Tagged: Laos

When Siam Rejected the French Demands

The French returned fire and forced their way to Bangkok – bangkok.thaibounty.com – . With guns trained on the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the French delivered an ultimatum to the Siamese on 20 July...

State Railway of Thailand

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) (Thai: การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย, abbrev. King Chulalongkorn ordered the Department of Railways to be set up under the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning. The Thonburi-Phetchaburi line...

Fascinating Information about Bangkok Airways

The two men, who helped run an anti-junta radio programme, had disappeared from Laos at the same time as their colleague Surachai Danwattananusorn, 78. Surachai’s whereabouts are still unknown. In February, three other Thai...