Tag: Bangkok
Thai PM to kick off first overseas trip this weekend
BANGKOK, Sept 8 -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will make her first overseas trip since assuming office this weekend with introductory visits to...
ThaiHealth launches DoctorMe mobile app
BANGKOK, 8 September 2011 – The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) has launched ‘DoctorMe’, an initial health care application now available free on iOS...
NECTEC launches network-monitoring software
BANGKOK, 8 September 2011 – The National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC) has launched ‘Netham’, a new system to monitor, inspect and detect...
TCI launches call checker mobile application
BANGKOK, 8 September 2011 – The Telecommunications Consumer Protection Institute (TCI) has launched ‘TCI Call Checker’, a new mobile phone application allowing users to...
House disapproves UDD leaders’ request to give up MP immunity
BANGKOK, 8 September 2011 – The House of Representatives has turned down a request by nine red-shirt leaders to relinquish their MP immunity in...
NSC sec-gen disappointed for being victim of political abuse
BANGKOK, 7 September 2011 – Mr Tawin Pleansri has expressed his disappointment for being removed from the post of secretary-general to the National Security...
PM to visit Cambodia on 15 Sep
BANGKOK, 7 September 2011 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will pay an official visit to Cambodia on 15 September 2011 to introduce herself after...
RID concerned over more floods in mid-Sep
BANGKOK, 7 September 2011 – The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has expressed concerns over the possibility of additional flooding within the central region in...
Cabinet nods to flood compensation of 5,000 THB
BANGKOK, 6 September 2011 – The Cabinet has agreed to compensate flood victims at the rate of 5,000 THB per family while ordering related...
Latest Stories
Who really owns Pattaya’s streets?
PATTAYA, Thailand – As tourists looked on near Walking Street, a late-night confrontation involving a group of transgender individuals and a woman aboard a...
Pattaya bag snatcher flees with Russian tourist’s passport, cash and phone
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was left shaken after a motorcycle-riding thief snatched her shoulder bag while she was walking along Soi Pattaya...
Pattaya takes aim at a decades-old beachfront rental problem
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya officials have launched a renewed campaign targeting what they describe as a decades-old illegal beachfront rental problem, vowing to reclaim...
June storms hover over Pattaya as beer bars fight to stay afloat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Dark clouds gathering over Pattaya this June are bringing more than just rain. For many beer bar operators already navigating another...
Thai Police ‘Operation VAR’ takes down pirate football streaming websites
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four suspects and dismantled two major illegal football streaming networks accused of pirating international...