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Japan prosecutors won’t appeal acquittal in 1966 murders
Published on 08/10/2024
» Japanese prosecutors do not plan to appeal the recent acquittal in the retrial of a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death for a 1966 quadruple murder, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, paving the way for the ruling to be finalised.
New movies out this week: March 14-20
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 14/03/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
New movies out this week: Feb 1-7
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 01/02/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.fil
The art of Japanese gift giving
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 07/04/2021
» To celebrate Japanese cultural heritage and boost Thailand's gift industry, the Japan Foundation and Creative Economy Agency has introduced the touring exhibition "The Beauty Of Exchanging Gifts In Japan -- The Japanese Spirit Of Gifting: Giving Shape To One's Thoughts And Emotions".
When the innocent fall victim
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/10/2020
» Two years ago, anti-death penalty advocates were surprised by Thailand's first execution in nine years when 26-year-old Teerasak Longji was executed at Bangkok's Bang Kwang Central Prison by lethal injection for aggravated murder.
A call for justice
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 09/10/2020
» What would it be like if you spent more than half your life isolated in a tiny cell in fear, not knowing what the future holds? That's exactly what happened to Iwao Hakamada, who every morning woke up thinking today could be his last. Hakamada, a new documentary, tells the heart-rending tale of a death row convict kept in solitary confinement for more than half-a-century before being granted a retrial in 2014.
Calls to abolish death penalty in Japan as Francis visit looms
AFP, Published on 22/11/2019
» TOKYO - On the eve of a visit by Pope Francis to Japan, activists called Friday on the government to declare a moratorium on executions as part of an Olympic truce to mark Tokyo 2020.
Pope's Asian agenda: Disarmament, martyrs, family reunion
Published on 17/11/2019
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has agendas both pastoral and personal for his trip to Asia, where he'll appeal for global nuclear disarmament at the sites of the atomic bomb and minister to two tiny Catholic communities that have suffered gruesome periods of persecution.