Tag: Bangkok
ThaiHealth launches caravan to promote drinking abstention during Buddhist Lent
Bangkok, July 25 2012 – Thai Health Promotion Foundation has launched a campaign to encourage Thai people to abstain from alcohol during Buddhist...
Train station cleaned to prevent hand, foot, mouth disease
BANGKOK, 27 July 2012 – The Public Health Ministry and the Transport Ministry have together campaigned for clean public transportation to prevent the...
Experts try to stamp out confusion over HFMD
BANGKOK, 27 July 2012 - Virus experts have discussed guidelines to inform people of encephalitis and hand, foot and mouth (HFMD) disease caused...
Thai Foreign Ministry helps evacuate Thai nationals from Syria
BANGKOK, July 27 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is helping evacuate Thai nationals from violence-torn Syria, according to ministry spokesperson Thani Thongphakdi,...
Democrat kingpin Suthep to quit politics if impeached by Senate
BANGKOK, July 27 - Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban of the Democrat Party said on Friday that he will retire from politics...
Man killed by electric power pole after torrential rain, strong winds
BANGKOK, July 26 - One man was killed and another injured on Thursday when unusually strong winds toppled an electric power pole in...
92 Thai detainees in Myanmar not yet put on trial on...
BANGKOK, 27 July 2012 - Foreign Affairs Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has disclosed that the Burmese court has not yet tried the 92 detained...
Cambodian toddler in Rayong dies of HFMD: Thai expert
BANGKOK, July 27 -- The hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) was the cause of the death of a two-year-old Cambodian boy in Thailand's eastern province...
No deliberation on reconciliation bills as Parliament session opens: House Speaker
BANGKOK, July 26 - House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont reaffirmed today that the proposed reconciliation bills will not be raised for deliberation when the...
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Afternoon alcohol ban ends in Thailand, critics warn of dangerous spillover
PATTAYA, Thailand – Academics and public health observers have raised concerns following the Royal Gazette announcement on May 28 allowing expanded alcohol sales hours...
Mystery body washes ashore at Navy Beach in Sattahip, foul play not ruled out
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police and naval authorities are investigating after the body of an unidentified man was discovered washed ashore at Toei Ngam Beach...
Pattaya firefighters contain grass fire near Thapprasit Soi 17 before it spreads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Firefighters from the Pattaya City Fire Station (Jomtien Division) responded to a grass fire late at night in the Thapprasit Soi...
Pattaya Beach seizes illegal rentals, fines operators, restores public space
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal enforcement officers, working together with special affairs officials, have carried out a continued inspection and enforcement operation along Pattaya...
Pattaya Soi 6 walkways reclaimed after obstruction removal operation
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal enforcement officers in Pattaya have carried out a clean-up operation in Soi 6 and Soi 6/1, removing carts, containers, and...