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The cliffside resort with its [...]
The Rim Bung Hall at Pattaya’s famous Nongnooch Gardens was recently the venue for a joint meeting with officers from the Tourist Police Department and Police Volunteers, where it was announced that an initiative will help them to work closer and more effectively in their everyday duties, as well as being of greater benefit to [...]
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button secured a McLaren one-two in a dramatic Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday as they took advantage of a collision between Red Bull pair Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.
Polesitter Webber was leading when his German teammate tried to overtake him on lap 41 of 58 and succeeded only in crashing into [...]
They say curiosity killed the cat – and that nearly came true for Persian moggie Kimba after she took a cat nap in the washing machine.
Kimba the kitten was making herself comfy in the dirty laundry at her home in Australia when her owner switched on the machine, not knowing she was inside.
Thirty minutes later [...]
Crowds in Paris watched nervously on Saturday as world champion skater Taig Khris set a new Guinness world record by jumping off the Eiffel Tower with roller skates on.
He launched himself from the famous monument before landing on a giant ramp below.
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The Board of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) will meet Monday morning at a Bangkok hotel to propose its discussion result to a special governmental special committee responsible for rehabilitating and restoring Thailand’s image in regard to tourism.
ATTA president Surapol Sritrakul said meeting is being held due to lowered tourist arrivals which have [...]
It took three days till I finally got to meet Michael Yon, an ex-Green Beret who served in the US Special Forces.
Michael updated his Facebook with the comment “Another shot sounded like same rifle same position. That’s 6x sounds like 5.56.” It was 2am on May 18, and after reading this I said to myself [...]
The Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation needs to disclose the names of all those it has detained in an effort to locate the missing, a non-governmental organisation says.
At least 39 people who took part in the months-long anti-government protest have been reported missing, Mirror Foundation president Sombat Boonngamanong said yesterday.
Most disappeared after [...]
Expressing satisfaction over the calm situation in Thailand on Saturday night, the first day that the four-hour curfew was lifted, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the existing State of Emergency imposed in the capital and surrounding provinces could be lifted at an appropriate time.
Mr Abhisit said during his weekly TV and radio address that the [...]
Forbes: Thaksin joins notorious club of richest people who have been jailed or are absconding.
Thaksin Shinawatra is part of a notorious group of the world’s richest people who have either spent time behind bars or are on the run, Forbes magazine has said.
In an article headlined “Billionaire convicts and inmates”, Forbes noted that Wong Kwong [...]
