Bangkok - Thick fog diverted 11 flights from Bangkok's international airport Thursday, forcing them to land at the Thai capital's domestic airport as well as farther afield in Chiang Mai and Phuket, airport officials said.
The fog, which reduced visibility to 800 metres, blanketed Suvarnabhumi Airport from 7 to 8 am, but lifted about 9 am, allowing traffic to resume, airport director Serirat Prasutanond said.
Sydney - The Australian government has supported a request for a royal pardon for Australian author Harry Nicolaides, who was sentenced to three years in prison in Thailand this week for insulting its monarchy with his little-read novel, media reports said Thursday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith said he had written to his Thai counterpart supporting a request for a pardon from Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej for Nicolaides, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.
Bangkok - Thailand will send a representative to attend the launch of the world's first international agency dedicated to promoting the use of renewable energy, in Bonn, Germany, next week, with hope of tapping German technology on solar energy, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Thai Energy Minister Wannarat Charnukul will attend the founding ceremony on January 26 to 27 of the Initiative for an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a Germany-based organization dedicated to facilitating the use of renewable energy worldwide.
Bangkok - Thailand's auto parts industry is at risk of shedding 40,000 permanent jobs this year as domestic and global demand for vehicles shrinks, media reports said Wednesday.
Discussions Tuesday between the Industry Ministry and 1,600 auto parts manufacturers concluded that 20 per cent of 200,000 permanent employees in the sector were in danger of losing this jobs this year, the Bangkok Post reported.
Bangkok - Thailand's 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Tuesday congratulated Barrack Obama on his inauguration as the 44th president of the US and sent his wishes for greater "progress and prosperity" for the American people.
"I am pleased to extend to Your Excellency my sincere congratulations and best wishes for your success and happiness as well as for the greater progress and prosperity of the United States of America and her people," said the king in a congratulatory message to president-elect Obama.
Bangkok - Thailand's military has agreed to investigate reports that its navy pushed hundreds of Rohingya boat people back out to sea last month, leaving as estimated 500 missing and feared drowned, the army commander-in-chief confirmed Tuesday.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva requested the investigation after meeting with human rights groups at a meeting Monday at which the Rohingya refugee situation was raised.
Bangkok - Thick fog diverted 11 flights from Bangkok's international airport Thursday, forcing them to land at the Thai capital's domestic airport as well as farther afield in Chiang Mai and Phuket, airport officials said.
Sydney - The Australian government has supported a request for a royal pardon for Australian author Harry Nicolaides, who was sentenced to three years in prison in Thailand this week for insulting its monarchy with his little-read novel, media reports said Thursday.
Bangkok - Thailand will send a representative to attend the launch of the world's first international agency dedicated to promoting the use of renewable energy, in Bonn, Germany, next week, with hope of tapping German technology on solar energy, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Bangkok - Thailand's auto parts industry is at risk of shedding 40,000 permanent jobs this year as domestic and global demand for vehicles shrinks, media reports said Wednesday.
Bangkok - Thailand's 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Tuesday congratulated Barrack Obama on his inauguration as the 44th president of the US and sent his wishes for greater "progress and prosperity" for the American people.
Bangkok - Thailand's military has agreed to investigate reports that its navy pushed hundreds of Rohingya boat people back out to sea last month, leaving as estimated 500 missing and feared drowned, the army commander-in-chief confirmed Tuesday.
