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Thailand, Myanmar agree to strengthen cooperation at all levels
BANGKOK, Oct 6 - Thailand and Myanmar have agreed to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation at all levels while exploring ways to develop new...
Kasikorn Bank and related agencies to boost small tourism operators
BANGKOK 5 October, 2011 – Kasikorn Bank, Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Association of Domestic Travel have joined hands to launch a campaign...
Economists: Rice pledging scheme to be corruption-plagued
BANGKOK 5 October, 2011 – Most economists believe the 2011/2012 rice mortgage scheme will pave a way for corrupt practices, according to a latest...
Thai Army to get two new Black Hawks
BANGKOK, 5 October 2011 - The cabinet has approved a Ministry of Defence proposal to buy two new Black Hawk helicopters at a total...
Gov. house recolors God Brahma statue
BANGKOK 5 October, 2011 –The Fine Arts Department had refurbished the statue of God Brahma after its damage from vandalism At...
PM Twitter hacker identified
BANGKOK, 5 October 2011 –Information and Communication Technology Minister Anudit Nakornthap has identified the person who hacked the twitter account of PM Yingluck Shinawatra....
People in Nakhon Sawan warned of more floods as Ping and...
BANGKOK, 5 October 2011 - The governor of Nakhon Sawan Province has warned residents along the Ping and Chao Phraya rivers to prepare for...
Culture Ministry accommodates Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
BANGKOK, 4 October 2011 -Thai Muslims pilgrims who traveled to Saudi Arabia to attend this year’s Hajj were accorded a warm welcome at Suvarnabhumi...
Floods damage 500,000 rai of sugarcane crop
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – Continued flooding has damaged some 400,000-500,000 rai of Thailand’s current sugarcane crop in a number of provinces in the upper...
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Dutch tourist reports €4,000 gold chain stolen after beach encounter in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police are investigating the reported theft of a valuable gold chain belonging to a Dutch tourist following an encounter with a...
Armed beach confrontation stopped before violence erupts in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A potentially dangerous confrontation on Pattaya Beach was brought under control before violence could erupt after officers discovered a handgun during...
Nail trap on Pattaya motorway damages nearly 100 vehicles
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists traveling toward Pattaya faced major disruption on June 12 after hundreds of nails were reportedly found scattered across Motorway 7,...
Fear turns to relief as lost tourist child reunites with family in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A potentially frightening ordeal ended happily in the early hours of June 12 after a young foreign girl who became separated...
Drunk tourist refuses to pay Pattaya Walking Street bill, ends night at police station
PATTAYA, Thailand – A foreign tourist was handed over to police after allegedly refusing to pay a restaurant bill totaling 3,740 baht at a...