GEORGE TOWN: Kampung Siam, a settlement of Malaysians with Siamese and Burmese ancestry, is closing the final page of its 200- year-old existence to make way for development.
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was presented with a personalised 3D cake after Parliament adjourned on May 8, marking his final sitting in the house as prime minister.
Korean Culture Alliance (KCA) Thailand, a now-defunct event promoter that organised South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun's first fan meeting in Thailand in 2014, confirmed that the actor played badminton at the event venue.
Promoter confirms Kim Soo-hyun's 2014 'badminton incident' in Thailand, but denies coercion
Share buybacks are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Thai equity market, marking a shift from the traditional behaviour of listed companies. Historically, Thai firms have been hesitant to engage in buybacks due to structural and strategic reasons.
BANGKOK (Reuters): Police have arrested a suspected gunman after a shooting at a luxury mall in Thailand's capital Bangkok, local media reported.
BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A South Korean Internet celebrity wanted to record herself enjoying a meal in Bangkok but ended up filming herself fleeing Siam Paragon as gunshots rang out.
BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Barely 24 hours after a shooting that killed two foreigners, Siam Paragon shopping centre opened its doors at 10am on Wednesday (Oct 4).
The death toll from last week’s shooting at Siam Paragon shopping mall rose to three on Friday evening, when a Thai victim reportedly succumbed to her wounds.
BANGKOK: Though the Central Juvenile and Family Court chose to release the young Siam Paragon shooting suspect on legal technicalities, his father has agreed to leave him under the care of state psychiatrists.
BANGKOK: Public prosecutors have rejected a police investigation report in the Siam Paragon mass shooting incident involving a 14-year-old boy, the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) said on Thursday (Dec 28).
The Thailand government said it is thankful that tourists from China are still coming to Thailand despite the shooting in a Bangkok mall in which a Chinese tourist was killed.
JOHOR BARU: The Bangkok luxury mall shooting was a traumatic experience for Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim and his family, who were within earshot of the incident.
PETALING JAYA: Melissa Lee shuddered to think what could have happened to her and her relatives had they hung around a little longer at the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok, the scene of a mass shooting tragedy on Tuesday.
The teenage shooter who went on a fatal shooting spree in a Bangkok mall on Tuesday had practised at an army shooting range more than 20 times, Thai police disclosed on Friday.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Bangkok’s luxury mall Icon Siam is celebrating the Chinese New Year with special performances that feature a 108-metre-long lantern dragon, the longest in Thailand.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Thai economy will expand 3.9% this year due to a faster-than-expected recovery in the tourism sector, rising private consumption, and a stronger-than-expected global economy, the research unit of Siam Commercial Bank said on Friday (March 17).
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Siam Bioscience on Monday (Jan 25) released a statement following criticism by Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit over its role in Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccine programme.
AS the region hosts the tail-end of the 2022 LPGA Tour with the staging of a handful of events, including this week’s BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea, so too are plans already underway for the circuit’s swing through South-East Asia again early next season.
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): AstraZeneca announced on Sunday (May 9) that the samples from test batches of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Siam Bioscience had passed the quality testing at AstraZeneca’s designated laboratories in Europe and in the US.