Bangkok Informer

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s ruling National Front coalition retains its majority in the parliament, extending its 56-year hold to power, election results showed Monday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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A Thai inventor has won prizes from an international inventions exhibition recently in Switzerland. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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Yumika Adachi was a runaway winner in the third edition of the US$ 200,000 Yumeya Dream Cup, winning the event by seven strokes. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Sports

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Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat stunned a world class field in the Maybank Malaysian Open to pocket US$ 458,330 for his biggest payday.   KUALA LUMPUR – Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat won his maiden European Tour title when he clinched the Maybank Malaysian Open title by one stroke with a total of 13-under 203 at the Kuala Lumpur [...]

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A Thai professor who bought textbooks in Thailand and sold them in the United States won a major Supreme Court ruling on copyright law that gives foreign buyers of textbooks, movies and other products a right to resell them in the United States without the permission of the copyright owner, Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. [...]

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AP: Bangkok’s governor won a second term Sunday in an election that was overshadowed by Thailand’s national politics and seen as a major test for his Democrat party. The gubernatorial election was Bangkok’s first since it was paralyzed by deadly anti-government protests in 2010. The Red Shirt protesters – mostly rural-based supporters of former Prime [...]

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Democrat Party  Sukhumbhand Paribatra   BANGKOK – Thailand’s main opposition party won an election for the governor of Bangkok on Sunday, dealing a surprise blow to the ruling party of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra which had hoped to win the city and cement its supremacy. Incumbent governor and Democrat Party member Sukhumbhand Paribatra [...]

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The Civil Court today ruled that Deves Insurance must pay the compensation plus interest of 7.5 per cent per annum from March 31, 2011 to Central Group, following the 15-month lawsuit. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Business

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Thailand’s Nootsara Tomkom won “the Best Setter” award for the Volleyball Globe 2012 following a landslide 3,863-1,143 victory over USA’s Carli Lloyd in the voting showdown concluded late Wednesday night. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Sports

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Singapore lifted the AFF Suzuki Cup for a record fourth time despite losing 1-0 to Thailand in the second leg of the final at Supachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok on Saturday. Trailing 3-1 from the first leg in Singapore, the Thais dominated the match and they cut the deficit when Kirati Keawsombat headed in a [...]

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AirAsia was again hailed as the ‘Best Asian Low-Cost Carrier’ award winner by TTG, Asia-Pacific’s leading travel news publisher, at the 23rd Annual TTG Travel Awards in Bangkok recently. Full News here – News update

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Vipas Srithong, author of “Khon Khrae” (Dwarf), yesterday won this year’s Southeast Asian Write Award for reflecting human relationships and the sense of loneliness experienced by people in contemporary society. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Writer Vipas Srithong, author of ‘Khon Khrae’ (Dwarf) won this year’s Southeast Asian Write Award (SEAWRITE). Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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Rome – South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk was awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival Saturday for Pieta, about a loan shark whose life is changed by a woman who claims to be his mother.//DPA Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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No one really talks about it, but every week Bangkok’s top-ranked hotels play host to hundreds of corporate seminars and meetings. Full News here – News update

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