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Cops nab shooting suspect
News, Published on 20/12/2023
» A 20-year-old man suspected of shooting dead a vocational student and a female teacher near separate schools in Klong Toey district of Bangkok on Nov 11 was arrested while camping in the northern province of Chiang Mai yesterday, according to a senior police officer.
Drive-by gunman who killed teacher, student arrested
Post Reporters, Published on 19/12/2023
» A 20-year-old man suspected of shooting dead a vocational student and a female teacher near separate schools in Klong Toey district on Nov 11 was arrested while camping in the northern province of Chiang Mai on Tuesday morning, according to a source.
Soldiers nab suspect with 3m speed pills
News, Theerawat Khamthita, Published on 05/08/2018
» CHIANG RAI: A Hmong tribal man was arrested and 3.2 million speed pills and more than 500kg of crystal methamphetamine seized following a military chase on two pickup trucks in Thoeng district early yesterday morning.
Sounds of the Hmong
Life, John Clewley, Published on 18/04/2017
» Chiang Mai archivist and musician Victoria Vorreiter published a book on tribal music, Songs Of Memory: Traditional Music Of The Golden Triangle, in 2009. Since then she has been busy travelling, researching and recording music from the tribal peoples of the mountains, and for the past six years her focus has been on Hmong music, mainly from tribal groups living in Thailand and Laos.
Hmong man arrested, 2m speed pills found in pickup truck
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/04/2017
» PHAYAO - A Hmong tribesman was arrested after some 2 million speed pills were found hidden under cabbages in a pickup truck during a search in Phu Sang district on Wednesday.
Lost in history's quagmire
Life, Published on 10/03/2017
» I wish I could think of something nice to write about this book. In it, the author, Joshua Kurlantzick, praises a book I wrote 20 years ago, Shooting At The Moon, which covered exactly the same war and the same characters as he does. He calls my book (on page 16) "The one truly outstanding popular account of the secret war".
Amid northern haze, a burning desire for wealth
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 29/03/2015
» Every day, Sai makes her way to a local fresh market in Chiang Mai’s Omkoi district, where she runs a small stand selling vegetables. For much of the year, it’s the 58-year-old’s sole source of income, bringing in less than 300 baht per day.
Cop, wife arrested on drugs charges
Sitthipoj Kebui, Published on 15/03/2015
» A police officer based in Nan province and his wife have been arrested and almost 2,000 methamphetamine tablets seized from them in Phichit province early Sunday, police said.
Tribes demand to be Thai
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/03/2012
» A large and colourful mixed group of ethnic minorities converged on Government House yesterday to demand the government keep the promises it has made, particularly in granting Thai citizenship.
Tribal groups call on govt to stick to vows
News, Published on 30/03/2012
» Ethnic minority groups are urging the government to set up a central committee tasked with preventing their rights from being abused.