Thailand Ultra-Marathon 2014 – Review
The race started and finished at Cave Lodge,Photo by Mead Norton Photography - - MAE HONG SON – Race review by 3rd overall finisher Randy Travis of the Thailand Ultra-Marathon 100 km 2014, Thailand...
View ArticlePrayuth Orders Stricter Safety During Loy Kratong Festival
Loy Krathong Festival, November 2014 - - BANGKOK – Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha has called on relevant agencies to step up surveillance to ensure safety ahead of Loy Kratong Festival. In a...
View ArticleSignals, Barriers to be Finally Built at Railroad Crossings Following Rail...
ACM Prajin’s remarks were made following two rail accidents taking place recently in the Phetchaburi province southwest of Bangkok and Khon Kaen in the northeast. - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s Transport...
View ArticleRice Farmers Offered Short Term Interest Free Loans
Thai farmers cultivate rice near Chiang Saen. Thailand is the largest rice exporter in the world - - CHIANG RAI – In an attempt to assist farmers and to shore up rice prices, Thailand’s...
View ArticleSpanish Fraudster Luis Batlle Vilaseca Arrested at Bangkok’s Suvanabhumi Airport
Luis Batlle Vilaseca - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s Immigration Bureau have arrested Spanish national Luis Batlle Vilaseca wanted for fraud in Spain. Luis Batlle Vilaseca was a founder of a job agency...
View ArticleThai Power Firm’s Business Tactics ‘Use Burma’s Weak Laws’
More than 90 percent of electricity produced by the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong will be bought by EGAT RANGOON – One of the chief financiers of hydroelectric dams planned on Myanmar’s Salween River is...
View ArticleThailand’s Military Beefs up Security in Pattani after Bomb Attacks
Thai bomb squad units inspect the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Pattani province - - PATTANI – Thailand’s Military beefed up security in the southern border province of Pattani yesterday...
View ArticleMarkets, Not Governments Should Rule International Rice Prices
A defense volunteer stands on sacks of rice at a warehouse in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok BANGKOK – Rice exporters have won the contest against government intervention and populist...
View ArticleWorld Puppet Festival Kicks off in Bangkok
The two kilometers long parade of puppets featured puppet troupes from 80 countries, including Thailand, military bands, as well as cultural shows. - BANGKOK- The 2014 World Puppet Festival has begun...
View Article37 Year Old Japanese National Taro Okada Hangs Himself in Bangkok Restaurant
Pol Lt Piyawit Thongdet, said Taro Okada, aged 37, was found hanging by an electric cable - - BANGKOK – Thai Police in Bangkok’s Wattana district have reported that Japanese National Taro Okada was...
View ArticleThai Airways Adjusts Flight Schedules for Chiang Rai to Avoid Loy Krathong...
Floating lanterns during Loy Krathong Festival Chiang Rai - CHIANG RAI – Thai Airways International Public Company Limited has announced an adjustment to its flight schedules and cancellation of some...
View ArticleAmericans Abroad Wanting to Give up Citizenship Due to Foreign Account Tax...
Last year more than 1,500 expats gave up their US citizenship, according to the Federal Register, up from 235 in 2008 BANGKOK – A staggering number of Americans residing abroad are tempted to give up...
View ArticleThailand’s Generals Promiss Peace ‘Within a Year’ in Southern Provinces
A Thai member of the security forces stands guard at the site where an Islamic leader was shot dead as he was traveling on a motorcycle in Thailand - BANGKOK – Thailand’s military government vowed on...
View ArticleThailand’s Police Chief May Introduce Police Draft?
Thailand is mulling the re-introduction of police draft to boost its ranks by several thousand each year - BANGKOK – Thailand is mulling the re-introduction of police conscription(Draft), a spokesman...
View ArticlePrayuth Orders Media to Stop “Presenting News” on Thaksin
Deposed Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L), her brother and former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (C) and Yingluck’s son posing for a picture with a panda at a zoo in Chengdu in China’s Sichuan...
View ArticleThai Military Intensifies Security Measures for Southern Border Schools
Thai soldiers walk past Muslim students while checking security at a classroom in Pattani Province, southern Thailand - - NARATHIWAT – Schools in the three southern border provinces of Narahitwat, Yala...
View Article27 Year Old French National Thomas Faveray Alexander Hangs Himself in Chiang Mai
Thai Emergency response team at Apartment - - CHIANG MAI – Police in Chiang Mai City have reported that French National Thomas Faveray Alexander, 27 was found hanging in an apartment on Ratchadamnoen...
View ArticlePirate Bay Co-Founder Fredrik Neij Arrested at Nong Khai Province Thailand
A Thai immigration officer, left, shows a paper document to Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij at immigration office in Nong Khai province on Tuesday - - NONG KHAI – Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij one of the...
View ArticleThai Military Arms Non-Muslim Villagers in Thailand’s South
“They need weapons for self-defense… they can’t fight with just wooden sticks,” ISOC spokesman Colonel Banphot Phunphien said. - - YALA – Thai authorities have distributed hundreds of assault rifles...
View ArticleBio-Rad Laboratories Fined $55 million for Thailand Bribes
Regulators said the company paid some $7.5 million in bribes - - WASHINGTON – Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has agreed to pay about $55 million to resolve U.S. authorities’ allegations that it failed to...
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