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Tuk-tuk, gems swindling suspects arrested
Online Reporters, Published on 21/05/2015
» Twenty-two suspected swindlers, including tuk-tuk drivers, accused of luring foreign tourists to jewellery shops and restaurants in return for high commissions have been arrested in Bangkok as part of a police crackdown on gangs preying on holidaymakers.
Traffic plan hits a speed bump
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 20/05/2015
» A campaign to reduce traffic on Sathorn Road has hit a speed bump with targeted drivers showing their reluctance to cooperate.
'Sathorn model' hits speedbump as parents refuse to change lanes
Published on 19/05/2015
» A campaign to reduce traffic on Sathorn Road has hit a speedbump with drivers refusing to change lanes.
Villagers squeezed out of homes as forest fight heats up
Spectrum, Published on 15/02/2015
» War widow Saen Saheng was at home with her grandchildren when 30 security guards entered her village of Prek Smach brandishing axes, sling-shots and electric cattle prods. She had lived in the village since she was a young woman.
Residents seek to unseat abbot
Published on 03/01/2015
» A group of angry people staged a protest at a Bangkok temple to demand that the abbot be expelled following a temple land dispute.
U-Tapao airport plan set for takeoff
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 15/12/2014
» The Transport Ministry will propose a plan to upgrade U-Tapao International Airport as a regional hub for commercial airlines in the hope of luring more than 3 million passengers per year.
Elderly Brit assaulted over parking fee
Online Reporters, Published on 05/10/2014
» A young Thai man has been arrested for assaulting a 70-year-old British man in Pattaya Klang in the fit of rage after he failed to collect a 40-baht-parking fee from him.
AoT wins first airport parking dispute, judge says
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/07/2014
» The company which ran parking facilities at Suvarnabhumi Airport could be ordered to pay compensation to Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) after a prolonged dispute over its contract.
The great Phuket cleanup
Spectrum, Nattha Thepbamrung, Published on 13/07/2014
» Maj Gen Paween Pongsir’s four years of experience with Phuket police saw him dragooned from his new post in Surat Thani to return and clean up corruption in the popular tourist resort.
Chinese tourists in class of their own in Chiang Mai
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 02/03/2014
» Chiang Mai University will this week start charging tourists to visit its campus after a series of bizarre incidents in recent weeks involving Chinese visitors who have swamped its grounds.