Love was Litterally in the Air as Couples Exchange Vows in Hot-Air Balloons...
A couple dressed as Avengers show their marriage certificates at the hot-air balloon festival in Chiang Rai on Valentine’s Day today. – Photo Chinpat Chaimon . . CHIANG RAI – Love was literally in the...
View ArticleEcuadorian Woman Arrested at Bangkok Airport with 2.3 Kilo’s of Cocaine...
2.3 kilos of cocaine was found hidden in shampoo and skin cream bottles in the woman’s luggage. . . BANGKOK – Thai Narcotics police and customs officials has arrested a 56 year-old Ecuadorian woman...
View ArticleThailand’s Department of Health Hands out Prenatal Vitamins on Valentines Day
The giveaway is part of a programme called ”the campaign for red-cheeked Thai women to have children for the country using very magical vitamins”. . . BANGKOK – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s Older Half-Brother Reportedly Murdered in Malaysia
Kim Jong Nam (Right) had been critical of Kim Jong Un, reportedly saying in 2012 that he “won’t last long”because of his youth and inexperience. . . KUALA LUMPUR – The oldest half-brother of North...
View ArticleChina Says it has Stopped Organ Harvesting But Evidence Belies its Claims
International authorities should demand a full account of the real sources of organs in China before believing any more claims about reform. . . BEIJING – The Chinese government has claimed the country...
View ArticleBriton Toby James Nelhams Named as Third Suspect in the Murder of Tony Kenway...
Nelhams was one of three men sought by Thai police in the Jan. 24 shooting death of Tony Kenway, 39. . . PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Police have announced the arrest of Toby James Nelhams a British...
View ArticleTraffic Accident in Bandu Chiang Rai Leaves Nine Dead, Three Injured
The cement truck was swerving from a motorbike before it lost control killing 8 people in Ban Du District. – Photo Chayanit Itthipongmaetee . CHIANG RAI – Nine people were killed and four injured...
View ArticleWoman Carrying Vietnamese Passport Arrested in Assassination of Kim Jong Un’s...
Malaysian police said the 28-year-old woman detained was carrying a Vietnamese passport with the name Doan Thi Huong. . . KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian police arrested a woman Wednesday in connection with...
View ArticleMalaysian Police Arrest Two More Suspects Tied to the Murder of Kim Jong Nam
The three suspects – two women and a man – were picked up separately Wednesday and early Thursday. . . KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian authorities on Thursday announced the arrests of two more suspects in the...
View ArticleChina to Add Carfentanil and Three Related Synthetic Opioids to it’s...
It takes just two milligrams of Carfentanil to knock out a 2,000-pound African elephant . . SHANGHAI – China is adding the deadly elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and three related synthetic opioids...
View ArticleUkrainian National Busted in Bangkok for Credit Card Fraud
Karchkovskyi confessed that he sold credit-card account information for half of each card’s credit allowance. . . BANGKOK – Police have arrested 31 year-old Ukrainian National Oleksandr Karchkovskyi a...
View ArticlePhilippine President Pressed to Disclose $40 Million in Undeclared Bank Deposits
Philippine Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV pressed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Thursday to publicly release details of his bank accounts to disprove allegations that he had large sums of undeclared...
View ArticleUnidentified Foreigner Falls to His Death from Pattaya 30 Storey Condo in...
He was found dead on the ground near the condo’s underground parking lot near Jomtien beach . PATTAYA – Police are investigating the death of a foreign man, thought to be a Russian, believed to have...
View ArticleThailand Presented with 2,000-year-old Tipitaka Written on Palm Leaves from...
The abbot of Wat Saket recieves the 2,000-year-old Tipitaka from Norwegian ambassador to Thailand and a representative of the Conservation Institute of Schoyen. . BANGKOK – The Norwegian Ambassador to...
View ArticleThailand’s Junta Approves Controversial Coal Power Plant in Krabi
More than 600 people gather in Krabi province Monday to protest a government-backed plan for construction of a coal-fired power plant. – KRABI – Thailand’s Prime Minister said Friday that the National...
View ArticleThai Junta Cuts Healthcare Effecting 48 Million People Covered by Universal...
The Health cuts effect 48 million people covered by the health care system – BANGKOK – Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSC) has expressed concern that cutbacks in the Junta’s budget for...
View ArticleDutch Child Molester Sentenced to Five Year Jail Term in Cambodia
Convicted pedophile Sebastian Reuijl (left) is seen in Siem Reap province in a 2014 – Photo Phnom Penh Post – SIEM REAP – A Cambodian court has sentended Dutch National Sebastian Reuyl, 44, for five...
View ArticleAmerican Tom Claytor Survives Crash in Chon Buri Province
Documentary journalist Tom Claytor surveys damage to the plane he crashed in Chiang Buri. – Nation Photo – CHON BURI – American documentary journalist and pilot Tom Claytor survived a small aircraft...
View ArticleNorth Korean Man Arrested in Malaysia in Connection with the Murder of Kim...
A police statement says the man identified as Ri Jong Chol was arrested on Friday in Selangor near Kuala Lumpur – KUALA LUMPUR – A North Korea man has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with...
View ArticleThailand’s Prime Minister Say’s Thai Buddhists Should be Ashamed of their Sins
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha led his cabinet members to pay a courtesy call on His Holiness Somdet Phra Arayawongsakhatayan. – BANGKOK – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha addressing Thailand...
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