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Martial Law, Defamation, and Section 112 in Thailand
Thailand has been making news recently about the increasing use of laws to silence and temper critics. Freedom House, a U.S. based think tank, has downgraded Thailand from partially free to not free...
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Pueraria (Kwao Krua Kao) Thailand’s Youth Promoting Herb for Women
Thailand’s most famous herb, Pueraria mirifica (Kwao Krua Kao) belongs to the same family as soy, and contains the same estrogen-like sterols genistein and daidzein, found in that popular bean. The...
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Interpol Warrant Issued for Briton Shane Kenneth Looker
BANGKOK – Pol Col Kritsana Pattanacharoen, superintendent of the Foreign Affairs Division’s Interpol office, said Interpol issued a “red notice” to international law enforcement agencies alerting...
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Briton Hannah Davies Reported Missing in Thailand
Hannah Davies has long brown dreadlocks, is Caucasian, about 5 ft 6 inches and does not usually wear make up BANGKOK – Theresa Davies the mother of a young British woman has flown out to Thailand to...
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Tiger Temple Raided for Suspected Wildlife Trafficking
Officers of Natural Resources Conservation Agency carry a tranquilized tiger KANCHANABURI – Officials from Thailand’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment have raided Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua,...
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Thailand’s Junta Seek Extradition of 40 Lese Majeste Fugatives Abroad
Justice Minister Gen. Paibul Khumchaya BANGKOK – Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation has submitted a file of 40 fugitives facing lese majeste charges who are believed to have taken refuge...
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Red Shirt Leader Accuses Thailand’s Junta of Trying to “Invoke a ‘Fight”
Jatuporn Prompan (R), the leader of the Thai opposition “Red Shirt” movement. BANGKOK – The leader of Thailand’s opposition “Red Shirts” on Thursday (Feb 5) accused the junta of trying to provoke...
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Officals Report Thailand’s Crops to Suffer Worst Drought in 15 Years
Thai crops to suffer worst drought in 15 years . . BANGKOK - Thailand’s Irrigation Department has reported that the Country will experience its worst drought in more than a decade this year, damaging...
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Bank of Thailand Projects Economy Growth by 4.5 Percent in the First Half of...
BANGKOK – Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul has reported that Thailand could grow by 4.5 percent in the first half of 2015, the central bank governor said Thursday, though he...
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China Frees Canadian Woman Accused of Stealing State Secrets
“Kevin Garratt and Julia Garratt are under suspicion of undermining China’s state security,” BEIJING – Julia Garratt a Canadian woman detained in China along with her husband on suspicion of stealing...
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Thirteen Tiger Nations to Create Anti-Poaching Network
Tiger nations to set up anti-poaching network KATHMANDU – Thirteen countries which are home to the world’s dwindling population of wild tigers on Friday (Feb 6) agreed to establish an...
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Meeting of the Friends of the Lower Mekong
PAKSE – The Friends of the Lower Mekong Initiative, a donor coordination group, came together with the countries of the Lower Mekong to discuss the connection between water resources, energy needs...
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Loas Cracks Down on Drug Trafficking in Golden Triangle
Heroin Poppy’s Return to the Golden Triangle CHIANG RAI – Northern Laos Authorities near the Golden Triangle have vowed to crack down harder on illegal drugs seen as threat to society by going after...
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US State Department Troubled after Former Senator Held Over Letter to U.S....
Police stand guard outside the US embassy in Bangkok BANGKOK -The United States Department of State says it is deeply troubled by the Thai junta’s detention of Ruengkrai Leekitwattana after he was...
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U.S. Adam’s Sisters Arrested for “Nude Pictures” at Angkor Wat Cambodia
The Angkor Archaeological Park, a world heritage site, contains the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th centuries . CAMBODIA – Two sisters from the...
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Nigerian Online Romance Scammer Arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport
IFeanyi George Okoronkwo or OJ,(left) arrested with two Thai Nationals . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) police arrested the Nigerian man, identified as IFeanyi George...
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Chiang Rai’s White Temple Refuses Chinese Tourists for Bad Toilet Manners
Bathrooms at The White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) CHIANG RAI – Staff at Wat Rong Khun (White Temple) the most popular temple in Phan Chiang Rai, refused the entrance of Chinese tourists for half a day on...
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Bangkok Police Offer Bt100,000 Reward for the of Arrest Siam Paragon Bombers
BANGKOK – Pol. Maj. Gen. Chitti Rodbangyang of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police force said the police are offering a 100,000 baht reward to anyone who can provide information that leads to an arrest...
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12 Tourists Injured in Koh Samui Bus Accident, Driver Flees Scene
A pickup truck had been converted into a sightseeing bus KOH SAMUI – At least 12 tourists believed to be from Romania and Hungary were injured after their tour bus veered off a road on the island of...
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Yingluck’s Request to Visit Brother in Hong Kong Denied by Thai Junta
Yingluck Shinawatra gets a kiss from her son at a celebration . CHIANG MAI – Thailand’s Military Government, the National Council for Peace has denied former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra...
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