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Hawaii eager to further tap Chinese tourism market
Published on 07/08/2023
» HONOLULU: "In 2019, the visitors from China ranked number one in terms of overall visitor expenditures per person for a day. We are eager to welcome these wonderful travelers to our shores," Daniel Naho'opi'i, chief administrative officer of Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), told over 100 guests from China and the United States here on Friday.
Axed cop wanted 'sex for leniency'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2023
» A police lieutenant colonel was yesterday dismissed from the force for allegedly demanding 100,000 baht and sex from a woman motorist in exchange for dropping a charge of trespassing after her car broke down one night in Saraburi province.
Senior cop dismissed, woman recounts harrowing experience
Online Reporters, Published on 01/08/2023
» A police lieutenant colonel has been dismissed from the force after allegedly demanding 100,000 baht and sex from a woman motorist in exchange for dropping a charge of trespassing, after her car broke down one night in Saraburi province.
Korean War veterans dream of real peace on divided peninsula
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» SEOUL - Korean War veteran Ryu Jae-sik has had a bullet fired by a Chinese soldier lodged in his chest for 70 years, a constant reminder of the conflict that never ended.
Suspicion and regret on Arctic border still open with Russia
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» KIRKENES (NORWAY) - Assault rifles at the ready, binoculars pointed at the Russian shore, the patrol boats carrying Norwegian soldiers power up the Pasvik River at full speed.
Ukrainian soldiers look forward to US cluster weapons
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» DONETSK REGION, Ukraine: On Ukraine's eastern front, soldiers welcomed a controversial US decision to send cluster munitions to Kyiv that will give them an "advantage on the battlefield".
After long wait, Virgin Galactic begins commercial spaceflights
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - Virgin Galactic is set Thursday to finally begin commercial spaceflights, a major milestone for the company founded in 2004 by British billionaire Richard Branson.
Cops accused of extorting B300k from drug dealer
Post Reporters, Published on 20/06/2023
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The police chief of Nakhon Si Thammarat province has ordered Bang Khan police station to investigate four of its officers accused of extorting 300,000 baht from a drug dealer in exchange for letting him go last Thursday.
Quick police promotion spurs action
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/06/2023
» National police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas has ordered a panel to amend the commissioned officer application process following reports on the swift rise of a young female police officer from a lance corporal to captain in less than two years.
Suspicion over police promotion
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/06/2023
» The quick rise of a former beauty pageant contestant, who went from a police lance corporal to a police captain in less than two years, has raised suspicions over patronage in the police force.