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Central Investigation Bureau Commissioner Pol Lt-Gen Pongpat Chayapong...
Police have confirmed the arrest of CIB chief Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayaphan and seven others on a variety of serious charges. BANGKOK – Authorities in Bangkok have detained Pol Lt-Gen Pongpat, his...
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Thai Prime Minister tells Media Press Freedom has Limits
Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha . . BANGKOK – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha warned opponents to stop inciting rifts, and media members not to over exercise their freedom as...
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Thai Chamber of Commerce Leaders Meet in Chiang Rai
Thai Chamber of Commerce Isara Vongkusolkit speaks in Chiang Rai CHIANG RAI – Thai Chamber of Commerce Leaders at the 32nd seminar of nationwide provincial chambers of commerce have urged the...
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Thailand Wins 2-1 Over Host Singapore at Suzuki Cup
Thailand’s Mongkol Thossakrai (right) salutes Thai supporters after scoring his team’s first goal against Singapore during their Suzuki Cup Group B match at the National Stadium in Singapore...
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Thailand Crowned Asian Beach Games Champions in Phuket
Thailand beat Taiwan in the women’s handball final. PHUKET – Thailand was crowned official Games champions for the second time on the final day of the 4th Asian Beach Games in Phuket yesterday...
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Thai Government Official Say’s ‘Hunger Games Salute’ May Discredit Thailand
National Council of Peace and Order (NCPO) outlawed the salute BANGKOK – A top official of the Thai government warned that Hollywood might be laughing at Thailand for adopting the “three-finger...
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Thailand’s Deputy PM Promises More Funds to Arm Southern Volunteers
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan (seated, in black jacket) watches a group of “village defence volunteers” demonstrate their combat skill in Narathiwat province NARATHIWAT – Deputy Prime...
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Thai Government Plan to Extend Work Permits to 2 Years
CHIANG RAI – Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula revealed a plan to extend foreigners work permits to 2 years at yesterday’s forum of the 32nd Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) annual meeting in...
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4.4 Earthquake Strikes Tachilek and Mae Sai
The Seismological Bureau under the Meteorological Department reported that the quake originated about 14 kilometers northwest of Chiang Rai province and was 13 kilometers deep. CHIANG RAI – The...
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Thai Police Displays Cash, Luxury Cars Seized in Probe into Central...
Police show a corruption network on a screen during a news conference at the Royal Thai Police headquarters in Bangkok BANGKOK – Thai police displayed stacks of cash, luxury cars and an extensive...
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U.S. Moral Tutelage, Meddling in Thai affairs
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has condemned Thailand for its failure to live up to standards we set for the treatment of migrant workers. Annually, the State Department monitors and...
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Thailand’s Junta Approves Investment Projects worth $2.4 Billion
The approved projects include investment of about 10.4 billion baht on eco-cars, or fuel-efficient cars, by Toyota Motor, and an investment of 8.4 billion baht by Suzuki Motor BANGKOK – Thailand’s...
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Thailand’s Kasikornbank aims for Loan Growth of 8-9 Percent for 2015
A bank employee gathers Thai baht notes at Kasikornbank in Bangkok BANGKOK – Kasikornbank PCL, Thailand’s fourth-largest lender by assets, aims for a loan growth of 8-9 percent in 2015, in line with...
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Childhood Obesity on the Rise in Thailand
Childhood obesity rate has increased from 8.8% last year to 9.5% this year BANGKOK – The Ministry of Public Health has come up with plan to help overweight students lose weight as a way to reduce...
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Prayut asks Thai Public Not to Assume all Police are Corrupt
Bangkok’s Bangna Police caught receiving bribes – Photo Coconuts Bangkok BANGKOK – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said the arrest of several high ranking police officers would serve as...
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‘Mind Research’ To Instill Thai Junta Leader’s Teaching Underway
The research is aimed at students in schools and colleges across the country BANGKOK – A top education official has claimed that psychological research is being conducted to persuade Thai students to...
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Thailand’s Military Proposes Less Foreign Control of Joint Ventures
The military-run government recently announced it was considering changing the regulations covering joint venture enterprises BANGKOK – Economic woes continue in Thailand with the news that exports...
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Five More Arrested in Central Investigation Bureau Corruption Probe
Thai national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung (R) addresses reporters during a press conference BANGKOK – Five more civilians have been arrested as part of a major corruption probe into a network...
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Australian Faces Eviction from Phuket Dream Home
Melbourne retiree Daryl Davies outside the Chom Tawan residential development on Phuket’s west coast. He and other buyers face eviction PHUKET – Daryl Davies from Melbourne knew when he saw the...
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Greek Diplomatic Attaché, Aristea Liapi Killed at Nam Tok Train Station
Mrs Aristea Liapi was killed when she tried to jump onto a moving No 257 train from Thonburi to Nam Tok railway station in Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi province KANCHANABURI – Mrs Aristea Liapi,...
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