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Officials Say Earthquake Aftershocks to Continue in Chiang Rai
A Thai Buddhist monk looks at a damaged Buddha statue caused by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake at Wat Udom Waree temple in Phan district, Chiang Rai province - CHIANG RAI – The National Disaster Warning...
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Children Sickened by Chemical Leak in Schools Near Laem Chabang Port
Thai doctors and nurses treat school children at a hospital after they were sickened by a chemical leak from a Hong Kong ship near their school in Laem Chabang industrial seaport in Chonburi province...
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Thai Anti Corruption Agency Finds Yingluck Guilty in Rice Pledging Scheme
“The defendant, as prime minister, needs to suspend the program soon after acknowledging that there is corruption and losses from the program, but the defendant insisted on continuing the program,...
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Thai Taekwando National Team Coach Choi Young Seok Denies Assaulting Team...
Speaking to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency in South Korea, Mr Choi however admitted that he only slightly slapped Rungravee’s face and stomach but did not punch her as alleged. - - BANGKOK – South...
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Military Junta Further Centralise Power By Suspending Local Elections
The new local officials will be appointed by the EC and two-thirds of them are required to be current or former bureaucrats with the “senior” rank of C-8 CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s military Junta has...
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Suthep Thaugsuban Seeks Refuge in Monkhood
Mr. Suthep, who is now known by his Buddhist name “Paphakaro,” did not announce his intention to be ordained as a monk. Media reports also indicate that people close to Mr. Suthep were surprised by the...
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Thai Military Junta Seeks to Root out Gambling, Mafias and the Grey Economy
The clampdown on motorbike taxis is ‘highly political’, said one researcher -Steve Finch BANGKOK – Paphatya Poonpratin – a 25-year-old office worker in Bangkok – felt pleased about the evening news on...
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Pat Cotter the Expat who Brought Rugby to Thailand
Pat Cotter (left) and ex-Leicester Tigers director Mike Penistone PHUKET – When you move to a foreign country for the first time there is always going to be something that you miss about home. For...
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Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Clarifies Its Position On Myanmar...
Burmese refugees at the Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, Thailand, one of nine refugee camps along the Thai-Burma borders CHIANG RAI – Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has...
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American Singer Nicole Saengsuree Killed by Speeding Car in Chiang Mai Thailand
Born from a Thai mother and a white American father, Nicole Sangsuree was a singer, songwriter, educator and actress. CHIANG MAI - Ms Nicole Saengsuree a 34-year-old American citizen was killed in...
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Further Quakes in Chiang Rai Cause More Damage
CHIANG RAI – More Homes were damaged in three recent earthquake aftershocks in Thailand’s northernmost province of Chiang Rai, including the latest one with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale...
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Yingluck Shinawatra Says She Won’t Flee Political Motivated Charges
Yingluck Shinawatra is silhouetted as she looks at a airplane at Don Muang domestic airport in Bangkok CHIANG MAI – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday she will fight...
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Thailand’s General Prayuth Chan-ocha Tighten Controls on Media Critics
General Prayuth Chan-ocha (Right) took control of a deeply divided Thailand on May 22 BANGKOK – The National Council for Peace and Order tightened restrictions on the media in Thailand last night in...
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Truck Driver Busted with B300m in Drugs from Chiang Rai
Police show truck driver Jan Saengbangsai, 32 (handcuffed), with a large amount of heroin and “ice” in Phitsanulok on Friday. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha) BANGKOK – Pol Lt Gen Worasak Nopsitthiporn,...
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“Red V Yellow” Politics Moves Beyond Thai Borders
In the Los Angeles suburb of Bellflower, “red shirt” members frequently gather to organize political activities to promote democracy millions of miles away in Thailand. Their political nemeses, the...
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Cambodia: Sentence Slashed for German Pedophile, Karl Heinz Henning
Karl Heinz Henning, 67, was convicted after police raided his flat and found four Vietnamese girls aged 10 to 14, as well as the largest pornography collection ever found in Cambodia. PHNOM PENH – A...
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Chiang Rai Can Expect Heavy Rainfall over the Next Few Days
CHIANG RAI – Thailand will experience more rainfall over the next few days; people in low lying areas and others in sloping areas should be careful about the conditions and monitor announcements...
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Chiang Rai to Set up a Disaster Administration Network
Road Destroyed by May 16th Earthquake in Chiang Rai CHIANG RAI – People in 16 sub-districts in Chiang Rai Province who suffered through the recent earthquake are setting up a disaster administration...
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Thailand’s Public Health Ministry Alert’s People to be Cautious of Leptospirosis
CHIANG RAI – The Ministry of Public Health is warning the public to be cautious of leptospirosis during rainy season, especially patients with diabetes, and should avoid exposing wounds to water....
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Fast Rising Water Levels on Kok River Raises Concerns with Governor Pongsak...
water level from the Kok River continues to increase steadily but has not overflown its banks yet CHIANG RAI -Rivers across several communities in northeastern Thailand have overflowed due to the...
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