Stray Dog Saves Abandoned Baby in Chon Buri Province
Mr Pongsakorn said Nom Sod (meaning fresh milk in Thai) came from nowhere and snatched the bundle away with her mouth. CHONBURI – A stray a stray female dog, called Nom Sod (fresh milk) is being...
View ArticleSecond Human Trafficking Camp Found in Songkhla Province
Security forces at an abandoned jungle camp where the bodies of 26 migrants were found . SONGKHLA – Investigators in Songkhla Province have discovered five graves at a second remote jungle camp which...
View ArticleBank of Thailand Cuts Benchmark Interest Rate to 1.5 Percent
Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul BANGKOK – The Bank of Thailand (BOT) last week sent a triple whammy to the markets: In a surprise move, it cut its benchmark interest rate by 25...
View ArticleU.S. Diplomat Patrick Murphy Meets with Thai Justice Minister over Human...
W. Patrick Murphy, the US charge d’ affaires, leaves the Foreign Ministry BANGKOK – Thailand’s Justice Minister Gen. Phaitun Khumchaya and a U.S. charge d’affaires Patrick Murphy have met to discuss...
View ArticleChiang Mai Hit By Worst Tropical Storm in 60 Years
Electricity Poles knocked down by storm in Chiang Mai CHIANG MAI – The Governor Chiang Mai Province has reported that his Province has experienced its worst tropical storm in 60 years, which brought...
View ArticleThai Authorizes Order to Speed up Investigation into 1.75 Million Tons of...
1.75 million tonnes of adulterated and rotten rice stored at 186 warehouses throughout the Thailand BANGKOK – Board Chairwoman of Public Warehouse Organization, Mrs Chintana Chaiwannakarn, said...
View ArticleChiang Rai Residents Remember Earthquake of May 5th, 2014
A Buddhist monk looks at a damaged pagoda after an earthquake at Wat Chedi Laung in Chiang Rai province CHIANG RAI – The first anniversary of Thailand’s most destructive earthquake measuring 6.3 on...
View ArticleScientist Say Klong Marui Fault Line Cause of Phuket Quake
Phuket got another scare yesterday when a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck at 4.44pm in Thalang district PHUKET – Mr Burin Vechbanthoeng, deputy director-general of Meteorological Department, on...
View ArticleChiang Mai Police Seek Arrest Warrant to Prevent Flight Risk in Cyclists Death
Ms Phatchuda will be charged drunk driving as well as reckless driving causing death and injury. CHIANG MAI – Pol Maj-General Pacha Rattanapan told reporters at a press conference that Chiang Mai...
View ArticleBank of Thailand Offering Bt500,000 Banknotes for 1 Million Baht Each
A woman looks at a display for the 500,000-baht banknote at the Bank of Thailand booth at the Money Expo. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd) . BANGKOK – The Bank of Thailand is offering commemorative...
View ArticleThai Police Chief Benches 50 Police Officers Over Human Trafficking
Thailand’s national police chief General Somyot Poompanmoung, second from left, holds a pistol seized from one of the three suspects believed to be involved in the human trafficking network after mass...
View ArticleFormer Commerce Minister Banned for Politics for 5 Years
Former Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom BANGKOK – Thailand’s Military controlled National Legislative Assembly of Thailand has banned a former minister from office on Friday over corrupt rice...
View ArticleThailand’s Military Collects over 40,000 DNA Samples in Southern Provinces
Major General Anurut Kritsanakaraket, commander of the Southern Border Provinces Police Operation Centre, speaks to Reuters in Yala province, Thailand YALA – Thailand’s military controlled government...
View ArticleBackstreet Boys Dazzle Fans in Bangkok
The Backstreet Boys have been together for more than 20 years, sold 130 million records, going gold and platinum in 46 countries, and have a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame BANGKOK – Almost nine...
View Article23 Year Old Grandson Rapes his 86 Year Old Grandmother in Lop Buri Province
The victim, whose name has not been disclosed, sustained a broken jaw and swollen face after the attack. . LOP BURI – Police on Thursday arrested a 23-year-old grandson who allegedly admitted to raping...
View ArticleMultiple Dam’s Threatening Life on the Lower Mekong River
Laos’s Xayaburi hydropower dam enters its final, potentially irreversible stages of construction CHIANG RAI – Final stage construction has begun on the $3.5bn Xayaburi dam in a remote part of...
View ArticleChiang Rai United’s Apirak Worawong Shines Despite Loss to Sisaket FC
Apirak Worawong shined despite Beetles’ disappointing result CHIANG RAI – The Sisaket FC were disappointed in their last TPL fixture as they lost 1-0 to the “Hello” TOT SC on the midweek clash and,...
View ArticleTrue Mobile WWII Ad “The True Meaning of Giving” Takes the Internet by Storm
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Mobile Company True Move’s World War II-themed ad called “The True Meaning of Giving” has taken the Internet by storm, being viewed by more than 1.3 million people. Produced by...
View ArticleSouthern Thailand Mayor Nabbed for Human Trafficking
Officers take Mr Banjong, who turned himself in to police on Friday, to search his house SONGKHLA – Police have arrested the mayor of Padang Besar municipality in Songkhla province over his alleged...
View ArticleAustralian Paraded before the Media in Pattaya over Drug Possession
Australian David Andrew Vreeken PATTAYA – Australian expat David Vreeken has been arrested in Pattaya City after police found crystal methamphetamine and marijuana in his Pattaya apartment. David...
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