27-11-2011
CHAING MAI, Nov 26 - The International Horticultural Exposition Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2011 is fully ready to open, expecting to attract over 2 million visitors and generating over Bt300 million.
27-11-2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A busy bridge collapsed Saturday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring many more as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, police and witnesses said.
26-11-2011
NARATHIWAT, Nov 25 -- The southern border province of Narathiwat on Friday declared eight districts as flood disaster zones, while its neighbouring province of Pattani declared its provincial seat as a flood disaster zone.
26-11-2011
Reporters Sans Frontieres had called on media not to send female journalists to cover crisis following two sexual assaults.
26-11-2011
BANGKOK, Nov 25 – Thailand’s public is more satisfied with the military’s performance in assisting flood victims, and the least satisfaction was accorded local politicians, according to a new opinion poll released on Friday.
25-11-2011
His NBA career may have come to an end, but Chinese basketball star Yao Ming isn't taking retirement lightly. Currently enrolled in classes at Shanghai Jiaotong University, the 31-year-old is venturing into business, setting up a wine company to meet a growing thirst for the tipple in his home country.
25-11-2011
A California man was convicted of seeking visa extensions for Thai welders purportedly hired for a construction job when in reality they were forced to work at restaurants and live in deplorable conditions, prosecutors said Wednesday.
25-11-2011
Pattaya City in cooperation with several agencies will host a charity concert to assist the flood victims. The proceeds after deducting expenses will be donated to the Water Foundation under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King.
25-11-2011
Pattaya police arrested a British national who, according to the arrest warrant, unlawfully entered and destroyed the victims property.
24-11-2011
From Russia without love! Newsreader makes one-finger gesture to camera when she mentions Obama's name.
24-11-2011
BANGKOK, Nov 23 - Thailand's Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a 61-year-old man to 20 years in jail for sending text messages deemed insulting the country's revered monarch to a private secretary of former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
24-11-2011
BANGKOK, Nov 24 -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is on high alert keeping watch on the flood status in inner Bangkok fearing that the dismantling of the giant sandbag 'big bag' barrier at Don Mueang's Directorate of Air Operations Control intersection on Phahonyothin Road could increase the water level at Kaset intersection and Lat Phrao, according to Deputy City Clerk Chumphol Sampaopol.
23-11-2011
South Korea's parliament has ratified a free-trade deal with the US, after years of wrangling over the issue.
23-11-2011
BANGKOK, Nov 22 –Thai exports in October were valued at US$17.19 billion, only 0.3 per cent growth, the lowest reported in two years, said Deputy Commerce Minister Siriwat Kajornprasart, crediting the decline to the recent severe flood.
23-11-2011
NARATHIWAT, Nov 22 - Fifty pangolins, also called ‘scaly anteaters’ and a protected wildlife species, bound for China were intercepted by the Thai authorities on Tuesday morning in this southern border province.
23-11-2011
BANGKOK, Nov 22 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday reaffirmed that, her brother, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, is not on the list of convicts applying for the proposed royal pardon to be submitted for royal endorsement.
23-11-2011
“Aek” a known Pattaya locksmith got drunk. Drove his pickup and was allegedly "cut" by a foreigner on a motorbike. "Aek" pulled his BB gun and threatened the foreigner.
23-11-2011
A middle aged Sattahip woman depressed for two years after her son had been arrested accused of trying to kill her and her husband had divorced her.
22-11-2011
The UN-backed trial of the three most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, charged with crimes against humanity, has begun
22-11-2011
AYUTTHAYA, Nov 21 – Thailand’s historic central province of Ayutthaya, heavily hit in the recent floods, is holding a 'Big Cleaning Day' for the Bang Pa-In Industrial Estate after floodwaters have drained, according to Ayutthaya governor Wittaya Phewpong.