ALL 186 passengers and crew of Thai AirAsia flight FD3188 heading from Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat at 7.20 a.m. this morning (Feb. 24) were unharmed and the plane landed safely at the destination after a power bank exploded, Matichon newspaper quoted TV Channel 3 as saying. On this flight
Month: February 2024
Paetongtarn to visit Phnom Penh next month
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra has accepted an invitation from former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen to pay an informal visit to Phnom Penh next month. The Cambodian People’s Party posted on its Facebook page to confirm Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra, will
Read moreFilipinos might probably buy JAS 39E Gripen jets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHILIPPINES MIGHT PROBABLY become the second Asian country after Thailand to buy Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets to strengthen the island republic’s potential to meet China’s escalating threats, an air force source said today (Feb.24). The Philippine and Swedish governments are speculated to reach a bilateral agreement as
Read moreNameplate, Buddha image retrieved from sunken navy ship
ON THE second day of a light salvage mission undertaken by United States and Thai navies to remove armaments and other objects from HTMS Sukhothai (FSG-442) which capsized and sank in stormy seas late 2022, killing 24 sailors with five others missing, the corvette’s nameplate, a Buddha image and some documents were brought to
Read moreStressed out woman saved from jumping down a building over lack of bail money
A WOMAN who was stressed out over being unable to raise 400,000 baht to bail out her Indian husband sat at the edge of an apartment balcony for nine hours threatening to jump down with police doing their best to persuade her to come back in but it was her brother who was finally
Read moreGovt urged to supplement funds for all local administrations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD TODAY (Feb 23) advised the Pheu Thai-led government to supplement some 180 billion baht in funding to all local administrations nationwide to add to the same amount readily available for use by them for the time being. Given today’s national economic situation which is apparently taking a
Read moreB-52H joins in Philippine air patrol over South China Sea
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a rare airborne phenomenon, a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bomber of the United States air force has recently joined a few Philippine combat aircraft in an air patrol over the tension-filled South China Sea. The US air force’s B-52H bomber flew across the Pacific Ocean from
Read morePrivate lander touches down on the moon but sending weak signal
By AP and published by Yahoo!Finance Cape Canaveral, Fla.- A private lander touched down on the moon on Thursday (Feb. 22) but managed just a weak signal back, as flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact with the first US spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years. Despite the spotty
Read morePalang Pracharath emerges as largest recipient of cash donations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH led by former deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwan topped the list of parties being donated the most in cash last December, says a report released today (Feb. 22) by the Election Commission. Two unknown businesswomen were the only two donors who had reportedly handed out a combined
Read moreRoyal motorcade honker’s condition worsens after 9 days on hunger strike
ONE OF two activists who have been on hunger strike for nine days after being placed on an initial 12-day detention following their arrest for honking their car horn at a royal motorcade on Feb. 4 was rushed to Thammasat Hospital from the Corrections Department Hospital after her condition deteriorated, Amarin TV said this
Read moreNo Democrat design to keep self-exiled Yingluck at bay: House committee chair
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POLICE Affairs Chair Chaichana Dejdecho today (Feb. 22) categorically denied that his Democrat colleagues have quietly hatched a partisan move to keep self-exiled, deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from practically following in the footsteps of her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra. The House
Read moreNo-sail zone declared during divers’ work on sunken navy ship
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NO-SAIL ZONE has been officially declared to keep out all fishing boats and other civilian vessels from a five-nautical-mile radius in the sea off Prachuap Khiri Khan where the United States and Thai navies are removing armaments from a sunken ship. The authorities have already given a stern warning
Read moreUrgent course being launched to train 5,000 nurses in 2 years amid severe shortage
AMID a critical shortage of 50,000 nurses nationwide, the Public Health Ministry is now launching an urgent course to train 2,500 of them a year over two years for a total of 5,000 starting next year, TV Channel 7 said late afternoon today (Feb. 21). Public Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew said senior officials had
Read moreProbe proposed into Thaksin’s ‘critical illnesses’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FRESH INVESTIGATION WAS today (Feb, 21) proposed into alleged intransparency of certain government officials in charge of the “critically ill” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra. Former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn posted on his Facebook page today to call for an impartial, truthful investigation by a House
Read morePaetongtarn invited by Hun Sen to visit Cambodia
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (Feb.21) invited by former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen to visit the neighbouring country next month. Hun Sen posted on his Facebook page to confirm he has personally invited Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra, to visit
Read moreHusband admits killing wife, burning her body
A THAI man was in tears upon being taken for crime reenactment this morning (Feb. 21) after confessing to killing his wife and burning her body while driving home after his birthday party on Feb. 18, Amarin TV, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said. After Ms. Chollada Muthurong, or Nong Noon, 27, mysteriously
Read moreThaksin has degenerative bones in the neck: Pheu Thai spokesperson
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra is wearing a soft splint around his neck due to a degeneration of the bones within, said Pheu Thai spokesperson Danuporn Punnagun today (Feb.20). Danuporn quoted Thaksin’s daughter/Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as saying her father is yet to undergo an
Read moreHun Sen set to visit Thaksin at home tomorrow
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER CAMBODIAN PRIME minister Hun Sen is scheduled to visit de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra tomorrow (Feb.21), a police source said. Hun Sen is scheduled to arrive in Bangkok from Phnom Penh mid-morning and pay an informal visit to Thaksin at his Chan Song Lah residence
Read moreOver 20,000 contraband fresh eggs seized at Thai-Cambodia border
MORE THAN 20,000 smuggled fresh eggs and poultry meat plus other items were seized from a pickup that had just crossed the border from Cambodia to Arayanprathet district, Sa Kaeo province, last night (Feb. 19), Naewna newspaper said today. Pol. Col. Anothai Jindamanee, superintendent of Khlong Luek police station, said a team of policemen
Read moreYulia Navalnaya, Russia’s steely new opposition politician out to avenge husband’s death
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News London – Before the shock death of her husband Alexei in a grim Arctic prison last week, Yulia Navalnaya had always played down the idea she would one day take over as leader of Russia’s opposition. But on Monday, she vowed to continue his fight. In a video
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