Thailand’s Military Launches Yet Another Internal Investigation into Graft...
Labourers work on the giant bronze statue of former King Ram Khamhaeng (R) in Hua Hin, Thailand . . HUA HIN – Thailand’s military has launched yet another investigation into allegations of corruption...
View ArticleGlobal Scrutiny Mounts as Thailand’s Junta faces Backlog of Industry Problems
Thai officials inspect fishing boats docked at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s military junta is facing a snowballing backlog of safety and...
View ArticleThai Immigration Deports Three Russian Nationals
Gasanguseynov allegedly misappropriated money from people wishing to obtain parapsychological and extrasensory services. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong . . BANGKOK – Thai Immigration Police have deported...
View ArticleThai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha Say’s his Military Government will...
Self Appointed Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha . . BANGKOK – Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha reiterated Friday night that his government would remain in the office until July 2017 after...
View ArticleChiang Rai’s Lue Lai Kham Museum, Rare Fabrics Woven by Ethnic Tai Lue Artisans
Lue Lai Kham is a private museum of Lue textile and fabric museum. The owner, Mr. Suriya Wongchai, started collecting Lue textiles and traditional costumes by buying old clothes from Lue villagers and...
View ArticleTurkish President Returns Body of Russian Pilot Downed by Turkish Military
Russian Lt. Col. Peshkov’s body is on its way through Turkey to be flown back to Russia despite a slew of sanctioned approved by Putin Saturday. Photo AP . . ANKARA – Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet...
View ArticleChiang Rai Residents Bundle Up as Temperatures Drop
Motorcyclist bundle up as temperatures dropped to 18.5 degrees in Chiang Rai . . CHIANG RAI – The lowest temperature in Chiang Rai on Sunday was 18.5 degrees Celsius, decreasing from yesterday by 2...
View ArticleAmerican Christopher William Parker Arrested in Pattaya for U.S. Assault Charges
Christopher William Parker after his arrest in Pattaya Thailand . . PATTAYA -Chonburi Immigration Police have arrested an American Christopher William Parker, 53, wanted on assault charges back in the...
View ArticleBangkok Bound Tour Bus Overturns Killing 2, Injuring 49
The driver said he fell asleep at the wheel while passing through Chaiyo district . . ANG THONG – Two people are dead and 49 others, including foreign tourists were injured when a Bangkok-bound tour...
View Article67 Year Old American Deborah Lynn Huwen Falls to Her Death in Chiang Mai
The body was identified by police as 67-year-old Deborah Lynn Huwen from America . . CHIANG MAI – Pol Lt Yodmeekiat Manosao of Mae Ping police station has reported that a 67-year-old American woman has...
View ArticleFrench Authorities Say Frenchman Arrested with Fake Passport a Big Fish
Deputy national police chief Wut Liptapanlop describes the police case against Cabau. (Photo by Panupong Changchai) . . BANGKOK – Police say a Frenchman Andre Cabau, 35, arrested earlier this month for...
View ArticlePattaya Police Hunt for 5 Foreigners after Gang Style Kidnapping
Police are investigating a possible motive for the attack and are trying to locate the victim and the attackers. . . PATTAYA – Authorities in Pattaya are hunting for five foreigners after they were...
View ArticleJen’s Englsih Tip’s – Affect vs Effect
. . Affect is usually a verb, and effect is usually a noun. To affect something is to change or influence it, and an effect is something that happens due to a cause. When you affect something, it...
View ArticlePhilippine Court Finds U.S. Marine Guilty of Murdering Transgender Woman
Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted of homicide by first strangling Jennifer Laude and then dunking her head into a toilet . . OLONGAPO – A Philippine court on Tuesday convicted a U.S....
View ArticlePattaya Police Say Man Kidnapped by Foreign Gang is Former Australian Hell’s...
Pattaya police interview friends of Australian Wayne Rodney Schneider (inset), who was abducted from his Pattaya home early Monday. . . PATTAYA – Police Colonel Sukthat Pumpanmuang, commander of...
View ArticleLetter from U.N. High Commissioner Refutes Prayuth’s Statement “We did not...
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s stated last week that Thailand “did not know” that the men were under UNHCR protection. . . BANGKOK – According to the United Nations High Commissioner for...
View ArticleThailand’s Consumer Prices Fall for 11th Straight Month
People walk past a handbag shop at a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand. . . BANGKOK – The Commerce Ministry said Tuesday, Thailand’s consumer prices fell for the 11th straight month in November and...
View Article61 Year Old Thai Woman Charged with Sedition for Accusing Thai Military of...
A 61-year-old Thai woman is charged with sedition over alleged Facebook posts about an army-built tribute to Thailand’s monarchy that has been engulfed in corruption allegations. . . BANGKOK – A 61...
View ArticlePattaya Police Find Body of Former Hell’s Angel, American Arrested
, Police found Schneider body burred in a woodland area out of Pattaya . PATTAYA – Police Wednesday reported that the body of an Australian former Hells Angels member Wayne Rodney Schneider, 37, who...
View ArticleThailand Junta Downplays U.S. Federal Aviation Administrations Safety Rating
A mechanic works on a Thai Airways International jet engine at Suvarnabhumi airport . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s military-installed government Wednesday downplayed Thailand’s Department of Civil Aviation...
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