Haze Returns to Chiang Rai Despite Burning Ban
Farmers in Chiang Rai Province started burning their fields early ahead of the Burning Ban – CHIANG RAI – Residents of Chiang Rai Province are already being affected by haze as farmer started burning...
View ArticleThai Authorities Seize Huge Cache of Methamphetamine Being Transported from...
Police inspect packages of 3.2 million speed pills and 20kg of crystal meth found hidden in 28 fertilizer sacks seized from one of three vehicles in Lampang..- Photo Aswin Wongnorkaew – LAMPANG –...
View ArticleWorshipers of Thailand’s Dhammakaya Temple Defy Article 44 Order to Vacate...
Thai worshipers hold placards and pray at the gate of Dhammakaya temple, after police ordered thousands of worshipers to leave the temple – REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom – PATHUM THANI – Thousands of...
View ArticleHaze Looms Over Chiang Rai as Burning Continues Despite 60 Day Burning Ban
Smoke caused by burning activities has been reported in the northern province of Chiang Rai. – CHIANG RAI – Despite recent warnings and a ban on all burning, there are still reports of burning...
View ArticleThe Ferrari 488 GTB Gets Test Ride in Chiang Rai, Thailand
The Ferrari 488 GTB (Left) and 488 Spider of the Experienza Event held in Chiang Rai Province – CHIANG RAI – Naza Italia Sdn Bhd, the official and sole importer of the Ferrari brand in Malaysia,...
View ArticleChiang Rai Students Significantly Improve English Skills by Using Qooco...
Following 13 weeks of instruction conducted entirely on a smartphone, students from two Chiang Rai municipality schools across four age groups all showed significant improvements in English language...
View ArticleThailand’s Public Health Ministry Issues Warning Over Hand-Foot-and-Mouth...
Thai teachers ordered to check the students for hand, foot and mouth disease in Thailand. – BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has issued a public health warning over hand-foot-and-mouth...
View ArticleChinese Firm Submits Completed Survey Over Blasting of Mekong Islet
Chinese freighter navigates through rocky outcrops off Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai – CHIANG RAI – The Chinese company contracted to survey the islets and the jutting shorelines of the Mekong...
View ArticleThai Tourism Wants to Open Military Facilities to Lure Chinese Tourists
Mrs Srisuda said since China was a communist country, its people are not allowed to enter military facilities. She believes warships, firing ranges and others will be exciting for them. – BANGKOK – The...
View ArticleThai Men Attack Canadian Man With Machette Over Gold Necklace
Mr Sullivan tried to help her and the robber hacked him on the right arm and neck with a machete CHUMPHON – Police have arrested two Thai men accused of slashing a Canadian man with a machete while...
View ArticlePilot and 4 American Tourists Dead after their Plane Crashes into Factory...
Image made from video shows the site of a plane crash at Essendon Airport in Melbourne on Tuesday – Photo AP – MELBOURNE – An Australian pilot and four American tourists on a golfing vacation were...
View ArticleMalaysian Authorities Hunt for Poison Used to Kill Kim Jong Nam
– KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they were still trying to establish what was poison was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the...
View ArticleWidow of Murdered Boiler Room Boss Wants Briton Toby Nelham Extradited from...
Somporn Kenway, widow of an accused British “boiler room” gangster shot dead in broad daylight near Pattaya is calling for the extradition of Toby James Nelham, 44,from Cambodia JOMTIEN – The...
View ArticleThai Government Spokesman Denys Rumors of Junta Scrapping Universal...
Lt. Gen Sansern, was appointed as director-general of the Junta’s PR department in September of 2016 . . BANGKOK – Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd a spokesperson for Thailand’s Junta government has denied...
View ArticleThailand’s National Telecom Regulator Scraps Special Tracking Sim Card for...
The plan drew heavy criticism at the first public hearing from participants who said it could lead to a potential threat to travellers’ privacy. – BANGKOK – Thailand’s National Telecom Regulator the...
View ArticleMissing Briton Andrew Apperley Found Dead in Koh Phangan
Mr Apperley had flown into Ko Samui from Bangkok to go to the party in Ko Phangan – SURAT THANI – The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in Bangkok has confirmed Thai Authorites have found...
View ArticleChina Opposes Stepped up US Naval Patrols in South China Sea
The US navy said the force, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began routine operations in the South China Sea on Saturday. – BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday...
View ArticleBBC’s Jonathan Head Faces Jail Time in Thailand for Reporting Phuket Property...
Jonathan Head, the BBC’s Southeast Asia correspondent,was called to defend allegations of defamation in Phuket Provincial Court today. – PHUKET – BBC’s south-east Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head,...
View ArticleChiang Rai Police Seize 1Million Yaba Pills, 90kg of Crystal Meth and 165kg...
Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol Gen Chalermkiat Sriworakhan Talks to Reportes after drug bust in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai District.- Photo NNT – CHIANG RAI – Police arrested three Hmong suspects and...
View ArticleConservative Provocateur James O’Keefe Plans to Release News Tapes Exposing...
James O’Keefe, says he plans to release secretly recorded material from inside CNN. – NEW YORK – Conservative provocateur James O’Keefe said Tuesday that he plans to release “hundreds of hours of tape”...
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