PHNOM PENH/NEW YORK (AFP): New York prosecutors said Friday they had returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American dealers and traffickers. The antiquities were valued at a total of US$3 million, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. Bragg said in a statement that he had returned...
BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Voice TV, a Thai media company owned by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s family, said it will cease operations next month and lay off about 200 employees including journalists. Voice TV is known for its television channel with programs reaching about 22 million households nationwide through digital terrestrial, satellite, and cable TV, according to...
If you’ve been keeping tabs on Thailand’s recent military draft news, chances are you would’ve come across photos of Thai transgender beauties, Parida Kerayuphan and Kantong Passarapon. Parida and Kantong, both 21, shot to fame after their appearance at the Kaset Wisai district’s military conscription centre earlier this month. For those who don’t know, Thai law mandates that...
BANGKOK: National Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate 'Big Joke' Hakparn (pic) on Tuesday (April 2) turned himself in at Tao Poon police station in Bangkok after an arrest warrant on him was issued earlier in the day. The Criminal Court issued the arrest warrant on Surachate after he evaded three summonses in a gambling-website case. Surachate...
LONDON: An 80-year-old man has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run, reported PA Media/dpa quoting British police. Richard Burrows (pic), who is accused of historic sexual abuse of children, was arrested at Heathrow on Thursday (March 28) after returning to the UK from Thailand, a spokesman for Cheshire Police said. The force...
BANGKOK: Temperatures have soared above 40 degrees Centigrade in northern and central Thailand over recent days, scarcely dropping below 30 degrees at night as an extreme heat wave hits the country, a popular tourist destination year-round, reported dpa news. The authorities have urged residents to remain indoors during the middle of the day. "The Department of Health...
BANGKOK: A mother on Saturday (March 30) filed a complaint with Pattaya police against the owner of a “mu kratha” shop for allegedly caning her son and daughter-in-law as punishment for reporting late to work. The mother, Anong Sidaprom, 37, filed a complaint at Pattaya Police Station on Saturday evening, against the owner of the Fah...
BANGKOK (Bloomberg):After missing out on Taylor Swift’s world tour, Thailand has sealed deals to host Summer Sonic and Tomorrowland music festivals as it pushes event-driven tourism to propel South-East Asia’s second-largest economy. Summer Sonic will come to South-East Asia for the first time in its second venture outside of Japan, with dates set for Aug. 24...
BANGKOK: Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's second son has said he wants to return to the kingdom permanently after living abroad for more than two decades, in an interview published on Thursday (March 21). Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse grew up in the United States following his parents' divorce in the 1990s, but he made an unexpected visit to Thailand...
BANGKOK (AP): Thailand’s immigration authorities have revoked the visas of two New Zealand tourists accused of assaulting a traffic police officer on a popular resort island in an incident widely shared online, police said Monday. Brothers Hamish Day and Oscar Mattson Day were charged with offenses including robbery, causing physical harm to an on-duty officer, attempted...
