500 Thai Teachers Train to Teach Thai Teachers English
500 teachers with high levels of English proficiency across the country will be selected to participate in the six-week course . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Education Minister Teerakiat...
View ArticleUnited Nation’s Blasts Thai Junta for Deporting Chinese Refugees Accepted by...
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has assured US President Barack Obama the government is handling human right issues carefully 3 days ago in Manila . . BANGKOK – The United Nations has slammed...
View ArticleThai Police find South Korean Man Beaten to Death in Chon Buri Resort
Rescue workers take away the body of South Korean man found beaten to death, at a resort in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district. (Photo by Chaiyot Phupattanapong) . . CHON BURI -Pol Maj Gen Amporn...
View ArticleChiang Rai Workers Find Abandoned Baby in Cardboard Box
An abandoned baby was found inside this Double A box in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Monday morning. (Sanook.com photo) . . CHIANG RAI – Pol Lt Prachid Suangkaew, a duty officer at Muang...
View ArticlePutin Offers $50 Million Dollar Bounty for Metrojet Bombers
“We will find them anywhere on the planet and punish them,” . . MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a $50 million bounty for anyone who can find those responsible for blowing up a...
View ArticleJen’s Englsih Tip’s – Understanding the Difference Between OF and FROM in...
. . Many English learners have difficulties understanding the difference between of and from in English. This short guide to the differences between of and from in English should help you avoid...
View ArticleCambodia’s Prime Minister Asks Russia to Write-off US$1.5 Billion Debit
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Hun Sen . . PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen asked his Russian counterpart on Tuesday to write off debts amounting US$1.5 billion that...
View ArticleThai PM Defends Decision to Hand Over Activists to China, Despite their...
Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, pictured here speaking to reporters at Government House in Bangkok . . BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has defended the Junta’s decision of the repatriation of two...
View ArticleRehearsals take Place for “BIKE FOR DAD” Campaign
In Chiang Rai province, two rehearsals were held over the weekend . . CHIANG RAI – People across Thailand have already begun rehearsing for the ‘BIKE FOR DAD’ event, which will kick off on December 11....
View ArticleChiang Rai Public Reminded of Potential Accidents During Loi Krathong
Most accidents during the festival were falling and drowning . . CHIANG RAI – The National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM) Secretary-General Anucha Setthasathienhas warned the public to be...
View ArticleBar Girls Accused of Drugging Foreigners with Xanax-Spiked Breasts
Both women were charged with robbery and possession of a controlled substance . . PATTAYA – Pattaya police have arrested two Thai women accused of drugging tourists by rubbing intoxicating drugs their...
View ArticleRussia and Turkey Both Refuse to Back Down in Row over Russian Fighter Jet...
Vladimir Putin has ordered long-range air defense missile systems to be deployed at a Russian air base in Syria . . MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent an advanced missile system to...
View ArticleResearchers Discover, Lonely People Likely To Die Earlier than Others
Loneliness causes a fight-or-flight reaction in the body . . Researchers from the University of Chicago have discovered that socially isolated people are more likely to die earlier than their peers...
View ArticleThailand Pivoting Towards China, Under Junta Rule
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, . . BANGKOK – Historically, Thailand has been one of...
View ArticleTexting Teen’s Family Ordered to Pay 27 Million Baht for Bangkok Tollway...
Orachorn “Praewa” Thephasadin na Ayudhya is seen using her mobile phone after the fatal accident. . . BANGKOK – On Thursday a Bangkok civil court ordered the family of Orachorn “Praewa” Thephasadin na...
View ArticleBangkok Teen Dies after Fireworks Under His Motorcycle Seat Explode
A motorcycle seriously damaged after illegal fireworks exploded, killing one rider and injuring the other – Photo Chayanit Itthipongmaetee . . BANGKOK – A 17 year old student was killed and his...
View ArticleThailand Seeks Trans-Pacific Partnership Membership
Somkid Jatusripitak, the former right-hand man of the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has been hand-picked by the junta to handle economic policy . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s deputy prime...
View ArticleOfficials in Thailand Determined to Lower Traffic Fatalities by 80% in Five...
In 2014 an accident involving 18 cars on Mittaparb Road in Saraburi province on Wednesday killed three and injured some 20 others. . . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and...
View ArticleIrishman Leaps to His Death at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport
Authorities said he leaped from Gate 3 of the arrivals hall . . BANGKOK – A 35-year-old man from Northern Ireland, whose name is being withheld pending notification of relatives, jumped from the...
View ArticleWhen Dogs Attack: Torts, Crimes, and Property
The dog chased him and bit him in the back of the leg . . There is a growing number of dog owners in Thailand. These pet owners treat their animals like their children, prized possessions, and members...
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