Emirates Scores A Double With First-Ever A380 Services To Bangkok And Toronto

DUBAI, UAE, July 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emirates has scored a double as two of its A380 super jumbos jetted off from Dubai to the opposite ends of the globe, marking the aviation world's first...

Bangkok elephant adoption effort has pachyderms packing

BANGKOK – Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok’s colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the ...

Thai prime minister to meet UN secretary-general

Bangkok - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will meet United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday night when he transits through Bangkok from neighbouring Myanmar, officials said. Ban, w...

Thai Government Restricts Use of Elephants

Elephants in urban Bangkok have officials there working to get the beasts out of the city, worried they will cause accidents and become injured. (July 3)

Bangkok introduces back-to-nature scheme for urban elephants

Bangkok - In a bid to rid Bangkok of its elephant population, city authorities have offered to buy the wandering pachyderms from their owners and send them back to the jungle, a media report said Satu...

Thai burglar falls asleep on the job

Bangkok - A Thai thief broke into a house but promptly fell asleep inside before stealing anything and was eventually discovered by a housemaid on Friday morning, police said. Prachak Jarkngooloem,...

Thai Government Criticizes Campaign for Royal Pardon for Ousted PM

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has criticized moves to seek a royal pardon for exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The campaign comes soon after by-election victories by pro-Thaksin politicians.P...