Tag: Thailand
Baiyoke Tower II’s parted platform caused by excess weight: Police
BANGKOK, May 8 - The failure of the steel cable or wire rope supporting the platform carrying workers installing advertising banner on the...
Industry Ministry: Only 60 new factories established in April
BANGKOK, 8 May 2012 – The Industry Ministry has announced that only 60 new factories were opened in April, the lowest number in...
Thailand hosts 2012 Rotary International Convention
BANGKOK, 8 May 2012 - Thailand is hosting the 2012 Rotary International Convention, with than 38,000 guests from 160 countries worldwide attending the event...
Three killed falling from Thailand’s highest building during billboard installation
BANGKOK, May 7 - Three men were killed as they fell from the 68th floor of Thailand's tallest building, Baiyoke Tower II, as...
Commerce Ministry: Thailand still top rice exporter
BANGKOK, 6 May 2012 – With high demand from Bangladesh, the Philippines and Indonesia, the Commerce Ministry has expressed that Thailand will not...
Industry Ministry confident no chemical contamination around Map Ta Phut
RAYONG, 6 May 2012 – The Industry Ministry is confident that the fire incident in Map Ta Phut has left no trace of...
National Disaster Warning Center asks the public to beware of heavy...
BANGKOK, 6 May 2012 – The residents of Thailand have been warned to prepare for heavy rain and flash flood during the next...
More charter amendments will come if new constitution is not on...
BANGKOK, 4 May 2012 – A leading development expert is against an effort to adapt international concepts to political and economic development in...
Health Ministry to push for wider alcohol ban
BANGKOK, 5 May 2012 – The Public Health Ministry is poised to declare more areas that are officially alcohol-free in the near future. ...
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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...