A combined team from Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and local police on Tuesday arrested a British man on charges of sexually abusing a child and possessing drugs in the northern province of Chiang Mai.
British national Roger Leslie Pettit, 67, was detained after the DSI’s Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime and local [...]
Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said in a phone-in to his supporters that he had landed in Russia to engage a Russian businessman in connection with an investment in Thailand.
The fugitive ex-prime minister’s whereabouts were in the spotlight again during the course of the day, with Vice Foreign Minister Panich Vikitsreth saying he had left Sweden for [...]
An Iranian man was arrested at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling nearly 3.2 kg of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice,” worth over Bt13 million (nearly US$394,000), into the kingdom.
Director-General of Customs Somchai Sujjaponse told a news conference that Mohammad Khoshkelikoundoghdi, 36, was arrested at the international arrivals terminal in Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The suspect, en route [...]
Leaders of the red shirts yesterday announced that their rally to “bring down the elitist government” would continue following a deadlock in the truce talks with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The red shirts announced a plan for their third weekend march this Saturday to force an immediate dissolution of the House of Representatives. They also threatened [...]
The government is introducing a debt moratorium scheme for farmers worth 80 billion baht which is seen as a strategy to appease grass roots people as political divisions continue to widen.
The plan was released as tension mounted after a second round of negotiations between red shirt demonstrators, most of them farmers in northern and northeastern [...]
Many hundreds of spectators with their cheerleaders were in attendance at East Pattaya’s big soccer playing field at Nongprue, to see the Pattaya City Dolphins soccer team cruise to a 3:1 goal victory against the Rayong City team. This was the first win of the soccer season for our local ‘Pattaya Dolphins’ soccer team, and [...]
At the recent 25th High Level Thai – Malaysian Committee Meeting it was decided to form a working committee to plan a mixed military training program and look at solutions for combating the unrest in the south of the country.
General Songkitti Jakkabatara, Chief of Defense Forces of Thailand, and General Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azizan [...]
A press conference recently took place to announce confirmation of the Wan Lai festival and Na Klua Kong Khao Fair 2010, which is intended to pass on the traditional Thai customs and traditions to the next generation. Pattaya City Hall have been organising the event every year and each year more and more locals and [...]
Banglamung District Chief, Khun Mongkil Thammakittikhun, together with Senior Banglamung District Councillor, Khun Yodthong Srivaraluk, held a joint press conference on the 26th March to announce the ‘Banglamung Charity Boxing Tournament’, which will be held at the famous Fairtex Boxing venue on the 1st April.
Part of the proceeds from the event will be donated to [...]
A six-year-old Chinese boy has undergone surgery to remove an extra five fingers and six toes.
Li Jinpeng was born with 15 fingers and 16 toes – seven fingers on his left hand, eight on his right and eight toes on each foot.
It took doctors five hours in the operating theatre to remove Li’s extra digits.
Surgeon [...]
