SECOND ARMY Region Commander Lt. Gen. Boonsin Phadklang today (June 14) underscored that Thais have held the three disputed temples and Chong Bok area at Ubon Ratchathani province for a long time and Cambodia would have to fight for them with Thailand also not going to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on this
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Air India airplane resumes flight after bomb threat with a suspect questioned
AIR India Flight AI 379 resumed its journey to New Delhi after a bomb threat led to an emergency landing at Phuket Airport as no suspicious objects were found but one suspect is being questioned, Amarin TV said this evening (June 13). At 10 a.m. today Phuket Airport was informed by the Flight Control
Read moreBhumjaithai will shift to opposition if stripped of interior portfolio: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER ANUTIN Charnvirakul said today (June 13) the coalition partner would rather become an opposition party if he himself was removed as interior minister anytime soon. The titular leader of the second largest coalition partner steered by de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob declined to say whether he would
Read moreAir India fight gets a bomb threat, asks to make emergency landing at Phuket
Updated at 2 p.m. AN AIR INDIA flight from Hong Kong to Phuket then onwards to New Delhi asked to make an emergency at Phuket Airport after the crew found a bomb threat in a message during the flight, Amarin TV said today (June 13). At 9.30 a.m. Flight Control Centre of Aeronautical Radio
Read moreMedical Council’s action against 3 Thaksin doctors can be appealed: Somchai
THE Medical Council’s vote yesterday (June 12) upholding a decision to warn one doctor and suspend the licence of two others for allowing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to stay at Police Hospital rather than prison for six months until he was paroled can be appealed but there is also criminal penalty
Read moreSurvivor of Air India crash jumped out of emergency exit, police say
By Agencies and published by CNA New Delhi – Ramesh Viswashkumar, the only known survivor out of the 242 people onboard an Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday (June 12), had been sitting near an emergency exit of the London-bound flight and managed to jump out, police said. A doctor at
Read moreTravellers urged to beware as tropical storm Wutip roars in the region
THE Thai Meteorological Department this evening (June 12) warned travellers to be careful as tropical storm Wutip is approaching China’s Hainan island and Guangdong province with Vietnam Airlines having cancelled and adjusted multiple flights, Thai Rath newspaper, Voice of Vietnam and China Daily said. At 4 p.m. in Thailand Wutip was racing through South
Read moreLondon-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India
By AP and published by The Canadian Press – shared by Msn.com Ahmedabad, India – An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed on Thursday (June 12) in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the
Read moreAustrian body packer rushed to hospital from airport after swallowing meth pills
AN AUSTRIAN body packer who was rushed to Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital from Don Mueang Airport was found to have swallowed 255 methamphetamine pills, Amarin TV said today (June 12). At around 1 p.m. yesterday police at Huamark station were notified that a foreign patient, identified as Mr. Gantner, 43, was hospitalised after suffering convulsions
Read moreHun Sen calls for fundraising to support troops at border
CAMBODIAN Senate President and former prime minister Hun Sen today (June 12) urged Cambodians to donate money to a fund to support troops along the border as the struggle against Thai “aggression” through military, political, diplomatic and legal means must be part of a long-term strategy, Amarin TV said. Hun Sen’s post, in Cambodian
Read moreIndian man sprays mosquito repellent in mouth after row with girlfriend
AN INDIAN man upset after a row with his girlfriend who disappeared and could not be reached all night sprayed mosquito repellant in his mouth and was rushed to a Pattaya hospital in a state of shock this morning (June 11), Amarin TV said. At 10 a.m. Sawang Boribun Dhammasathan Foundation rescue unit was
Read morePM visits tense border area, inspects survival shelters
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her entourage visited the tense Thai-Cambodian border at Kap Choeng district, Surin province, to inspect building survival shelters after a border clash on May 28 led to one Cambodian soldier being killed, Naewna newspaper said today (June 11). She is believed to be the first leader from both sides
Read moreCourt trial over Thaksin’s Police Hospital fake-out case delayed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a technical respite quietly provided for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, a court trial on the Police Hospital fake-out case against him has been put off until after the next couple of weeks. The Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits against
Read moreMyanmar military junta fighter jet shot down near Mandalay, rebel group claims
By AP and published by Euronews A MYANMAR junta fighter jet crashed and burned in Myanmar on Tuesday (June 10) in an area that has seen intense fighting during the civil war, with one rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media said it had suffered a mechanical failure. The aircraft
Read moreEknath shrugs off Suchart-led renegade MPs’ move
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RUAM THAI SANG CHART Secretary-General Eknath Prompan today (June 10) shrugged off a premeditated move made by deputy party leader Suchart Chomklin for some of the coalition partner’s MPs to renegade and depart for a lesser-known camp. Eknath who concurrently acts as industry minister did not name any names other
Read more10 casinos at Cambodia’s border town hit by border dispute
TEN popular casinos at Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, are now extremely quiet with Thai gamblers staying away after a border dispute flared up between the two countries as even though the dispute has now eased restricted checkpoint opening hours is still in place,
Read moreFormer prime minister Gen. Suchinda passes away
THAILAND’S 19th prime minister Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon, nicknamed Big Su, passed away peacefully from old age at the age of 91 years and 10 months at Phramongkutklao Hospital at 1.57 a.m. this morning (June 10), Naewna newspaper said. Gen. Suchinda was born on August 6, 1933. He was both a military officer and a
Read moreUS pizza chain Little Caesars eyes India expansion with dozens of new stores
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News US pizza chain Little Caesars is planning to open dozens of stores in India over the coming years aiming to capitalise on the country’s robust economic growth, an executive told Reuters. Little Caesars will open its first Indian store in the Delhi NCR region this month. “India is
Read morePita slams Maris while urging Thailand and Cambodia to use Asean forum
FORMER Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat criticised Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa for telling ambassadors and consuls general that “sometimes we have to play outside the rules. The current world is very much outside the rules. We have to adhere to national interests” while urging both Thailand and Cambodia to use the Asean Regional Forum
Read moreBhumjaithai kept in govt, Ruam Thai Sang Chart kicked out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly resolved to keep the Bhumjaithai, albeit as the coalition government’s thorn in the side, whilst kicking out the Ruam Thai Sang Chart in near future, a partisan source said over the weekend. Given unconfirmed, yet welcomed news
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