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Chinese Motorhomes Spark Frustration in Northern Thailand
Chinese drive motorhomes to Thailand to do away with the need to use local accommodation. . . CHIANG RAI – The border town of Chiang Khong sits on the edge of Thailand, separated from Laos by the...
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Changing the Face of Doi Chaang Hill Tribes
The project supports 12,000 hill tribes families who live in in Doi Chaang. , . CHIANG RAI -The income of hill tribe farmers has doubled from an average of Bt35,000 per rai per year to Bt70,000 per rai...
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Thailand: 7 Killed and 38 Injured in 3 Separate Road Accidents
Isuzu pick-up truck and a Nissan pick-up truck after collision – Photo by Sawat Ketngam . . SA KAEO — Three people were killed and five others injured in head-on collision between two pick-up trucks in...
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8 Killed at Siam Commercial Bank’s Headquarters after Workers Accidentally...
Rescue workers stand by the covered victims of an accident at Siam Commercial Bank’s headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand. on Sunday . BANGKOK – Eight people died at the headquarters of one of Thailand’s...
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Myanmar’s Army Discharges 46 Child Soldiers
Child-soldiers of the Mong Tai Army (MTA), drug warlord Khun Sa’s army, during tough training with their commander. . . YANGON – Myanmar’s military has released 46 children and young people from...
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Bulgarian Crewman Dies after Legs Severed by Anchor Chain of Super Yacht in...
The 459.32ft Custom motor yacht motor yacht ‘Ocean Victory’ was built by Fincantieri in Italy at their Muggiano shipyard , she was delivered to her owner in 2014 . . PHANGNGA – A 33 year old Bulgarian...
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Once Again Thai Authorities Launch Helmet Campaign
A common site- five family members on a motorcycle- only the driver has a helmet . BANGKOK – The Ministry of Public Health will enforce stricter traffic regulations throughout the year in an attempt to...
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Jen’s English Tips – Conjunctions
Conjunctions A conjunction is a word which merely joins two words, clauses or sentences. Note that a conjunction does not modify or qualify the words/clauses/sentences it joins. Edwin and Melvin are...
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Immigration Fraud and Tragedy
13-year-old daughter, Ananya Mungmart was murdered by her father . On February 21, 2016, Mr. Sittichai Boonkeian murdered his 13-year-old daughter and committed suicide by hanging himself on a ceiling...
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Major Human Trafficking Trial Begins in Bangkok
Human trafficking suspects arrive at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, March 15, 2016. – Photo Chaiwat Subprasom . BANGKOK – The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, including the Army’s Lt....
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Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University Study Show’s 48% of Monks Overweight
Thai monks eating at a house blessing , half the monks in Thailand are dangerously overweight . BANGKOK – Jongjit Angkatavanich, a health and nutrition expert at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University,...
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Foreign Investment into Thailand Plummets 90% in 2015
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha responds to questions from reporters after explaining updated foreign investment regulations. . BANGKOK – Thailand saw a huge plunge in the value of foreign investment...
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Elderly Finnish Man Plummets to his Death in Pattaya
Mr Kilvonen Unto Ilmari, 79, was found dead at the bottom oft the 18-storey Angket Condominium . PATTAYA — Pol Lt Nakhonrat Nonseelad of Pattaya Police Station has reported that 79 year-old,Finnish...
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Chiang Rai’s Wiang Pa Pao District Facing Water Shortage
Thai Army drilling in search of groundwater for drought hit fields . CHIANG RAI -The drought-affected community of Wiang Pa Pao district of Chiang Rai has had to pump up groundwater to feed...
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Bomb Attacks in Thailand’s Troubled South Leave One Dead and Dozens Injured
A bomb at a bank cash dispensing machines, wounding 11 policemen . . PATTANI – Several bombs have gone off in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south killing one person and wounding dozens in a new wave of...
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Thailand’s Junta Bans Outspoken Journalist from Attending World Press Freedom...
Pravit Rojanaphruk in the Bangkok newsroom of Khaosod English . . BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s distain for the media has reared itself once again, outspoken journalist Pravit...
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Wall Street Journal Exposes Malaysian Prime Minister’s Lavish Spending
Najib is under pressure to explain why he accepted hundreds of millions of dollars in mysterious overseas payments to the accounts which the Journal said were used for the lavish spending. . . KUALA...
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Man Arrested at Chiang Rai Airport after Brutally Assaulting Thai Student
Thanamet Khochornna was caught at Chiang Rai airport on Thursday and later taken to Bangkok’s Hua Mak police station . . CHIANG RAI – The boyfriend of a female law student has been arrested after being...
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Phuket Police Probe Falling Death of 19 Year Old Finnish Girl
Rescue workers transport Ms Bexar’s body to the hospital for examination. . . PHUKET – Lt Col Sutthichai Thianpho of the Patong Police has told reporters that Police are still trying to determine if...
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Hunters Adding to Haze Problem in Northern Thailand
A Thai official extinguishing wildfires causing the haze in Northern Thailand . CHIANG RAI – Illegal hunting is contributing to the haze that has become an annual hazard in several parts of the Lower...
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