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Drug reform gets a push
News, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2018
» New plans for treatment of drug addicts and abusers are a welcome step on the way to badly needed drug reform. The steps announced last week by the chief of the prime ministers Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) may make it possible to begin rehabilitation instead of criminal treatment. As welcome as the new programme is, it is still only a tentative step towards what is needed. It is time for bold steps and a new outlook on the problem.
More storms on the way
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/04/2018
» Residents in the upper part of the country are being warned to brace themselves for another round of summer thunderstorms and high winds, expected to hit the region next week.
Storms expected in upper Northeast next week
Published on 20/04/2018
» People in the upper Northeast are warned to brace for another round of summer thunderstorms and gusting winds, expected to hit upper Thailand on April 24.
In praise of mangoes
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 20/04/2018
» At this very minute, no fruit dominates Thailand's food scene like the mango. The juicy, brightly yellow flesh of the fully ripe fruit, typically accompanied by sweet sticky rice, is regarded as the gastronomic holy grail for the summer season by many aficionados, locals and visitors alike.
Blossoming Chiang Mai
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 22/02/2018
» Chiang Mai, aka the "Rose of the North", has been popular among Thai and foreign tourists for decades due to the beauty of its nature, art, culture and temperate flowers. Throughout this month, the province is hosting the "Chiang Mai Blooms 2018", a series of floral festivals and activities to enhance local tourism related to flower planting and decoration. Chiang Mai's "The Annual Calendar of Flowers" falls every February.
Living the high life
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 24/12/2017
» A week ago today we told a first-time visitor from the beautiful US state of Colorado to forget about seeing "the real, so-called authentic Thailand" because there isn't a square centimetre where tourists do not tread. The next day we set out on a family trip to places with not a foreign face in sight (one obvious exception).
'Dead' man walking applies to get his identity back
Online Reporters, Published on 20/12/2017
» SI SA KET: A man who was believed dead and cremated has begun the process of getting his identity back, as police wonder who was the man using his name who died seven months ago.
Dead man comes home
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/12/2017
» A Si Sa Ket man who was believed dead and cremated in May has returned home very much alive, to his family's great astonishment, and is now seeking to correct the official record.
Family stunned as long-dead man arrives home
Online Reporters, Published on 19/12/2017
» A Si Sa Ket man who was believed dead and cremated in May has returned home very much alive, to his family's great astonishment, and is now seeking to correct the official record.
Lao Ta jailed for life, son gets death penalty
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/12/2017
» The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced former Kuomintang fighter Lao Ta Saenlee, 77, to life imprisonment, and his son to death, for selling about 20 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice, to undercover agents in Chiang Mai province last year.