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Chinese Family Run Over by Speeding Car in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Rescuers are trying to help the Chinese tourists hit by a car in Prachuap Khiri Khan. (Photo by Chaiwat Satyeam) PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN – Pol Capt Sathid Duangdee, a Muang district police investigator,...
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General Prayut Say’s Aggressive’ Governance is for the good of Thailand
Gen Prayut admitted that the political situation in Thailand at present has raised concerns among foreign countries. BANGKOK – Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha defended a new...
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Thailand’s Drafting Committee (CDC) Completes first Draft of New Constitution
Thianchay Kiranandana, chairman of the National Reform Council (NRC), posed for photo with the draft of the new constitution, 17 April 2015 – Photo Khaosod BANGKOK – The Military-Appointed...
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Anti-Trafficking Organisation Trafcord Awarded 77,000 Euro’s From Germany
CHIANG MAI – Northern Thailand’s non-profit Anti-Trafficking Organisation Trafcord was awarded 77,000 euro (approximately Bt2.4 million) from the German Government to support their fight against...
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Harnessing the Mekong or Killing It?
Pumee Boontom lives in northern Thailand, but he tunes his television to the Chinese weather forecast. A big storm in southern China means a big release of water from the Chinese dams upstream—and,...
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Chiang Rai Provincial Police Officer Killed in Drug Sting Operation
The traffickers left behind two motorcycles and the drugs but managed to escape into the jungle. . . CHIANG RAI – Pol Lt Kriangkrai Phumprueksachat, 54, a crime suppression officer attached to...
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Dutch National Mr. Mark Henkel Dies in Pattaya Motorcycle Accident
Mr. Mark Henkel, a popular ex-pat and member of the Pattaya Sports Club. PATTAYA – Pol Maj Kittipong Srichamnan in Pattaya has reported that Dutch National Mr. Mark Henkel, a popular ex-pat and...
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Thailand’s Top Police Officer, Junta Henchman or Police Graft Buster?
Police-General Somyot Poompanmoung BANGKOK – Police-General Somyot Poompanmoung , Thailand’s top Toyal Thai Police Officer says his task is to revive trust in a graft-tainted force, but observers...
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Public Health Minister to Send 1,800 New Doctors to Northern Thailand Hospitals
Students from Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, The First Medical School in Thailand CHIANG RAI – Public Health Minister acting Permanent-Secretary Dr.Surachet Satitniramai has reported that the...
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Thailand Monk Arrested and Disrobed for Grave Robbing
Anong Heebkaew, the mother of a gunshot victim whose body also went missing from his grave, said she was devastated. UDON THANI – Pol Colonel Nawara Jannawan, chief of police at Prachak Sinlapakhom...
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Living the Green Life at Museflower Retreat & Spa, Chiang Rai’s First...
CHIANG RAI – On a typical morning at Museflower Retreat & Spa Chiang Rai, you’ll find a fitness class in progress as the morning sun breaks through the dreamy mist. In the gentle green...
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Thai Customs Seize Four Tons of Elephant Tusks Smuggled From Congo
739 elephant tusks, bound for Laos BANGKOK – Customs Department’s director-general Somchai Sujjapongse has told reporters, officials have seized 4 tons of ivory hidden in bean sacks tracked from...
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Search in Phuket Continues for Missing U.S. Diver Joshua Devine
Joshua Devine, who disappeared from a diving trip off the coast of Thailand this weekend PHUKET – Intensive searches in the waters off the coast of Phuket, Thailand have not found any evidence into...
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Thailand’s Credit Binge, Huge Thai Household Debt
BANGKOK – There is a Thai saying that cautions against “borrowing from grandmother to buy her sweets”. But so heavily have the country’s households borrowed that buying confectionary is the least of...
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Thai Authorities Estimate Ufun Bilked Bt 38 Billion from it’s Victims
police seized assets worth 250 million baht from Ufun Store Co. BANGKOK – Suriya Singhakamol, Director of the Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime told reporters that the transnational online sales...
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Indonesian Drug Mule Arrested at Phuket Airport with 5.2kg of Cocaine
Mr.Jemani Ikhsan, was arrested after customs officials examined his two suitcases PHUKET – Thai Customs officers at Phuket international airport on Monday night arrested an Indonesian National Jemani...
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Thai Government Proposes New Bill to Ban Street Begging and Regulate Busking
BANGKOK – Speaking after a cabinet meeting yesterday, government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said the cabinet has approved a new bill to ban street begging and regulate busking activities, proposed...
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Tropical Storms Expected for Northern Thailand
CHIANG RAI – The Department of Meteorology has warned people of tropical storms expected to make landfall from now until the end of this week. Meteorological Department Director General Wanchai...
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Elderly Bangkok Book Vendor Jailed for Lese Majeste
The 66-year-old was initially arrested in May 2006 for selling two books that allegedly defamed Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a protest in a downtown Bangkok park. BANGKOK A...
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British Fugative, Cigarette Smuggler Paul Joyce Apprehended in Hua Hin
British fugitive Paul Joyce HUA HIN – British fugitive Paul Joyce who allegedly masterminded a cigarette-smuggling ring that cost the UK government £2 million in lost tax revenue in 2008 was captured...
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