Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand announces new Minister of Tourism
Career politician and former provincial governor Somsak Pureesrisak has been appointed Minister of Tourism and Sports, effective April 9. He replaces the late...
Thai PM: Intelligence for South to be stepped up
BANGKOK, April 24 – The Thai government has instructed agencies concerned to improve their intelligence gathering system to boost security for state forces...
PM attending 22nd ASEAN Summit in Brunei
BANGKOK, April 24 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra leaves Bangkok today for Brunei to attend the 22nd ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan...
PM Yingluck orders swift release of Phra Viharn hearings summary to...
Bangkok, 23 April, (NNT) Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the Foreign Ministry to swiftly release a summary of the Phra Viharn hearings to...
Chalerm declares leniency for southern insurgency suspects
BANGKOK, April 22 – Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung promised today to revoke arrest warrants for those implicated in southern insurgency and charged...
Special Report: Thailand stepping up measures to prevent H7N9 virus
Thailand is stepping up measures in preventing the new strain of bird flu called H7N9 virus, which has been found in China, while...
Beach trash collector loses leg to bomb blast in Pattani
PATTANI, April 18 – A home-made bomb in a corrugated cardboard box exploded as a cleaning worker opened it near a beach in...
PM conveys condolences on Boston blasts
BANGKOK, 16 April 2013 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has offered condolences to the U.S. over the bomb blasts in Boston. Meanwhile, Thai...
Leading opposition MP labels Thai amnesty law as time bomb
BANGKOK, Apr 15 – The Thai government’s move to issue an amnesty law may lead to political unrest in the country, a former...
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Suspected drug user takes toy shop worker hostage with knife and scissors in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police rescued a 31-year-old toy shop employee after a man armed with a knife and scissors held her hostage at a...
Pattaya apartment stabbing leaves British man seriously injured
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 39-year-old British man was seriously injured in a knife attack at an apartment in Pattaya’s Khao Talo area on September...
Large king cobra slips into Sattahip home during rain
SATTAHIP, Thailand – A huge black king cobra measuring almost 5 meters long was found inside a resident’s home in Bang Saray, Sattahip, Chonburi,...
Rayong flooding closes Sukhumvit Route 3 through Klaeng
RAYONG, Thailand – Flooding has made several sections of Sukhumvit Route 3 in Klaeng district, Rayong, impassable following heavy rain on September 28, with...
Rayong flooding forces rescue of residents and thousands of pigs
RAYONG, Thailand – Floodwater from Prasae Reservoir swept into riverside communities in Rayong on September 28, inundating homes and fruit orchards and forcing rescuers...