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Rice Farmers Protest in Mae Lao district of Chiang Rai, Demanding Payment for...
Farmers from Mae Lao district of Chiang Rai province rallied in front of the governor’s office today to demand payment for their rice sold under the rice-pledging scheme - - CHIANG RAI – Despite...
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Thai Lion Air (TLA) to Begin Service To Chiang Rai
Thai Lion Air (TLA) will start a daily flight to Chiang Rai - - CHIANG RAI – No-frills carrier Thai Lion Air (TLA) will start a daily flight to Chiang Rai next month from its hub at Bangkok’s Don...
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Tourism Ministry of Thailand (TAT) Trying to Lure Back Tourists
Not everyone in the travel industry thinks the initiatives announced by the Tourism Ministry will work - - BANGKOK – Thailand has seen a huge drop in the number of tourist arrivals in the first three...
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Thai Woman Sets Herself Ablaze over Debts inside a Bangkok Government Building
Sangvean Raksapet, 52, from central Lop Buri province, was rushed to hospital with severe burns after she set herself alight in a state-run complaints center opposite Government House, leaving shocked...
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Thai Judge Expedites Pre Trial Hearing into Koh Tao Murders
Defense lawyers of two Burmese men, charged with the murder of two UK tourists in Thailand - KOH SAMUI – A plea to postpone the start of the pre-trial hearings by Defense lawyers of two Burmese men,...
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Lower Mekong Activists and Citizens File Suit to Stop Xayaburi Dam
Thai activists and villagers who are affected by the controversial Xayaburi dam protesting with banners while navigating on the Mekong river, with Laos territory in the background, - - CHIANG RAI –...
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Friends of Thai Daughters (FTD) Gets Grant to Build Permanent Safe House in...
Marty Helman of Otto and Fran Walter Foundation and Patty Zinkowski - - CHIANG RAI – The Otto and Fran Walter Foundation has awarded a grant to Friends of Thai Daughters (FTD), a nonprofit...
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Prayuth States Elections in Thailand May Now Be Delayed Until 2016
At the press conference Gen. Prayuth also asked the media focus on the reform process and stop asking about the date of the election. - - BANGKOK – Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, said today that the...
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Thailand’s Cabinet Bans Imports of Hookah Pipes and Electronic Cigarettes
The Public Health Ministry originally suggested a ban, saying the items were luring young people into smoking. - - BANGKOK- Thailand’s Cabinet has approved a ban on the import of hookah-style water...
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Burmese Suspects Mother Says the case has been “Fixed” Son is Scapegoat
Zaw Lin (left) and Win Zaw Htun leave Koh Samui provincial court - - KOH SAMUI – The mother of one of the men accused of killing two British tourists on a Thai island has said her son is being made a...
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Prayut Orders Further Tightening Controls over Social Media in Thailand
(MICT) to come up with measures to tighten its control over social media - - BANGKOK - Despite the censorship and surveillance already imposed on the press and Internet users after the coup d’état...
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Dutch National Johannes Van Laarhoven Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering...
Johannes Petrus Maria van Vanarhoven being arrested in July 2014 PATTAYA- Dutch National Johannes Petrus Maria van Laarhoven and his spouse Mingkwan Vanarhoven pleaded not guilty on Friday to money...
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Tour Bus Crashes in Ravine in Phrae, Driver Dead, 18 Injured
Rescue workers bring victims of the bus crash out of the ravine in Phrae province early Friday morning. (Photo courtesy of FM.91 Traffic Pro) - - PHRAE – A Thai Tour bus driver Suvichai Ketthet was...
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Thailand’s Rubber Panel Aides Farmers as Prices Fall
A Thai farmer cuts a rubber tree to bleed its white sap at his rubber plantation in Chiang Rai Province - - BANGKOK – Thailand’s rubber panel said Thursday it plans to introduce measures worth $1.8...
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Thai Man Arrested for Writing Anti-Monarchy Messages on Restroom Walls
Opas Charnsooksai was arrested by the military in a shopping mall in eastern Bangkok Wednesday – (Photo by Apichit Jinakul) - - BANGKOK – A 67-year-old Thai man has been charged with insulting the...
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Protesters Picket Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha’s at Asia-Europe Meeting in...
Thais and Italians protest against General Prayuth in Milan - - MILAN – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha was picketed by a group of Thai’s and Italians as he was attending the Asia-Europe meeting in...
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Taxi Drivers in Bangkok to Be Fined for Rejecting Passengers
Taxi drivers who commit the same violations will also be fined for 1,000 baht and have their license suspended for 15 days. BANGKOK – The Bangkok Traffic Police Chief has declared that the police...
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Wanted American Army Fugitive Michael Edward Harris Eludes Cambodian Authorities
Michael Edward Harris, who called himself Michael Dobbs in Cambodia CAMBODIA – An American Army deserter Michael Edward Harris who escaped to Cambodia in January after his arrest for possessing...
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Former French Judge, Philippe Broaly Arrested Over Child sex Claims in Cambodia
Philippe Broaly, the Franco-Khmer Legal Center is a center of French resources specializes in business law in France and Cambodia. - 0 CAMBODIA – A former judge of the French judiciary and the...
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Chiang Rai Residents Warned to Brace for Cold Weather and Fog
Thick fog Covers the Northern Province of Chiang Rai CHIANG RAI – Authorities in Chiang Rai Province have warned residents living in high altitude areas to brace for cold weather conditions and to...
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