Tag: Bangkok
Senate committee urges Govt to promote safety for tourists
BANGKOK, 9 July 2012 - The Senate Committee on Tourism is urging the government to raise awareness about safety measures for tourists via media...
Police keeping an eye on political groups as charter rewrite being...
BANGKOK, 9 July 2012-National Police Chief General Prewpan Damapong has instructed all police units to monitor any public movements when the Constitution Court hands...
Officials to ensure higher security in the South during Ramadan
BANGKOK, 9 July 2012 - Deputy Prime Minister General Yutthasak Sasiprapa has instructed security units to provide extra safety for Thai Muslims in the...
Hillary Clinton invites PM Yingluck to Cambodia
BANGKOK, 9 July 2012 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been invited by Hillary Clinton to go to Cambodia this coming Friday. ...
Thai authorities working for release of 49 detainees in Myanmar: Army...
BANGKOK, July 9 - Thai army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Monday that Thai officials are seeking to secure the release of 49...
Deputy PM confident 49 Thais to be freed prior to Myanmar...
BANGKOK, July 9 - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapa said on Monday that 49 Thais earlier detained by Myanmar authorities for encroaching...
Army chief visits troubled southern border region
BANGKOK, July 9 – Deputy Prime Minister Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa and Army Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha are visiting Yala and Pattani provinces Monday to...
One in three Thai youth ready to go ‘under the knife’:...
BANGKOK, July 9 -- About one in every three Thai teenagers and university students say that they intend to use diet pills and to...
1,000 projects totalling Bt480 bln seek privileges from Jan-June 2012: Board...
BANGKOK, July 9 - In the first half of 2012, investors have sought incentives for 1,057 projects from the Board of Investment with a...
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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...