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Thailand Ranks #1 in Alcohol Consumption Among ASEAN Countries
Thaibev enjoys a virtual monopoly in Thailand’s alcohol market, producing 90% of Thailand’s liquor BANGKOK – Thailand is the top alcohol-consuming country in ASEAN with 40 percent of drinkers found...
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Thai Comedy Show Takes Aim at all Political Colours
Nattapong Tiendee (L) and Winyu Wongsurawat, presenters of Shallow News In Depth, pictured at the Spokedark studio in Bangkok BANGKOK – The duo in dark sunglasses rattle off scathing, witty barbs at...
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Thai Police Rescue Rohingya Muslims in Raid on Suspected Traffickers’ Camp
The police said they were following up on a Dec. 5 Reuters report that Rohingya were held hostage in camps hidden near the border with Malaysia until relatives pay ransoms to release them. Some were...
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Ten Best Overpasses in Bangkok to Get Robbed
The dim lights and empty, narrow walkways have caused many overpasses in Bangkok to become wonderful places for muggers to lurk. BANGKOK – Whether running across an eight-lane road while dodging...
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Expat Volunteer Police Officers in Phuket on Strike
Expat police volunteers will no longer assist police or carry out their highly-praised night patrols of Patong until a clear structure is established, explained Wal Brown, long-term Phuket expat and...
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Chiang Mai Police Seize 100 Million Baht in Assets from Hmong Drug Gang
The frozen assets include 21 single houses and shophouses in several housing estates, seven cars, four motorcycles and bank accounts CHIANG MAI – More than 100 million baht worth assets belonging to a...
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Chiang Rai Police Nab 2 Suspects at Bus Terminal 2 with 3.6 Kg of Heroin
Duangrudee Choen-aksorn, 30, and Chukiart Chaorai-oi, 25, at the second bus terminal in Chiang Rai and found the heroin in their bag CHIANG RAI – Narcotics Suppression Police have arrested suspected...
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Russian Fugative Yuri Chemanov Arrested by Thailand Interpol Branch in Surat...
A tip later led to the suspect’s arrest on Samui Island in the southern province of Surat Thani. SURAT THANI – Russian national Yuri Chemanov wanted for conspiracy in the drug trade has been arrested...
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Education Minister Says English Teaching Reform in Thailand Begins this Year
Volunteers teaching English to local children THAILAND – Caretaker Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang has urged all English teachers nationwide to create new standard for English teaching in a bid...
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Thailand’s Red Shirts to Hold Mass Rally in Chiang Mai
The Red Shirts, particularly those from the North, have come under fire in recent weeks after allegations that they want to split from the country to form an independent state. CHIANG MAI -...
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Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon to Play China’s Li Xuerui in All-England Open
19 Year Old Ratchanok Intanon, the youngest ever world singles champion BIRMINGHAM – Ratchanok Intanon, the youngest ever world singles champion, moved to within one win of a probable All-England...
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Officials in Cambodia Fear a Rise in Child Sexual Exploitation
Cambodian homeless girls sit on the side walk along a street in Phnom Penh PHNOM PENH – Cambodia is expecting an influx of regional tourists next year when the ASEAN Economic Community is set in...
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Six Drug Suspects Shot Dead During Firefight in Mae Sai Chiang Rai
Clash with suspected drug smugglers in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district that left six suspects dead. CHIANG RAI – Six suspected drug runners have been shot dead during a firefight with Thai Narcotics...
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Malaysian Airline Boeing 777 Carrying 239 People Missing, Oil Slicks Spotted...
The airline said 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members were on-board, including 153 Chinese nationals, 38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians,four Americans and 2 Canadians KUALA LUMPUR...
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Tourist Police Arrests Nigerian with Drug Hidden in Anus
Nigerian National Godwin Chinedu Agbarakwe PATTAYA – Nigerian National Godwin Chinedu Agbarakwe staying illegally in Thailand for 14 months has been arrested on both immigration and drug charges...
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Woman and Child Abuse Major Public Health Concern for Thailand’s Public...
Up to 72 per cent of the total cases reported last year were of rape THIALAND – Violence against women and children is among the most serious public health concerns as the country has seen a...
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Thailand Passport Theft Adds to Mystery and Concern of Missing Malaysia Airline
Malaysian coast guard personnel checking a radar screen during search and rescue operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight on March 9. KUALA LUMPUR- Interpol says no country checked its...
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Students from Thoeng Wittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, Participate with...
Students from Thoeng Wittayakhom School in Chiang Rai, one of the schools taking part in the first year of the cutting-edge Samsung Smart Learning Centre educational program CHIANG RAI – Fifteen Thai...
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Thai Red Shirts Rally in Chiang Mai to Support Yingluck
Red Shirts want to send a clear message to opponents of the government that they will rise up if Yingluck is toppled CHIANG MAI- Red Shirt supporters in northern Thailand on Saturday converged in...
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Australian Nathan Hansford Missing in Thailand Found in Cambodia Suffering...
Nathan Hansford, who disappeared from his Bangkok home a month ago, suffered memory loss after car accident, family says BANGKOK – An Australian Financial consultant Nathan Hansford who went missing...
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