Young Tooting man paralysed and stranded in Thailand A salesman from Tooting is stranded in a Thai hospital after he was paralysed in a crash and did not have insurance. Tom Moss, 27, was left blind and unable to move from the neck down after his moped was hit by two cars and a lorry in Thailand. Now his family [...]

An assailant fired an M79 grenade at the NBT station Tuesday afternoon. The grenade landed at the parking area at 1:25 pm. A news vehicle was damaged but no one was injured. INN reported that the grenade appeared to have been fired from the Don Mueng Tollway. Upon learning of the bomb attack, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajia instructed PM’s Office [...]

Pattani, Thailand – A car bomb early Monday wounded two village defence volunteers in Thailand’s restive Muslim-majority south in the latest of a spate of attacks that an army officer blamed on the holy month of Ramadan. The car bomb by suspected separatist insurgents in Narathiwat province wounded the two defence volunteers during the early hours in Janah district, local [...]

A woman nine months pregnant, was rewarded with 10,000 baht after assisting police officers in catching a car thief in Bangkok. Bangkok, 6th August 2010: The Khao Sod Thai newspaper reported that police Major General Kreerin Inkaew (Metropolitan Police 9 Commander), police Colonel Sunthorn Torod (Luksong Police Station Superintendent), police Lieutenant Colonel Yutthaphong Intharaphong (Luksong Police Station Deputy Superintendent), Female [...]

Following a single car accident on the overhead bypass in North Pattaya, in which a vehicle fell from the raised roadway into the bushland below, police uncovered the presence of an illegal narcotic in the vehicle wreckage. Pattaya, the 1st of August 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 5:30pm on Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Jakkarin Toursuphap (Pattaya Police Investigator) was notified of a [...]

(NECN/MCOT: Songkhla, Thailand) – Fifty French tourists begin the Thailand phase of their vintage car rally in the southern province of Songkhla. Tourism Authority of Thailand welcomed the members of the vintage car rally who began their 21-day Thailand phase on Monday. A traditional Thai drum band performed as a reception while tourism officials presented gifts and memorabilia for the [...]

PHUKET: A Thai couple relieved an Irish expat of more than 750,000 baht after stealing his ATM card in Phuket and guessing his PIN number from his birth date, police said. Chai Bunrit, 26, and Pacharin Rathanaphansunthara, 24, then went on a spree, buying a car and staying in luxury hotels across the South before their arrest in a luxury [...]

The Ford Motor Company has announced plans to build a $450 million car plant in Thailand to meet rising demand in the region. Analysts say the investment shows confidence that Thailand will remain a leading auto manufacturing hub despite political unrest and competition from China. Ford executives say the plant will be built in Rayong, southeast of Bangkok, by 2012 [...]

Barricades set up as both sides armed to attacked The red shirts barricaded all six entrances to their protest site on Rajprasong intersection yesterday after the government made it clear that it was waiting for the right opportunity to use force to disperse the tens of thousands of protesters. However, Saladaeng intersection, adjoining Silom Road and Lumpini Park, had the [...]

With automobile sales rebounding significantly in recent months, automobile companies are hoping their participation at the annual Bangkok International Motor Show will turn out to be a great success. This will be a totally different scenario from last year, when auto sales in the first two months plunged on the global recession and rumours of an auto excise-duty adjustment stalled [...]