Tag: Thai
Marine Corps sets sights on Chinese amphibious tanks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND’S MARINE Corps plans to buy three light amphibious tanks from China for a combined price of 398 million baht. The VN16 light amphibious tanks would be supplied to the Marine Corps by Norinco of China in about a year after a purchase order has been signed, said a Marine Corps …
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Owner carries dead pet dog to report attack by 3 Rottweilers
THE heart-broken owner of a six-year-old Thai Bangkaew dog carried his body to Krabi police station to report an attack by three Rottweilers after he ran out to help a cat that they were chasing, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (21.9.2020). Ms. Ruthairat Wongviwat, 38, said the attack took place on Saturday afternoon (Sept.19) while …
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Thai Pakdee leader: Guards didn’t punch man wearing red shirt
IN A Facebook post today (August 31) Dr. Warong Dechgitvigrom, leader of right-wing Thai Pakdee group, clarified that the group’s guards had not assaulted a 60-year-old man who was wearing a red shirt near Thai-Japanese Bangkok Youth Centre where yesterday’s gathering had taken place as has been reported online, Naewna newspaper reported this afternoon. Dr. …
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Prison to cremate body of ‘cannibal’ Si Quey this week
BANG Khwang prison in Nonthaburi province announced today (July 20) that it will be proceeding with funeral of Si Quey or Li Quey Sae Urng, the Chinese migrant worker who has been labeled a cannibal for decades and his body displayed at a Siriraj Hospital museum with the ceremony to take place on Thursday (July 23), …
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No relatives claim body of TV drama director
A SUCCESSFUL Thai television drama director who shot himself dead at a condominium in the middle of Bangkok last night (June 21) and his body undergoing an autopsy today has not been claimed by any of his relatives, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Ramathibodi Hospital’s Forensic Science Section team said the body of Mr Chaninthorn …
Pattaya slashes prices to draw Thai tourists
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOTELS, RESTAURANTS and spa parlours in Pattaya will offer a 50% price cut for Thai visitors as part of a concerted plan to promote the beach resort city’s tourist industry. Pinnart Charoenphon, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Pattaya branch office, confirmed today (June 19) more than 100 hotels, restaurants …
Chinese, Myanmar and Thai online gamblers nabbed at border town
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LARGE HORDE OF 180 Chinese, Myanmar and Thai nationals were arrested yesterday (June 17) on charges of gambling online at a newly-built hotel in the Thai-Myanmar border district of Mae Sot, police said. The police and other authorities raided the hotel in downtown Mae Sot, arrested the 180 suspected gamblers …
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50 ethnic youngsters get Thai ID cards in Chiang Rai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FIFTY YOUNG ETHNIC villagers in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province have been naturalized and given ID cards as Thai nationals. Chief district officer of Mae Sai Prasong Onla confirmed today (June 13) all the 50 youngsters were born in Thai territory to parents of varied ethnic groups, most of …
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Pheu Thai not joining Phalang Pracharath in forming new government
PHEU Thai Party leader Sompong Amornwiwat today (June 3) dispelled widespread rumours that his party would be joining Phalang Pracharath Party in forming a new government after 18 of the latter party’s executive directors suddenly resigned on Monday (June 1), PostToday reported this afternoon. Mr Sompong Amornwiwat, Pheu Thai’s leader, said in a post on …
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THAI client told refund delay indefinite, claims total 100 billion baht
A FACEBOOK user wrote about a shocking incident last Monday (May 25) because Thai Airways International told him the soonest he could get a refund on his air ticket is six months but it is also uncertain how long the delay could be as claims now total over 100 billion baht, Sanook.com reported today (27.5.2020). …
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6 Thai students returning from Saudi Arabia infected with coronavirus
OFFICIALS manning the Padang Besar checkpoint at Sadao district of southern Songkhla province found six Thai students returning from Saudi Arabia to have been infected with Covid-19 and quickly rushed them to the hospital, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (27.5.2020). All six students are from southern provinces, and aside from two from Songkhla itself, one …
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255 foreigners being probed for holding fake Thai ID cards
UPON being alerted by Chinese immigration officials, the Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) mounted a search in Chiang Rai for foreigners who had illegally assumed Thai identity and started companies here and netted 255 suspects, INN News reported today (26.5.2020). The police action arose after Chinese immigration officials found out that Mr Kaew Saelee …
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A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks
By Zack Whittaker, Techcrunch.com THAILAND’S largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai internet users. Security researcher Justin Paine said in a blog post that he found the database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, on the internet without a password. With …
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