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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s airport reopened on Tuesday but its administrator warned that flight movements would still be affected, after China said widespread anti-government protests that halted flights a day earlier showed “sprouts of terrorism”. The notice was published on the Hong Kong International Airport’s official mobile app at 6 a.m. (2200 GMT
Every place in the world has its own history just waiting to be explored. This includes ‘Chiang Mai’, a province in the north of Thailand and very popular with tourists from around the world. All Chiang Mai’s stories are waiting for us to explore at the ‘Chiang Mai City Arts and Culture Centre’, ‘Chiang Mai
The Treasury Department is surveying about 200 old Crown Property buildings throughout the country, several of which are reputed to be haunted, for possible development for commercial purposes while retaining their architectural and aesthetic characteristics. Mr. Amnuay Preemonwong, director-general of the Treasury Department, said that most of these old buildings are over 100 years old,
Mariam’s condition is steadily improving after the baby dugong was treated with anti-biotics and food supplements to treat lung and blood infections, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said Monday night. Mariam is responding well to anti-biotics, multi-vitamin gel, glucose and mineral water being administered by veterinarians and she can now swim and dive
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, at a private merit making ceremony in Chitralada Palace to celebrate her 87th birthday anniversary today (August 12th) She was accompanied by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana, Somdech Phra Kanishthadhiraj Chao Krom Somdech Phra Debaratnarajsuda Chao Fa Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Somdet Phrachao Nong
The Formula 1 website released the surprising news this afternoon (August 12th) that the Thai-British driver, Alexander Albon, will replace Pierre Gasly’s in the Red Bull team for the mid 2019 season. He will drive for Red Bull in the 13th competition in Belgium on August 30th and 31st and September 1st, 2019. The 2019
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his wife led cabinet ministers and their spouses, Privy Councilors, MPs, Senators, senior government officials, high-ranking military and police officers and members of the public in a merit-making ceremony at Sanam Luang this morning, on the occasion of the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother. The Prime
The last group of 18 Thai fishermen, who had been stranded on fishing trawlers in the seas off Somalia, arrived in Bangkok this morning on a Thai Airways International flight and were welcomed by officials and airline staff at Suvarnabhumi international airport. After their arrival they were taken by bus to the Ministry of Labour
Thai Airways International and Thai Air Asia have cancelled their flights to Hong Kong today after protesters broke into Hong Kong airport’s passenger terminal. THAI announced that two flights from Bangkok to Hong Kong, TG 606 which was due to leave Bangkok at 4pm and TG602 which was due to leave at 6.30pm, have been
All flights in and out of Hong Kong were cancelled on Monday after thousands of pro-democracy protesters flooded the city’s airport to denounce police violence. The abrupt shutdown at one of the world’s busiest hubs came as the Chinese government signalled its rising anger at the protesters, denouncing some of the violent demonstrations as “terrorism”.
Thais, nowadays, are indebted from an early age, and the level of their debt is maintained even as they approach retirement. A study by the Bank of Thailand reports that Thais get into debt in their 20s and tend to borrow more as they age. It is not surprising, therefore, that Thailand’s household debt has
The famous Mon (Uttamanusorn) Bridge, Thailand’s longest wooden bridge, is being watched around the clock by the Thai army for fear that it may collapse under the force of strong currents in the Songkalia River and a huge amount of debris which is piling up against the bridge’s superstructure. Using motor boats, troops and volunteers
Muslims all over the world gather to perform the Eid Al-Adha prayer on August 11, 2019. Muslims across the world are celebrating the first day of the Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates prophet Abraham’s sacrifice of a lamb after God spared Ishmael, his son. Eid
Veterinarians are treating baby dugong Mariam after she was diagnosed with blood and lung infections. Since August 8th, the baby dugong appeared to be subdued with no appetite and with abnormal breathing and bad breath. She was found to be suffering with mouth ulcers and showed signs of an infected lung. The initial diagnosis, conducted
Villagers living downstream of a small earthen dam, in Bang Saphan district of Thailand’s southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, were yesterday advised to move their belongings to higher ground as a precaution against possible flooding of their communities due an unusual discharge of water from the reservoir. Officials from the Ratchaburi-based Regional 7 water
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters on Sunday as a tenth straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations intensified amid an increasingly aggressive response from the police and Beijing. Riot police fired volleys of tear gas at crowds of mostly young protesters outside a police station in the working class district
