WITH the authorities enforcing strict control during the 10 dangerous days of the New Year festival (Dec. 27 to Jan. 5) 19 traffic offenders were ordered by court to wear electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet today (New Year’s Eve Dec. 31), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Suriya Singhakamol, head of the Probation Department, said
Month: December 2024
Court refuses bail for second suspect in bullied influencer’s death
THE APPEALS Court today (Dec. 31) denied bail for a second suspect in the death of an influencer/rapper who was known to have been often paid to be bullied and died at a party after gulping down two of three 350ml bottles of alcohol for payment of 30,000 baht, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon.
Read moreRangsiman mocks Phumtham’s drug suppression target
PEOPLE’S MP Rangsiman Rome mocked Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai’s goal to solve the drug trafficking problem in six months’ time saying he only give orders while this government has turned into one that is good at talking, Naewna newspaper said last evening (Dec.30). That the government has ordered drug suppression is nothing
Read moreTotal inbound travellers soars to 140,000 a day
THE LIVELY New Year festive season has led to a spike in the total number of inbound travellers to 140,000 a day while the Immigration Bureau is ready to accommodate over 150,000 a day, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 30). Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanumas Boonnalak, commander of the Immigration Bureau, said the
Read moreFemale tourist who died in Khao San road hotel fire had just got engaged
A YOUNG Brazilian woman who was among three persons who died in the fire at a six-storey hotel in Khao San road area last night (Dec. 29) had just got engaged last week after her boyfriend popped the question, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Aside from the Brazilian woman who tragically died after getting
Read moreJimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as United States president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains,
Read moreSuspect in death of bullied influencer bailed out
A SUSPECT in the death of influencer/rapper who was known to have been often paid to be bullied and died at a party after gulping down two of three 350ml bottles of alcohol for payment of 30,000 baht was released on 200,000 baht bail today (Dec. 29) but has to wear an electronic monitoring
Read moreTourist missing as strong waves sink long-tailed boat off Koh Phangan
A SOUTH Korean tourist is missing after big waves sank a long-tailed boat off Koh Phangan at around 3 a.m. this morning (Dec. 29) but fortunately the other nine tourists and three crew members were safely rescued, MNG Online said. Koh Phangan’s police station was alerted at 3.10 a.m. that a long-tailed boat had
Read moreDeath toll from Jeju Air crash in South Korea crosses 100
By Agencies and published by CNA Muan County, South Korea – At least 124 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday (Dec .29), the national fire agency said. Jeju
Read moreKoh Phangan flooded after heavy all-night rain
TORRENTIAL rain from last night till this morning (Dec. 28) on Koh Phangan island led to several residential areas and roads being flooded with the surge of floodwaters even sweeping a pickup truck into the sea, Amarin TV said this evening. Mr. Noppadol Khaomali, Koh Phangan district chief, said the heavy all-night downpour caused
Read moreSuspect in death of bullied influencer detained
A WELL-KNOWN influencer has been ordered by court to an initial 12-day detention in the death of another influencer/rapper who was known to have been often paid to be bullied with the latest incident in which he was offered 30,000 baht to gulp down a lot of alcohol in one go leading to him
Read moreVan Nistelrooy given uphill task of rescuing poorly-performing Foxes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED striker/now Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has been unavoidably assigned painstaking tasks of salvaging the Foxes from the probability of relegation at the end of 2024/2025 season. Now that Leicester have embarrassedly slipped into the relegation zone after an away defeat to Liverpool in Thursday’s Boxing
Read moreBus terminal packed as holidaymakers head home
THE New Year travel rush has started with 120,000 people expected to board buses and head home from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak) by 11 p.m. this evening (Dec. 27) with a key difference this year being strict scanning of luggage, TV Channel 7 said. Most of the travellers were carrying lots of gifts for
Read moreThaksin confirms holding talks with Malaysian PM on a yacht
FORMER Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed today (Dec. 27) that he did meet Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on a yacht in the middle of the sea near Thailand’s Koh Lipe and Malaysia’s Langkawi islands yesterday with both of them saying they had fruitful talks about several key issues, Amarin TV said. Thaksin
Read moreThaksin, Thammanat quietly visit Koh Lipe, rumoured to have met Malaysian PM
FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and former agriculture and cooperatives minister Thammanat Prompao quietly travelled Koh Lipe island on a fleet of six yachts and were rumoured to have met Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on a yacht sailing in the middle of sea, Amarin TV said this morning (Dec. 27). The fleet of yachts
Read moreFinland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Frankfurt, Germany – Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighbouring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, police said, in the latest incident involving disruption of key infrastructure in the region. Finnish police and border guards boarded the
Read moreAzerbaijan Airlines flight was downed by Russian air defence system: Sources
By Reuters and published by CNA Baku – Russian air defences downed an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, four sources with knowledge of the preliminary findings of Azerbaijan’s investigation into the disaster told Reuters on Thursday (Dec. 26). Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 came down on Wednesday near the city
Read moreSamut Prakan kicks off fun-filled festival to welcome 2025
WITH the New Year just round the corner, revellers of all ages looking for a cool way to say farewell to this one might like to join “Travel Locally, Eat Deliciously in Samut Prakan Province” festival which started on Christmas Day and ends with a spectacular New Year countdown fireworks, Amarin TV said this
Read moreInfluencer dies after gulping half bottle of alcohol for 30,000 baht
A SOCIAL media influencer and rapper who shot to fame for selling garlands to feed his grandmother died early this morning (Dec. 26) after gulping down half a bottle of alcohol in exchange for 30,000 baht, Amarin TV said. Many social media pages dug up information about the influencer, Bank Lester, and found out
Read moreLeicester City’s chances of surviving in Premier League 50:50
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEICESTER CITY are roughly standing 50:50 chances of surviving in the Premier League at the end of current season, given the incredibly poor performance of the Foxes players so far, according to news reports. The Foxes have already conceded as many as 37 goals in their 17 League games so
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