Section: Thailand
MH17 has strong echoes of 1983 Korean tragedy
SEOUL – The downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine has stirred memories of a 1983 incident when a Korean passenger jet was shot down by Soviet fighters in what then US president Ronald Reagan called a mid-air “massacre”. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rebels return 80 fewer bodies than promised from MH17, experts say
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – International monitors on Tuesday said body parts still lay scattered at eastern Ukraine’s unsecured crash site of downed flight MH17, as Dutch experts said they were given 80 fewer corpses than promised by the rebels. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Shakhtar ‘confident’ players will return to Ukraine
KIEV – Shakhtar Donetsk president Rinat Akhmetov says he is confident Brazil striker Fred and five teammates who have refused to return to Ukraine after the Malaysia Airlines crash will be back soon. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Malaysia Airlines retires MH17
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia Airline says it is retiring the flight number of the plane that was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Anger grows towards Russia over MH17 crash
GRABOVE (UKRAINE) – Outraged world leaders heaped pressure on Russia Sunday to press Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine to allow investigators proper access to the crash site of the Malaysian MH17 jet. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Anger towards Russia grows over MH17 crash
GRABOVE (UKRAINE) – International anger towards Russia mounted Sunday after armed separatists denied full access to inspectors and rebels were accused of tampering with evidence at the crash site of the Malaysian MH17 jet in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Malaysia demands protection of MH17 crash site
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia issued an impassioned plea Saturday for the MH17 disaster site in Ukraine to be protected from tampering, saying evidence was being compromised in what it called a “betrayal of the lives that were lost.” …read more Source: Bangkok...
Rescuers gather dead at Ukraine crash site under rebel watch
GRABOVE (UKRAINE) – The stench of death is now becoming almost unbearable over the wreckage of the stolen lives where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 came down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Dutch banks act on MH17 credit card looting reports
AMSTERDAM – Dutch banks said Saturday they were taking “preventative measures” after reports of credit cards being looted from the Ukrainian crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, where 192 Dutch citizens died. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine, rebels set ‘security zone’
KIEV – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have agreed to set up a security zone around the crash site of a Malaysian jet that was apparently shot down in the separatist east, Ukraine’s security service chief said on Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
