The government yesterday lifted its ban on the YouTube website after the site’s management agreed to block any video clips deemed offensive to Thai people or those that violate Thai law.
Information and Com-munications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookai-yaudom said local Internet surfers would now be able to access the YouTube site, which has been banned since [...]
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Information and Communications Technology Thursday has lifted the ban on the popular video blog site,Youtube.com.
Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said that Thailand decided to lift up the block on Youtube after it agreed to block people in Thailand from accessing its clips of which the contents violate the Thai laws.
He added that [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
His Majesty the King endorsed the country’s 18th constitution, five days after the kingdom, a constitutional monarchy since 1932, voted in favor of the newly-drafted charter in the first national referendum to pave the way for the first post-coup national poll scheduled for this December.
The charter took effect immediately after it was announced in the [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
A 46 page verdict cleared the Madame Mayor of all charges brought on by the local Election Commission office and the national Election Commission that sought to disqualify her from the recent mayoral elections.
On August 22nd, the Chiang Mai Administrative Court read the verdict inside a packed courtroom filled with family members and supporters of [...]
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The City of Chiang Mai hopes to re-open Thapae Gate in time for Loy Kratong on the 23rd of November said Dr. Ken Santitham, Deputy District Chief.
The long planned renovation of the Thapae Gate and its surrounding began on July 13th after it was decided to beautify one of Chiang Mai’s most transited areas.
The 63 [...]
A referendum on a new constitution in Thailand has passed, final results show.
The Election Commission said 57.8% of those taking part in the weekend vote had accepted the charter.
The military-installed government, which drew up the new constitution, welcomed the result and said it paved the way for elections later this year.
However, correspondents say the outcome [...]
Airport of Thailand’s net profit for its third quarter fell by 84 per cent despite recording higher traffic.
The company has blamed the current dispute and court case involving King Power over the management of duty-free shops as the reason for the drop in profit.
King Power operates stores at Suvarnabhumi Airport and was recently suspended while [...]
Bangkok will have a second look at the A380 megajet and Chiang Mai will get its first glimpse when the European plane maker Airbus brings the world’s largest civil jetliner here in a few weeks. The double-decker jet, capable of carrying 520 passengers, will head to four countries in Asia for demonstration flights in a [...]
A disappointed Thai zoo plans to put a Chinese-lent male panda on a diet again before deciding whether to replace him, after artificial insemination failed to impregnate his partner, an official said on Thursday.
Despite symptoms of pregnancy after she was artificially inseminated four months ago, an ultrasound examination showed Lin Hui was not pregnant, Sophon [...]
Thailand’s Zoological Park Organisation on Thursday blamed malnutrition for the death of a baby koala in Chiang Mai Zoo.
The six-month-old female – the first born to Australian mother Coco – died on July 28 from being underweight. It was only 240 grams compared to the average weight of 500g for that age, Sopon Damnui said.
Caretaker [...]
