A bomb has exploded at a bus stop in the Thai capital, Bangkok, killing one person and wounding 10 others. The blast occurred in an area occupied by “red-shirt” anti-government protesters for weeks until a crackdown by the security forces in May. It came as voting ended in a closely-watched by-election in the city. Unofficial results suggest the government’s candidate [...]

Democrat Party candidate Panich Vikitsreth would win Sunday’s by-election in Bangkok Constituency 6, according to Suan Dusit’s exit poll. The opinion survey on people who voted at the polling stations revealed that 52.77 per cent of 5,157 surveyed voters cast their votes for Mr Panich, while 40.93 per cent voted for Puea Thai Party candidate Korkaew Pikulthong. Bangkok Post Share [...]

BANGKOK, July 24 — After signing sister airport agreements with three leading global airports earlier, Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport is preparing to sign a similar accord with an American airport, Serirat Prasutanond, president of Airports of Thailand (AoT) said Friday. During a seminar Mr Serirat said that although Suvarnabhumi Airport, east of Bangkok in Samut Prakan province, ranks as the world’s [...]

Police have identified nine people injured in the bomb explosion in front of Big C Rajdamri Sunday evening. Thawatchai Thongmak, 51, was severely injured and rushed to the Police Hospital. The eight others were identified as Sompatchara Tangsiriphanit, 46, Somchai Iampracha, 37, Somjai Phanwima, 37, Chanu (surname unknown), 24, Puan Pornnithet, 37, and Wirasak Saetae, 40. The Nation Share var [...]

BANGKOK: The by-elections in Bangkok on Sunday could shed light on the political mood of voters in the Kingdom. Around 2,000 police officers will be deployed at polling places to maintain order. Democrat Party candidate Panich Vikitsreth stumps for votes in Bangkok’s Constituency 6 — a large and rather rural area made of up of four districts about 35 kilometres [...]

Canadian journalist Nelson Rand is home after being shot three times during Bangkok’s violent protests this May. “Ironically, my worst wound right now is not from a bullet, but from a ride to the hospital,” Rand said in a phone interview Wednesday. When a stranger drove him to the hospital on a motorcycle after he was shot, Rand’s foot dragged [...]

BANGKOK, July 21 — Four Iranian men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling 111 packages of crystal methamphetamine with a total weight of one kilogramme. Also known as ‘ice’, the foursome reportedly tried to carry the crystal meth into the kingdom by swallowing the packages, customs officials told at a press briefing on Wednesday. The drugs were estimated to [...]

Thailand’s main opposition Puea Thai Party on Monday opened an exhibition highlighting the pain and struggle witnessed in the recent two-month long anti-government protests in Bangkok. The seven-day exhibition opened, marking the two-month anniversary of the end of violent protests in the capital. Bangkok, the 19th of July 2010: Open until the 25th of July, the exhibition marks the pain [...]

More than 1,600 pounds of illicit ivory has been seized in Thailand after the elephant tusks were smuggled from Africa in pallets labelled as plywood furniture or notepads. Customs authorities said Friday the 765 kilograms (1,683 pounds) of elephant tusks seized Tuesday was Thailand’s third big ivory seizure this year. The shipment was seized Tuesday after the flight from Kenya [...]

About 20 representatives of Farmers Organisation Network of Thailand gathered at Government House on Thursday, calling for concrete measures to end farmers’ debt problems. Prayuth Veerakitti, leader of the group , said his network had earlier petitioned Khunying Supattra Masdith, an adviser to the prime minister, asking for government help to solve problems debt-stricken farmers, but no action had been [...]