Artikel erschien Oktober 2018

  • Woman accused of animal cruelty dodges media in Bangkok

    Woman accused of animal cruelty dodges media in Bangkok

    PHOTO: The Nation Thonburi  Court has freed on bail a 30 year old woman who has been accused of animal cruelty. Wararat Krasae, nicknamed Sun, walked free after her lawyer posted 40,000 baht bail. The woman appeared in the public for the first time at the court on Ekkachai Road after some animal lovers’ group filed complaints with police last week that she had tortured or even killed animals, mostly cats, she adopted from animal shelters.

  • Thai Airways apologises for the Zurich-Bangkok stuff up

    Thai Airways is promising disciplinary action after an investigation found both the flight captain and the station manager based in Zurich had acted ‘unethically’ in the delayed Zurich-Bangkok flight earlier this month. The Thai Airways president Sumeth Damrongchaitham has apologised for the incident stating the investigation showed that the problems happened due to lack of coordination between the flight captain and the Zurich station manager. “They failed to prioritise the interests of passengers and the airline in resolving the seating dispute of two off-duty pilots heading to Bangkok,” he said.

  • Backdown over “Prathet Ku Mee” anti-military rap

    Backdown over “Prathet Ku Mee” anti-military rap

    The government and authorities have veered away from a potential showdown with student activists and erred on the side of good politics with a back down on threats to press charges against the team behind the “Rap Against Dictatorship.” Read our weekend editorial about the matter HERE .

  • Tesco Lotus “We haven’t sacked 30-50% of our staff”

    Tesco Lotus “We haven’t sacked 30-50% of our staff”

    Matichon Online has posted a statement from Tesco Lotus following a series of viral posts claiming Tesco Lotus is laying off staff and closing stores. A similar story was posted on The Thaiger (below) .

  • College student found dead in a bathroom in Nakhon Ratchasima

    A third-year student of a technical college in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Mueang district has been found dead in a college bathroom today, according to police. The 20 year old male IT department student, was found lying face-down on the floor of the bathroom on the third floor of one of the college buildings. A doctor determined that he had died about 12 hours earlier.

  • Indonesian searchers trying to locate the black box – Lion Air flight JT610

    Indonesian searchers trying to locate the black box – Lion Air flight JT610

    Authorities have scouring the waters north of Java Island, off the coast of Jakarta, for bodies and debris from Lion Air flight JT610.

  • Krabi police investigate rocks thrown at an ambulance

    Krabi police investigate rocks thrown at an ambulance

    Krabi police are currently investigating after a group of teenagers were throwing rocks at an ambulance in Krabi yesterday. The ambulance was transferring a patient and heading to Krabi Hospital Krabi City on Petkasem Road around 3am

  • Northern temperatures to drop 3-5 degrees Celsius

    OK, so we’ve exaggerated a bit. Mercury in Thailand’s north is set to drop another 3-5 degrees from tomorrow until Friday.

  • Bangkok bus crashes into power pole – nine injured

    Bangkok bus crashes into power pole – nine injured

    FILE PHOTO Eight people have suffered minor injuries following a Bangkok city bus on route number 48 (Ramkhamhaeng 2-Wat Pho) crashing into a power pole near Sukhumvit Soi 48 in Bangkok’s Khlong Toei district this morning. The incident caused a long traffic jam. The incident reportedly happened when the driver slammed the brakes to avoid hitting a pickup truck that had cut in front of the bus

  • Missing Lion Air 737 – UPDATE

    SCREENGRAB: Flightradar24 • Flight JT610 was a Boeing 737-800 MAX, the latest version of the manufacturer’s workhorse 7373 single-aisle jet. • The aircraft was almost brand new