First the Junta takes Democracy, Now it’s the 300 Baht Minimum Wage
Minister blames Minimum wage for the current export slump Thailand is now facing. BANGKOK – Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, one of Thailand’s major labour organizations is up in arms over...
View ArticleIraqi National Arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport with Fake Documents
Saif Hussein Ali Anbagi, was detained for questioning . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Immigration police today arrested Iraqi national, Saif Hussein Ali Anbagi, 22, at Suvarnabhumi airport after finding his...
View ArticleThailand’s Junta Scrambling to Boost Image on Human Trafficking
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha answers questions from journalists . BANGKOK -Thailand’s Military Junta is eager to show its new-found toughness on human trafficking, taking reporters on...
View ArticleLawyers Slam Thailand’s Junta for Cancellation of Human Rights Discussion
Police officers inside the Foreign Correspondents Club to deliver letters to human rights panelists BANGKOK – Head of the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), Yaowalak Anupan has told reporters...
View ArticleKhon Kaen Police Nab Nigerian Facebook Swindler
In February a Nigerian man and his Thai girlfriend are caught for swindling over 5 million baht from people via online . KHON KAEN – Police have arrested a Nigerian National Sunday in Khon Kaen for...
View ArticleVan Transporting Chinese Tourist Crashes in Phetchaburi Province, Killing 3
The overturned van struck a tree after skidding . PHETCHABURI – Three Chinese tourists from Hong Kong have died and three others were critically injured, including a woman and her four-year-old son,...
View ArticleGreater Mekong Sub-Region to Attend Economic Forum in China
Chinese Cargo Ship unloads its cargo at Chiang Saen Port . . KUNMING – The Deputy Permanent-Secretary of Interior Ministry, Maitri Inthusut, has revealed that governors from provinces along the...
View ArticleChiang Rai Vendors Lay a Beating to Indian National distributing Fake Bt500...
Fake 500 Baht Notes – Photo Thai Visa . CHIANG RAI – Pol Lt Gen Worayuth Kanthasorn, a duty inspector of Mueang Chiang Rai police station, has detained an Indian National for distributing fake 500 baht...
View ArticleThailand’s Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vows to Eliminate Corruption
Gen Prayut affirmed his administration’s intention to tackle corruption at a ceremony that was transmitted via video-conference to provincial government offices . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister...
View ArticleBritons Wife Get 12 Years for Orchestrating his Murder in Bali
Robert Kelvin Ellis, pictured with his wife Julaikah Noor Aini BALI – The wife of Briton Robert Ellis who ordered his contract killing was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison by an Indonesian...
View ArticleBriton Alice Davies Recovers in Koh Samui Hospital After Being Struck by Boat...
Rescue workers bring Alice Davies who was struck by a boat propeller to a hospital on Koh Samui . SURAT THANI — Alice Louise Davies a 20-year-old British sustained severe leg injuries when she was...
View ArticleNaked Tourists Blamed for Mount Kinabalu Earthquake in Malaysia
The earthquake occurred just a week after a group of 10 tourists, among them two Canadian, two Dutch and a German national, took pictures of themselves in the buff on Mount Kinabalu. . JAKARTA –...
View ArticleAustralian Expat “Captain Mark” Exonerated of Murder in Phuket
Mark Pendlebury has been living in Thailand about 10 years PHUKET – Murder Charges against a 59-year old Western Australian Mark Pendlebury in Phuket have been dropped after security footage backed...
View ArticleCanadian Ambassador Seeks Canadian Business Investment for Thailand
Ambassador Calvert attending a Canadian Food & Wine Event / Wine Dinner at The Plaza Athenee Bangkok . . BANGKOK – Canada’s Ambassador to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Philip Calvert paid a courtesy visit...
View ArticleUniversity Students Arrested for Tweeting Naked Photo’s in Chiang Mai
It took about a week to track down and arrest Hariphat Phuphansamrit and Surapong Khaophong. . CHIANG MAI – Two Chiang Mai University students, Hariphat Phuphansamrit, 20, and Surapong Khaophong, 22...
View ArticleTop Monk Charged with Raping 16 Year Old Girl in Nakhon Sawan
Abbot Phra Wirat and his junior monk Phra Ret face charges of raping the 16-year-old girl . NAKOK SAWAN – Pol Maj Wicharn Sribanthao has reported that an abbot of temple Wat Khao Leb-nga in tambon...
View ArticleChiang Rai Authorities find 700,000 Meth Pills in an Abandoned Truck
Authorities inspect speed pills wrapped in black plastic packs found in an abandoned pickup truck in Chiang Rai’s Muang district on Wednesday evening. (Photo by Chinpat Chaimon) . CHIANG RAI –...
View ArticleTruck Collides with Train in Phitsanulok, 1 Dead, 1 Injured
Rescue workers of the Prasat Boonsatharn Phitsanulok Foundation rushed to the railway crossing scene . . PHITSANULOK – A 22-year-old Thai National has been killed and another seriously injured when...
View ArticleCanadian Jean Caroche 65, Found Dead by Marine Police in Pattaya
Mr. Caroche was found floating face-down between Koh Larn and Koh Jun . . PATTAYA – Marine Police have found the body of a 65-year-old Canadian, Jean Caroche who had been missing since Tuesday after...
View ArticleChiang Rai Development Project on Hold Due to Higher Land Prices
Cargo trucks parking in Chiang Saen Commercial Port. An important gateway in northern Thailand to the Greater Mekong Subregion . CHIANG RAI – Muang Ngeun Industrial Estate, a major industrial estate...
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