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Education minister ridiculed for admiring N.Korea
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/02/2024
» Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob is still receiving negative comments more than three weeks after expressing his admiration for North Korea's education system.
Dissident Russian rock band deported to Israel
Published on 01/02/2024
» Members of a Russian rock band opposed to the Ukraine war have left Thailand for Israel a week after authorities threatened to deport them to Moscow.
Tourists will return 'once a virus cure is found'
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/07/2020
» The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is predicting the tourism sector will start to recover once a Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out late next year.
Thais urged to drop charges over posts on tourist's rape complaint
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2018
» Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Thai authorities to drop legal cases against 12 people arrested over Facebook posts they shared about a British tourist's complaint that she had been raped on a holiday island.
Not time
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 23/03/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Thursday brushed aside former National Reform Council (NRC) member and human rights activist Thicha Nanakorn's call for his resignation over his luxury watch scandal.
Big daddy
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/02/2018
» A Japanese man who fathered at least a dozen babies using Thai surrogate mothers appeared in court via video conference on Tuesday, testifying in a case in which he is suing for paternal rights.
“Hello wormface” (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/02/2012
» SimSimi, a popular Korean-developed conversation application, has Culture and ICT ministry officials worried. It seems it has learned too much of the naughty side of the Thai language. (updated)
Life as a ‘pretty’
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/03/2011
» The money can be very good, but there are downsides to the job of being a 'pretty'.