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'Joe Ferrari' case lifts lid on police corruption
AFP, Published on 22/09/2021
» BANGKOK: A flashy cop with a taste for fast cars falls from grace following the leak of spine-chilling footage of a brutal interrogation gone wrong.
Govt bans coral-damaging sunscreens
AFP, Published on 04/08/2021
» The government on Wednesday banned sunscreens containing chemicals that damage coral reefs in marine national parks.
Samui quietly reopens to vaccinated foreign travellers
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» Koh Samui opened to vaccinated foreign tourists on Thursday despite a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant.
Buddhist digital amulets mark Thai entry into crypto art craze
AFP, Published on 09/07/2021
» Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colours and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers.
Natural Fruit drops case against activist Andy Hall
AFP, Published on 28/10/2020
» The pineapple company Natural Fruit on Wednesday dropped a $9.6 million civil defamation case against a British human rights activist who had alleged abuse of migrant workers in the kingdom's fruit industry.
Supercars and champagne: Bangkok's rich purr through pandemic
AFP, Published on 09/08/2020
» As the coronavirus brought the global economy to its knees, Thai businessman Yod decided to buy himself a 27 million baht treat -- a lime-green Lamborghini.
Ang Thong metal workshop transforms scrap into superheroes
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» Towering Transformers, life-sized Marvel superheroes and extraterrestrial lifeforms -- a "House of Steel Robots" in Thailand has made a name for itself by transforming scrap metal into dazzling sculptures inspired by Hollywood blockbusters.
Walls close in on poorest as virus shrivels economy
AFP, Published on 31/05/2020
» Shuffling around their tiny slum home which is too small to stand up in, Thanapat Noidee and his wife Papassorn share donated noodles with their sons and worry about bills, as the coronavirus pushes Thailand's poor deeper into penury.
Bangkok's millionaires' club enjoys lockdown luxury
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» Gourmet take-out delivered by a butler in a black sedan -- the super-rich have not forgone luxury during a pandemic which has locked the country down, crushed the economy and left millions unemployed.
Jobless queue for food in Bangkok
AFP, Published on 22/04/2020
» Long lines of unemployed relying on free food across Bangkok, scrambles for cash handouts and fishing in fetid canals -- Thais are getting increasingly desperate as the pandemic destroys the economy and the government struggles to respond.