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Police nab activist Atchariya on extortion charges
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/04/2026
» Prominent activist Atchariya Ruangrattanapong has been arrested by Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers at a restaurant following the issuance of a Criminal Court warrant on extortion charges, CSD sources say.
Parole for Thaksin still on track
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/04/2026
» The parole process for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is proceeding in accordance with established legal procedures, with a key committee meeting scheduled for next Wednesday, according to Pol Lt Gen Rutthapon Naowarat.
Border on alert amid Myanmar raids
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/04/2026
» Security has been tightened along the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son province after Myanmar airstrikes hit Karen National Union (KNU) positions opposite Mae Sariang and Sob Moei districts, prompting Thai authorities to place ranger units and local agencies on 24-hour alert.
Chokepoints expose fragility of our global order
Oped, Published on 22/04/2026
» Most schoolchildren learn that the Earth is roughly 40,000km around. They do not learn that the global economy depends on just 160 of those kilometres.
Hospital and airline tycoon Prasert dies at 93
Published on 21/04/2026
» Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, the founder of Thailand’s largest private hospital business as well as an airline that put Koh Samui on the global tourism map, has passed away at the age of 93.
Oil and stocks steady amid hope for peace talks
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Oil prices dipped and stocks mostly edged higher Tuesday as investors held out hope that despite conflicting rhetoric there was scope for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas shipments.
Downing Street ‘exerted pressure to OK Mandelson’
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» LONDON - Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office applied constant pressure on civil servants to approve the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington and seemed to brush off security concerns, a sacked official told MPs on Tuesday.
Farmers say mill still owes them B42m for last year's crop
Published on 21/04/2026
» About 150 farmers filed a complaint with police in Bangkok on Wednesday, seeking help in getting 42 million baht they say is still owed them for rice they delivered to a local mill early last year..
Wat Rai Khing abbot gets 50 years for B2bn embezzlement
Post Reporters, Published on 21/04/2026
» The 70-year-old former abbot of Wat Rai Khing in Nakhon Pathom, Yaem Ingkrungkao, was on Wednesday sentenced to 50 years in prison in a high-profile temple funds fraud case that broke last year.
Scarce food, bleak futures spur Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2026
» COX'S BAZAR — Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her overcrowded boat capsized, one of the few survivors of a disaster that left 250 missing and feared dead.