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Serving up to the saffron robes
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/07/2020
» Monks and laypeople are part and parcel of any Thai community and the preachers in saffron robes often come to local people for their meals.
PM pins hopes on factories, tourism restarting
King-oua Laohong, Published on 08/05/2020
» The economy would improve once businesses reopen and employ people, and tourism resumes, with measures in place to give visitors confidence in their safety, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.
Ex-prisoner homelessness risk rebuked
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/04/2020
» Most of those released from prison on parole immediately return home, while only a few become stranded or end up as vagrants, Corrections Department chief Naras Savestanan said on Wednesday.
Inquiry into Buri Ram prison riot
King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/03/2020
» An investigation is being launched into the riot at Buri Ram prison on Sunday, during which 11 inmates escaped, Corrections Department deputy director-general Pol Lt Col Prawut Wongsrinil said on Monday.
Kratom set to be legalised in parts of the country
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/01/2020
» The Narcotics Control Board is planning to relax the legal prohibition on kratom and permit the consumption of the plant in certain areas.
Somsak: Medical kratom to be legal soon
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/01/2020
» Kratom will likely be taken off the national narcotics drug list in June this year, in a move to unlock its medical and economic benefits.
Anutin, Somsak push for removal of kratom, cannibis from drugs list
King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/12/2019
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin have inked two agreements to push for the removal of kratom and marijuana from the narcotics list as a New Year’s gift for the people.
Somsak vows to hurry kratom legalisation
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 14/12/2019
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has vowed to expedite legalising kratom, a local plant classified as a narcotic after researchers registered patents for kratom-based medicine in Japan and America.
4 wanted for killing 'Billy'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/11/2019
» The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has issued arrest warrants for former Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn and three others, on suspicion they murdered Karen rights activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen, who went missing in April 2014.
Scammers' assets targeted
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 29/10/2019
» The Ministry of Justice has ordered officials to find ways of ensuring that victims of pyramid schemes get their money back, either by confiscating scammers' assets, using tax measures or by other means.