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Gen Prawit orders security tightened
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 09/08/2017
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered a beefing-up of security ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Erawan shrine bomb blast and the one-year anniversary of a spate of attacks in seven provinces -- both this month.
Fears of new shrine strife spark alert
News, Published on 07/08/2017
» Security is being heightened ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Erawan shrine bomb blast on Aug 17 as authorities believe members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority are still seeking ways to carry out reprisal attacks.
How Bangkok came close to the big one
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 18/06/2017
» In late 2011 the chatter about terrorist attacks in Thailand reached their highest volume ever, or since. The bare bones of the plot are well known but recent arrests in America have exposed many more details.
Jumping to conclusions
News, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2017
» There is a certain familiarity about the spat between some officials in the Philippines after the calamitous midnight suicide attack on a Metro Manila resort last week. Gunfire and arson caused by the attacker left at least 37 people dead. Most died from smoke inhalation in the fire set by the attacker at the Resorts World Manila complex not far from Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Army chief hints 'Kotee' behind blast
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/05/2017
» New information has come to light suggesting Monday's bombing at Phramongkutklao Hospital was carried out by the network of red-shirt hardliner Wuthipong "Kotee" Kochathamakun, army chief Chalermchai Sitthisat said Thursday.
Police handling hospital bomb investigation
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2017
» Police, not the military, will handle the investigation of the bombing of an army-run hospital on Monday that wounded 21 people, and security elsewhere in the country is being reviewed, a spokesman for the National Council for Peace and Order said on Tuesday.
Still waiting for coup to deliver
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 22/05/2017
» The military regime boasts it has succeeded in maintaining peace and order during the past three years since the 2014 coup despite occasional bombing incidents in Bangkok and the violence in the deep South that remain unsolved.
Two friends recall Erawan shrine bomb horror
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/05/2017
» Almost two years after the Erawan shrine blast at Ratchaprasong Intersection, Kingkan Soongyai and Khanittha Nualtaranee still remember the moment that made them and millions of Bangkok residents fearful of living in their city.
Razzle 'em, dazzle 'em
Muse, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 28/01/2017
» New avant-garde, pink gold and traditional jewellery to check out
The Fakebook Diaries
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/01/2017
» Around 15 million or so people noticed last Tuesday that there was no bomb or large explosion anywhere in Bangkok. None of those people worked for Facebook, which is OK, but after the "explosion", people who work for Facebook insisted there was, actually, an explosion.