The Reluctant Gourmet: Thailand, tourists and tales The Hindu We break down mid-safari. Since this isn't Masai Mara, we're ridiculously laid back. Besides, it's stifling in the bus. So we saunter out, watched by astonished deer. And Japanese tourists. They drive past in meticulously sealed vans. We wave cockily. Till a pair of stocky wildebeest charge at us. U...
Thailand prime minister to visit Bahrain Gulf News | Manama: Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will this month visit Bahrain and Qatar on her first trip to the Middle East since taking office last year. | Boosting cooperation in trade and medical services will top the agenda of her talks in the two Gulf countries on May 13-16, Narong Sas...
Myanmar 'slaves' rescued in Thailand Zeenews Yangon: Nearly 150 Myanmar migrant workers locked up inside a shrimp factory near Bangkok have been rescued by Thai police. | Kyaw Thaung, a spokesperson for the Burmese Association in Thailand (BAT), told The Irrawaddy newspaper that they came to kn...
Thailand's 'Red Shirts' to rally in Bangkok France24 | AFP - Tens of thousands of "Red Shirt" supporters were expected to bring central Bangkok to a standstill Saturday on the second anniversary of a deadly crackdown on street protests, according to city police. | At least 1,200 officers will be deploy...
Thailand: ‘Gold’ foetuses for black magic found Zeenews Zeenews Bureau | Bangkok: Thai police on Friday arrested a British citizen after six roasted foetuses covered with gold were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room. | The police said Chow Hok Kuen, 28, a British citizen born in Hong K...
HORRIFYING: A British Man Was Caught Trying To Smuggle Roasted Baby Fetuses Into Thailand Business Insider | A modern-day Kuman Thong ritual with wooden idols A British man of Asian origin was arrested in Thailand after police found him in possession of six human fetuses that had been roasted and covered in gold leaf in a black magic ritual, The Telegraph...
British citizen arrested in Thailand on suspicion of smuggling babies' corpses The Guardian | Bodies of six babies were found in suitcase in Bangkok hotel room, Thai police say Khao San Road in Bangkok, where the arrested man was staying. Photograph: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA | A British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok on suspicion of smuggl...
In Thailand, roasted fetuses found stashed in luggage CNN May 18, 2012 -- Updated 1458 GMT (2258 HKT) | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Six roasted fetuses covered with gold for black magic rituals were found in a Bangkok hotel room, and the gruesome discovery led to the arrest of a British citizen Friday, Thai ...
TRAVEL: An oddity in Bangkok Business Day | WHAT does Bam know that I don’t? That’s the question I keep mulling over as my taxi crawls through the Bangkok rush hour. There are cars in front and many others behind, cars overhead and a long, long line of them below. Welcome to the city of angels. | I think of Bam when I see a cyclist weaving through the traffic, a single mobile person in...
TRAVEL: An oddity in Bangkok Business Day | WHAT does Bam know that I don’t? That’s the question I keep mulling over as my taxi crawls through the Bangkok rush hour. There are cars in front and many others behind, cars overhead and a long, long line of them below. Welcome to the city of angels. | I think of Bam when I see a cyclist weaving through the traffic, a single mobile person in...
