and amphetamine tablets hidden under the seat.
30-01-2012
A Korat woman, owner of a tapioca field, took off her clothes to protest against the government tapioca pledging program. She pointed out that it cannot solve the problem of the decreasing price of tapioca and it is not fair to the farmers.
30-01-2012
A ladyboy entered into the room of a German national at night while he was not in the room, claiming that the German guy was his boyfriend but he said he had forgot the room key so he forced the door of the room open. The police didn’t believe him and thought that he wanted to steal property, the officer let the ladyboy try to contact the German but he could not. The owner of the apartment asked the police to arrest and prosecute according to the law.
30-01-2012
A traffic police with 3 subordinates at Na Jomtien police station, Chonburi province set up a check point and arrested a 18 year-old Trang man after a positive drug screening. The police asked the suspect for 5,000 THB cash in exchange for his release. The traffic police and his subordinates are under investigation.
30-01-2012
The police and Director of the Center for Subduing of Human Trafficking assisted a Cambodian girl and found that she was beaten by her step father and her mother with the 3 children who were all forced to be beggars, if on any day they cannot find money, all of them would be beaten severely.
29-01-2012
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28 -- Thai Prime Minister has convinced international business leaders that Thailand has prepared plans to prevent future flood crises and that the country has potential to be centre of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ready to offer investment privileges.
29-01-2012
BANGKOK, Jan 28 – Thai authorities in joint operation on Saturday detained 10 suspected drug dealers with 400,000 methamphetamine pills and 24 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as "ice," with a street value of Bt200 million in the capital.
28-01-2012
BANGKOK, 27 January 2012 - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will visit Thailand in February to meet with the Thai truth commission and lend his help on the country's reconciliation process.
28-01-2012
BANGKOK, Jan 27 – An opinion poll released Friday found that a substantial majority of respondents--77 per cent, or three out of every four persons polled--oppose the government idea of selling shares of PTT Plc, the state-owned oil and gas conglomerate, which would effectively privatise the state enterprise.