Policeman in hot water for letting Chinese tourist wear uniform
SWIFT action was taken after photos of a Chinese tourist wearing Thai police uniform circulated online with investigation revealing that a policeman had lent his uniform shirt to him to wear and take these pictures, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 5). Pol. Maj. Gen. Somporn Sajpot, deputy chief of Police Education Bureau and […]
Read MoreMagnificent wedding in Myanmar arranged by a Thai
A SPECTACULAR three-day wedding took place in Myanmar when Thoon Htet Win Swe and Than Nu San tied the knot at Mandalay with a well-known Thai wedding planner having arranged the event using flowers from three countries, Sanook.com said yesterday (Nov. 26). The man behind the fairy tale wedding is Mr. Jo Chayawat, better […]
Read More20 Thai hostages are safe: Malaysian PM
THAI Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today (Nov. 3) that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had called to inform that 20 out of 23 Thais held hostage by Hamas fighters are safe while a search is underway for two to three other captives, TV Channel 7 said. Srettha said Anwar had told him that […]
Read MoreAt UN podium, Israel’s envoy plays gruesome video of Thai being attacked
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News United Nations – Israel’s United Nations envoy showed the 193-member General Assembly a brief video on Thursday (Oct. 26) that he said showed a Hamas fighter trying to decapitate a man with a garden tool during the Palestinian militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Ambassador Gilad Erdan told […]
Read MoreAnother Thai dead in Israel-Hamas war, two more taken hostage
ONE MORE Thai worker has died in the Israel-Hamas war raising the death toll to 31 while two have been taken hostage with there now being 19 Thais held captive by Hamas fighters, Naewna and TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 22). Labour Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Pairoj Chotikasathien said the Thai embassy in Tel […]
Read MoreBodies of 8 Thai workers return home; assistance team moving to Dubai
AS the first eight bodies of Thai workers who died in the Israel-Hamas war returned to Thailand this morning (Oct. 20), a senior Labour Ministry official said an assistance team is flying to Dubai to help Thai workers catch a connecting flight from there, Matichon newspaper said. At 9.30 a.m. El Al Airlines flight […]
Read MoreThai people are not the target of Hamas: Ministry
AMID news that Hamas fighters spoke in Thai to lure Thai workers hiding in their camps along the Gaza border and take them hostage, the Foreign Ministry last evening (Sept. 14) confirmed that Thais were not their special target, TV Channel 7 said. Mrs. Kanchana Patarachoke, the ministry’s spokesperson, said both Israelis and foreigners […]
Read MoreTwo Thais dead as Israeli forces clash with Hamas gunmen
By Reuters – published by CNA, AP and Matichon PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said upon arrival in Hong Kong at 12. 50 local time (1.50 p.m. in Thailand) that one more Thai had died in the attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas, raising the death toll two with it being earlier reported […]
Read MoreMPs urged to probe Srettha’s 30-million-baht chartered flight to US
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OPPOSITION MPs HAVE been urged to investigate the unprecedented event in which Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will be flying a Thai Airway International airliner for as much as 30 million baht in chartered flight to the United States on Tuesday. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn of the Thai Liberal Party today (Sep.17) called […]
Read MoreNo special parking arrangement for Thaksin’s visitors at Police Hospital
WITH today (Aug. 28) being the first time that Pheu Thai de facto boss Thaksin Shinawatra is being allowed visitors at Police Hospital where he is undergoing medical treatment after being rushed there from prison last Tuesday upon returning to Thailand that same day, the hospital’s car park attendant said no instructions had been […]
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