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Orders open for Phuket pineapples, at only B15,430
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/12/2017
» Orders are now being taken for a local strain of pineapple valued at more than 15,000 baht each. Buyers must hurry as there are only nine of them available.
Burning bus
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/12/2017
» A double-decker bus going from Betong district to Bangkok was set on fire by rebels after they ordered 11 passengers, the driver and an attendant to leave the bus.
Big Brother watch scandal continues
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/12/2017
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has been spotted wearing another luxury watch, adding to questions over the government's "big brother" asset scandal.
Car crashes into crowd watching shophouses burn
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/12/2017
» Five people were injured when a car crashed into parked vehicles and a group of people watching a fire burn through a row of shophouses in Bangkok's Thawi Watthana district late Sunday night.
More smoke than light in e-cigarette row
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/12/2017
» Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, are back in the public eye following a series of police crackdowns. E-cigarettes are illegal under Thai law.
'Icebox killer' sentenced to almost 44 years
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/12/2017
» A Bangkok court has sentenced an Irish man to 43 years and 10 months in jail for attempting to kill a policeman, forging passports and moving the dismembered body of an American businessman found in a freezer in a high-profile case last year.
NACC finds that NOB heads embezzled temple funds
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/12/2017
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found that two former heads of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB), its deputy chief and an alleged accomplice embezzled most of two budget funds allocated to Wat Phanan Choeng Worawihan in Ayutthaya.
New Year fun fear
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/12/2017
» More than 90,000 police officers nationwide have been ordered to crack down on drink-driving, drugs and illegal entertainment venues during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Suicide watch
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/12/2017
» The apparent suicide on Monday of 27-year-old Korean singer Kim Jong-hyun, the lead vocalist of the hugely popular K-pop band Shinee, has prompted fears at the Department of Mental Health that young Thai fans might copy the star and try to kill themselves.
Railroad to nowhere
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/12/2017
» The cabinet has given the go-ahead for the Highways Department to begin building the first 3.5km section of the Thai-Sino high-speed train project stretching from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima.