Thailand’s Aviation Sector “Red Flagged” over Safety Concerns
Thai Airways issued a statement saying that it operates with the highest safety standards. . BANGKOK – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has “red flagged” Thailand over significant...
View ArticleThailand taking Positives from FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada
Players of Thailand line up for photograph before the Group B match VANCOUVER – Thailand’s Women’s football team were given anything but an easy time with their group stage assignments, when making...
View ArticleThailand’s Junta Leader Compliments Himself Over his Self Imposed Leadership
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha press conference after the cabinet meeting . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Junta Leader Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha stated in a televised interview over the...
View ArticleAussies Assaulted over Bar Bill in Chiang Mai
The Aussies drank 13 bottles of beer and had five escort women at the bar sitting and drinking with them . .CHIANG MAI – Two thai teenagers Samart Thantrakul and Nitikorn Laolee, have been detained by...
View ArticleChiang Rai Villages find Huge Stash of Methamphetamine in Mae Lao District
Police called to the scene found 20 fertilizer sacks – File Photo . . CHIANG RAI – Pol Col Prathak Charoensil, deputy Chiang Rai police chief, has reported that more than two million speed pills and...
View ArticleOfficials Plan to Promote Phaya Phi Phak Forest Park as Important Historical...
Phaya Phi Phak Forest Park . CHIANG RAI– Government agencies in Chiang Rai province have gathered at a meeting to discuss plans to promote the little-known Phaya Phi Phak Forest Park as an important...
View ArticleUS Expat Gets 22 Years for Exploiting Underage Thai Girls
Waldrip, 64, from Douglasville, Georgia, was arrested when he arrived in Honolulu with a laptop computer containing sexually explicit photos and videos of minors. . . HAWAII – Former Thailand Expat...
View ArticleThai Monk Get Bail after Sexually Abusing Teen Girl
The monk was wanted on charges of sexually abusing a girl below the age of 15, depriving her of parental care, and colluding in the possession of firearms . . NAKHON SI THAMMARAT – Thai Authorities...
View ArticleBangkok Health Officials Offer Free HIV Testing
Bangkokians get free HIV tests twice a year at any BMA Health Centers. BANGKOK – Deputy Governor of Bangkok Pusadee Tamthai who presided over the launching ceremony of the Bangkok Metropolitan...
View ArticleChiang Rai Officials Perplexed over Heat Emanating from Under Home
Mr Sawang then broke through the wall of the room for officials to investigate further, hot vapor poured from the wall CHIANG RAI -Thoeng District chief Sutthiluck Rakcharoen has reported that...
View ArticleThailand’s Junta Backtracking on it’s Promise of a Return to Democracy
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha BANGKOK – It is becoming less clear when Thailand’s military ruler Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha head of the National Council for Peace and Order will step aside, as...
View ArticleThailand’s Women Football Team Arrives at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Members of the Thai women’s national soccer team arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport. Photo: Bangkok Post BANGKOK – Hundreds of well-wishers greet Thailand’s women football team at Suvarnabhumi airport...
View ArticleAuthorities Fear Chiang Rai’s Friendship Bridge Fueling Drug Trafficking
The bridge links two of the countries comprising the Golden Triangle, through which most heroin and methamphetamine passes on its way to Thai, Chinese and world markets . CHIANG RAI – Officials from...
View ArticleChiang Rai Hothouse Caused by Faulty Electrical
Electricians cut power to home in Ban Nong Raed Nua Moo 2 village of Thoeng district CHIANG RAI – A team of electricians were sent to inspect the house of Sawang Siri-ard, 71, in the Ban Nong Raed Nua...
View ArticleFormer USA Football Star Travis O’Neel Dies in Bangkok
Travis O’Neel and wife in London BANGKOK – American National and former University of North Dakota linebacker Travis O’Neel died Tuesday at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok with his wife,...
View ArticleThailand Student Charged over Pro Democracy Protest in Bangkok
Thai pro-democracy activists demonstrate outside Pathumwan Police Station in Bangkok as they mark the one-year anniversary of Thailand’s military coup BANGKOK – Natchacha Kongudom a Thai student was...
View ArticleMarine Police Recover Body of Russian Tourist on Koh Larn Island
Sawangboriboon Pattaya Foundation recovering Russians Body . PATTAYA -Pattaya police and rescue workers from Sawangboriboon Pattaya Foundation were rushed to Sam beach on Koh Larn to examine the body...
View ArticleChiang Rai Hosts ASEAN Disaster Medical Rally
Thailand and 10 other countries in the region will compete against one another as part of emergency medicine training . CHIANG RAI – The Province of Chiang Rai will play host to an international...
View ArticleChina Blames Drug Problem on Golden Triangle
Authorities bust a gang of drug traffickers in Yunnan province, which borders the Golden Triangle YUNNAN – China’s cabinet has issued a report stating the “Golden Triangle” region remains the...
View ArticleJunta to Teach Journalists how to Question Prayuth
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha BANGKOK – Junta Extraordinaire, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha once again targets Thai Media saying on Thursday he was not afraid of the press, days...
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