Yearly Archives: 2016
Rain-making efforts to be stepped up to replenish water in four...
The Department of Royal Rain-making and Agricultural Aviation has stepped up rain-making operations to increase water stored at the country’s four major dams to...
SRT suspends train services to three southernmost provinces
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has temporarily suspended train services to the three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat following a huge...
Two subdistricts of Bueng Kan under Zika watch
Two sub-districts in the northern province of Bueng Kan will remain under surveillance for the Zika virus while Chiang Mai officials are going door...
Today in History – Monday, Sept. 5, 2016
Today is Monday, Sept. 5, the 249th day of 2016. There are 117 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.
Today's Highlight in...
ASEAN is like big cake with all partners getting big pieces:...
Former foreign affairs minister Kasit Piromya has compared the ASEAN Economic Community to a big cake with all member states getting big pieces, regardless...
NLA to deliberate 2017 fiscal budget law on September 8-9
Members of the legislature are scheduled to attend more sittings in the coming week to consider the draft law on the next fiscal year’s...
Bangkok-Chiang Mai high speed train project makes headway
The high speed train project from Bangkok to Chiang Mai has made further headway after the Ministry of Transport advised it will submit the...
Today in History – Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016
Today is Sunday, Sept. 4, the 248th day of 2016. There are 118 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 4, 1951,...
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Expats at the far end of Thailand’s geopolitical battlefield
PATTAYA, Thailand - In the 21st century, global power is no longer measured primarily by troop numbers or nuclear warheads. Instead, it is increasingly...
Pattaya stages large-scale fire emergency drill on Walking Street
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City on Jan 16 carried out a major emergency preparedness drill simulating a fire incident on Walking Street, reinforcing safety...
Vehicle fire on Thepprasit Soi 8 in Pattaya leaves two cars damaged, no injuries...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A vehicle fire broke out on January 16 inside a staff residential compound on Thepprasit Soi 8, damaging two cars but...
Canadian man found dead at Jomtien beachfront condominium, health issues suspected
PATTAYA, Thailand – An 86-year-old Canadian man was found dead early Wednesday morning after falling from a high-rise condominium near Dongtan Beach, with police...
Police, health officials raid Pattaya beauty clinic, find unlicensed Botox injections
PATTAYA, Thailand – Provincial Police Region 2, in cooperation with the Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office, have raided a beauty clinic located on Pattaya...