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Beam me up please, Scotty
Published on 26/05/2024
» With a rhonchi-like sound in their throats as a signal from five Lord Buddhas, a man and a woman duo in Udon Thani claim they can cure sick people using a celestial frequency.
Hands up for a pay rise
Published on 12/11/2023
» Despite being in office for only two months, the Pheu Thai-led government has made progress on several campaign pledges including plans to raise salaries for civil servants and the daily minimum wages for unskilled workers, although the timeframe set for these changes is within four years.
CIB mulls temple fund investigations
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/05/2023
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has assigned the Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) to work with the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to put an end to financial crimes and sexual misconduct by monks.
Cops red-faced as scandals rock force
News, Published on 13/02/2023
» A series of recent scandals involving police officers' misconduct has dealt further blows to public confidence in the Royal Thai Police (RTP), and increased pressure for long overdue reform.
More than maid abuse
News, Published on 04/09/2022
» The maid-abuse scandal has revealed many layers of bureaucratic malaise which are perpetuated by a patronage system that eats away at meritocracy.
Lay of the land 'murky'
News, Published on 21/06/2020
» Sor Por Kor land -- the degraded forest tracts that the government gives to poor farmers -- has always courted controversy.
US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» TALUSTUSAN, Philippines: The American priest's voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle Filipino lilt.
Futsal penalty threatens to capsize govt coalition
News, Published on 08/08/2019
» The ruling coalition's razor-thin majority appears shaky after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) decided this week to indict three Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MPs over a graft-ridden deal to construct futsal fields at schools in the Northeast.
The graft-buster who never stops
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2019
» One truth about state agencies is there are so many abuses of power and acts of dishonesty that graft watchdogs generally can't keep up.
K-pop world rocked by sex scandals
Published on 14/03/2019
» SEOUL: South Korean police questioned two K-pop stars on Thursday as allegations of sex tapes, prostitutes and secret chat about rape rocked South Korea's music world and hit entertainment stocks.