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New centre 'can handle' refugee flood
News, Published on 27/12/2023
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has floated the idea of setting up a centre along the Thai-Myanmar border to provide humanitarian assistance for Myanmar refugees desperate to escape internal fighting between junta forces and insurgent ethnic minority groups.
Social media's downward spiral
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 18/12/2023
» Young people are learning the hard way about the detriments of consuming social media content unscreened, which are more than skin-deep, a seminar was told.
Olympic boxing medallist Somluck faces sexual assault charge
Online Reporters, Published on 11/12/2023
» A 17-year-old girl has filed a complaint with Muang Khon Kaen police in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen, accusing Olympics boxing gold medalist Somluck Kamsing of sexual assault.
Call centre gangs exploit vulnerable victims
News, Published on 03/12/2023
» A 68-year-old housewife lost 1.5 million baht in savings within 30 minutes after she answered a phone call from a gang of scammers. A member tricked her by posing as a bank agent and telling her she was eligible to receive 5,000 baht from a new government financial aid scheme.
Spanish chef faces murder charge in Phangan dismemberment case
Post Reporters, Published on 06/08/2023
» SURAT THANI: The Koh Samui Provincial Court has approved a police warrant for the arrest of a Spanish chef, suspected to have killed and dismembered the body of his Colombian surgeon lover in a hotel room on Koh Phangan island.
Bangkok governor’s son apologises for anti-MFP rant
Published on 18/07/2023
» The son of Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has apologised for an online tirade against the Move Forward Party, in which he called its supporters “bratty teenagers”, among other things.
Hazy vape law makes waves
News, Published on 03/02/2023
» The laws regulating e-cigarettes have sparked controversy, prompting a cabinet minister to propose vaping be legalised while police have launched operations to crack down on the sale of the devices.
Tourist hit with '60K vape fine'
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 02/02/2023
» CHON BURI: A senior sergeant major in the police force has been transferred to an inactive post pending an investigation after he was alleged to have demanded 60,000 baht from a foreign tourist for possession of an e-cigarette.
More grief as funerals begin
Published on 07/10/2022
» NONG BUA LAM PHU: Grief-stricken families prepared to begin funeral rites on Friday for 36 people murdered by a sacked policeman who rampaged through a nursery armed with a gun and knife the day before.
‘Captain Condom’ turned the tide in war on Aids, overpopulation
New York Times, Published on 06/08/2022
» Mechai Viravaidya twice saw Thailand in desperate trouble — first from a ruinous population explosion and then from the Aids epidemic — and he responded to both crises the same way: with condoms and his own considerable charisma.