News from Thailand – October 13, 2012
Governor Junlaphat Sangchan of Samut Sakhon will tackle child labor in the fishing and fish processing industry. He promised this yesterday during a meeting with representatives of the industry, the American embassy and the International Labor Organization.
News from Thailand – October 12, 2012
A Canadian coroner doubts whether the two Canadian sisters who were found dead in their hotel room on the island of Phi Phi in June died of the use of DEET as part of a drug popular among young people.
News from Thailand – October 11, 2012
Former police doctor Supat Laohawattana, aka Dr Death, has been formally charged with murder.
News from Thailand – October 10, 2012
Victims and relatives of the massacre on October 14, 1973 try again; they ask the government to compensate them.
News from Thailand – October 09, 2012
The weather gods were in favor of Bangkok yesterday, as only 60 mm of rain fell against 90 mm that had been predicted. Streets flooded here and there.
Dutch expat (46) passed away in Jomtien
A 46-year-old man from the Netherlands has died after being found unconscious in his condo in Jomtien (Pattaya).
News from Thailand – October 8, 2012
Conflicting information yesterday about tropical storm Gaemi. Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi warned of high waves of up to 4 meters in the Gulf of Thailand.
News from Thailand – October 7, 2012
Tropical Storm Gaemi arrives as a depression in the border province of Sa Keao today and continues as a low-pressure area tomorrow over Chanthaburi, Rayong, Chon Buri and Bangkok with downpours of more than 100 mm.
News from Thailand – October 6, 2012
The wife of police doctor Supat Laohawattana, nicknamed Dr Death, was arrested in Bangkok yesterday. She confessed that she saw her husband talking to the couple who disappeared without a trace in 2009.
Bangkok braces for tropical storm 'Gaemi'
This weekend it will rain heavily and storms in large parts of Thailand, the Thai meteorological services predict.
News from Thailand – October 5, 2012
Bangkok is preparing for the rain that tropical storm Gaemi has in store for the capital in the coming days. Weirs in the khlongs have been opened to accelerate the drainage of water, so that they can collect enough water immediately.
News from Thailand – October 4, 2012
After tropical storm Gaemi that ravaged parts of Thailand this weekend, a second one with the Thai name Phrapiroon will arrive on October 20. It will reach roughly the same area as Gaemi: the southern part of the Northeast, East, Central Plains and the northern part of the South.
News from Thailand – October 3, 2012
More than two weeks after she had a filling material injected into her buttocks and fell into a coma, a 33-year-old woman died.
LCR reports shortage of typhoid vaccines for travelers
In the very short term, there will be a shortage of vaccines against typhoid fever in the Netherlands. This has to do with a worldwide supply problem of the vaccines, reports the National Center for Traveler Advice (LCR).
News from Thailand – October 2, 2012
A tropical storm currently forming over the China Sea will bring heavy rain to the Northeast, the Central Plains and Bangkok this weekend.
News from Thailand – October 1, 2012
Sandbags, pieces of concrete, plastic bottles and stones have been found in the sewers of Min Buri and Chatuchak in Bangkok, which opposition party Democrats find suspicious.
News from Thailand – September 30, 2012
It continues to struggle with the Airport Rail Link, the metro connection between Suvarnabhumi Airport and the city center. To encourage the use of the City Line, a fare of 31 baht will apply from tomorrow until December 11 between 14 a.m. and 20 p.m.