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Thai Government Endorses Amendments to Criminal Code Toughening Child...
The amendment also means that molesters of children aged under 13 years will no longer be able to claim they did not have knowledge of the child’s age when the crime was committed. - BANGKOK – The...
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Prayuth Wants to Improve Remote Schools through Satellite Education
The satellite classroom services used due to a shortage of teachers - CHIANG RAI – The Deputy Minister of Education revealed that the Prime Minister wants to extend the satellite classroom services to...
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Greek National Pavlot Pevosiatis Arrested for Attempted Murder and Illegal...
Pavlot Pevosiatis, was arrested on the island of Koh Kood TRAT – Pol.Lt. Chawankitti Sanongkoon has reported Greek National Pavlot Pevosiatis has been arrested for attempting to murder a Russian...
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APEC 2014 – Countries Agreed to Extradition of Corrupt Officials
APEC 2014 Concluding Senior Officials Meeting at China National Convention Center in Beijing. BEIJING – Asia Pacific countries agreed yesterday to cooperate on the extradition of corrupt officials,...
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81% of Students in Thailand Admit Cheating at an Early Age
Kasetsart University forced to wear special “anti-cheating” headgear that was designed and constructed by the students themselves to be worn as a deterrent to cheating during exams. BANGKOK –...
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Manager’s Role Beckons for Nakhon Pathom United’s Peter Withe
Nakhon Pathom United FC manager Peter Withe NOKHON PATHOM – For a man who once scored the winning goal in a European Cup final for the reigning English champions, it may have seemed like a small...
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Belgian National Xavier Marco Killed in Hua Hin Motorcycle Accident
Rescue workers said the 400cc Kawasaki Ninja that he was riding had no license plate and was badly damaged. HUA HIN – Belgian National Xavier Marco has died after his motorcycle crashed into a...
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Wanted Belgian Patrick Lagrou Arrested in Phuket
Patrick Marc Maurice Lagrou, 55, - PHUKET – Immigration Police have arrested Belgian Patrick Marc Maurice Lagrou, 55, who is wanted in Belgium for trading in contraband and marijuana cultivation,...
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Laos Oil Tanker Explodes in Chiang Saen
Pol Lt Col Thaninwat Hiranchawengsak said Firefighters took more than two hours to put out the blazing vessel. - CHIANG RAI – An Oil Tanker from Laos docked at Ha Chiang port on the Mekong River...
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Prayut Discusses Chiang Rai’s Route R3A Project and High Speed Rail Project...
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping - BEIJING – In a private meeting at the APEC Summit in Beijing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has told China’s...
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Thailand’s Military Government Once Again Trying to Prevent Foreign Control...
General Prayuth Chan-ocha gives a traditional greeting to foreign chamber of commerce members before a meeting at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok after Coup. BANGKOK – Foreign businesses...
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Jet Fuel Leakage at Chiang Mai Airport
A cleanup crew works in the drainage ditch, scooping up aircraft fuel leaked from a pipeline at Chiang Mai airport, on Monday. (Photo by Cheewin Sattha) - CHIANG MAI – Cleanup of aircraft fuel that...
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Tim “Sharky” Ward Confronts Pattaya Police Accusing them of Theft
Sharky claims that 1 Million Baht in cash and 1 Kilo of Gold was stolen from his apartment during a “fake” drugs raid on 28th September. PATTAYA – Once a former Australian loan shark and body...
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New Road Link Project to Mae Fah Luang Airport to be Completed 2015
Mae Fah Luang Airport - CHIANG RAI – The Department of Rural Roads has launched a project to build a Western Ring Road expressway in Chiang Rai to allow easier access to the Mae Fah Luang Airport in...
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Remembrance for Allied Soldiers at the Don-Rak War Cemetery
Don-Rak War Cemetery - KANCHANABURI – Delegates from England, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand have attended the World War Remembrance Ceremony for Allied soldiers. The British Ambassador to...
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British Police Prepare Report on Koh Tao Murders
The British detectives will compile a report after reviewing the Thai investigation into the deaths of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller - KOH SAMUI – Officers from the UK’s Scotland Yard who flew to...
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Thailand’s Skier Vanessa Mae Banned for ‘Manipulating’ Qualification Times
Violinist Vanessa Mae a British citizen, competed for Thailand at the Games in Russia in February under her father’s surname of Vanakorn, finishing a distant last of the 67 finishers in the giant...
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Thai Immigration Arrests 5 Foreign Nationals in 3 Days
- They asked the victim to pay them another $30,000 to buy a chemical that would turn the black banknotes into usable currency. - BANGKOK – Two Liberians suspected to be part of a “black money scam”...
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Swiss Tourist Suter Hanspeter Missing on Koh Tao
SURAT THANI – A Swiss tourist is missing on Koh Tao, and has not been seen since he went swimming on Saturday, Koh Tao mayor Chaiyan Turasakul said on Monday night. Mr Chaiyan said Suter Hanspeter,...
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No Victory in the War on Drugs in Northern Thailand
A Thai police officer keeps watch in front of bags of drugs before they were destroyed - CHIANG RAI – Two recent developments show how the war on illicit drugs is literally never-ending. At home, the...
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