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Number of Thai Cigarette Smokers Increased 21% despite 50,000 Deaths Last Year
Thai smokers up 21% despite 50,000 deaths last year BANGKOK – The National Statistical Office in Thailand has revealed the number of Thais over 15 years old who were smoking had risen to 11.4...
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Mystery Surrounds Death the of British National Peter Nicholson in Bangkok
British National Peter Nicholson,29, was found collapsed in his hotel room BANGKOK – Police in Bangkok have reported that they were called to a hotel after British National Peter Nicholson was found...
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Chiang Rai Police Arrest Drug Smugglers with 4kg of Crystal Meth
Two drug trafficking are shown before a police press conference in Chiang Rai -Photo by Chinpat Chaimon . CHIANG RAI -Preecha Sripan, 32, a native of tambon Wiang in Chiang Saen and Noi Somboon, 19, a...
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Thailand’s Tourism Officials to Target Senior German Travelers
Germany currently has 17 million senior citizens . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce and the Tourism Authority of Thailand are switching gears to focus on senior German travelers, after surveys...
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Ministry Adjust Border Regulations for Migrant Workers in Chiang Rai
Migrant workers queue at the immigration checkpoint in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district . CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s Cabinet has agreed with the Thai Foreign Ministry’s idea to solve the labor shortage...
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Top General Surrenders Himself to Thai Police over Human Trafficking
Lt-Gen Manas Kongpan (centre), a senior army adviser charged with the trafficking of Rohingya migrants, turns himself in at Royal Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok-PHOTO BY PATIPAT JANTHONG . BANGKOK...
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Thailand’s Police Drop Nine Points in World Rule of Law Index
In the Asia-Pacific region, Thailand is ranked near the bottom at 11 out of 15 countries BANGKOK – According to the World Justice Project (WJP)’s 2015 Rule of Law Index, Thailand’s global ranking...
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Vietnam Offers Visa Exemptions for 15 Nations Except USA
Foreign tourists enjoy a city tour by cyclos in downtown Hanoi . HANOI – Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reported that his country will offer more visa exemptions and set up a...
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Chiang Mai Police Upset Over Youths Comical Nude Photo’s on Social Media
In May of 2013 the Rock Mode Gang created a stir with their nude videos and stunts . CHIANG MAI – Pol Maj Gen Pacha Rattanapun, deputy chief of the Provincial Police Region 5 told a Bangkok Post...
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Money Matters in Mekong Region Tourism – Mekong Tourism Investment Summit
Buddha on the banks of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand, . . BANGKOK – At this years Mekong Tourism Investment Summit in Da Nang Vietnam, money matters in...
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Driving in Thailand, How I Learned to Love the Terrifying Thrill
Vehicles are locked in gridlock on a road in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. . BANGKOK – The first time I drove a car in Thailand, I had lived there – as an English teacher on a tiny island off Phuket –...
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Bt150 Million of Assets Seized from Chiang Rai Business Owner
Somphan Leocharoen, being detained at his office in Chiang Rai . CHIANG RAI – Authorities in Mueang Chiang Rai have arrested business owner Somphan Leocharoen for allegedly obtaining assets worth over...
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South Korean Online Gambling Ring Busted, Six Senior Police Officers Transferred
Members of a network of parents and students stage a campaign against online gambling . PHUKET – Police Chief Pol Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit said on Thursday they have arrested eight South Korean men...
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Canadian Finds Out Her Biological Father is Elvis in Thailand
Melonie Dodaro said she’d longed to know more about her father and had made many fruitless attempts to find him in the past PATTAYA – A Canadian woman says tracking down her biological father was...
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Royal Thai Police Commissioner Rejects Recommendation to Strip Thaksin’s...
Chief of Royal Thai Police General Somyot Poompanmuang (R) speaks during a news conference at the Royal Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok BANGKOK – Pol Gen Somyot Phumphanmuang the Royal Thai Police...
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Thai Officials Look to Unload Tainted Rice to Ethanol and Animal-Feed Producers
Police Official inspects rotting rice in government warehouse BANGKOK – Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula reports that Thailand’s may sell most of its stockpiled rice to ethanol and...
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Thailand and U.S. Launch Joint Research Project with HIV Positive Men
New HIV testing campaign urges Thai men to take advantage of rapid testing . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry and U.S. AIDS agencies in Thailand have launched a joint research project...
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The Economics of a Sex Worker in Thailand
young women prepare for a night of work at the Violin Karaoke bar in Chiang Mai CHIANG MAI – Nam doesn’t tiptoe around her work. She chose to enter the sex industry in Thailand because it was the...
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Is Thailand’s Low IQ Level’s a Wake up Call
BANGKOK – In May 2015 Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health announced the IQ survey results, indicating that the IQ of Grade 1 students has dropped from 94 in 2011 to 93. The international standard is...
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German Winemaker Kathrin Puff Tending Vineyards in Thailand
Winemaker Kathrin Puff . BANGKOK – Since moving to Thailand, winemaker Kathrin Puff has been almost as devoted to competitive exercise as to vines, and has the muscular physique to show for it. Puff,...
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