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IS jihadists 'seize parts of key Syrian town'
AFP, Published on 06/10/2014
» Islamic State jihadists penetrated the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday and seized three districts in the city's east after fierce fighting with its Kurdish defenders.
200kg of heroin seized in Tachilek
Published on 01/10/2014
» In a combined operation Myanmar and Thai authorities have seized 232 kilogrammes of heroin in Tachilek border town, just before it was to be smuggled into Thailand across the Chiang Rai border.
A village haunted by superstition
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 14/09/2014
» More than 10 years ago a village in the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon made headlines as the home of Thailand's most feared ghosts, known as phi pob, but these days the evil spirits appear to have simply vanished.
Siam Kubota opens distribution centre
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 26/08/2014
» Farm truck maker Siam Kubota Corporation (SKC) has opened a 500-million-baht parts distribution centre to support growing domestic demand for agricultural machinery and exports.
Rebels claim Kiev now controls part of MH17 site
AFP, Published on 29/07/2014
» SHAKHTARSK (UKRAINE) - Ukraine's army on Monday seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, insurgents said, as the United Nations announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime.
Business solutions help focus
Business, Nop Tephaval, Published on 28/07/2014
» Companies must rethink the role of human resources and boost their productivity to stay competitive in the changing labour market, says Manpower Group (Thailand), the local unit of the Wisconsin-based human resources consultancy.
Distance learning
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 08/07/2014
» An hour’s drive from Mae Sariang, the paved road gives way to a dirt track. Along the way, landslides have reduced the width of the road by half. At this time of the year, the journey to Pa Daeng Mai from Mae Sariang could take about three hours.
Deep divisions in fight over mine
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/06/2014
» When gold-bearing copper was discovered in them there hills, Loei villagers were expected to let the company walk in and take it. And they did, until their crops failed, their water was no longer fit to drink and their neighbours began getting sick, very sick.
Dutch apology for Indonesian atrocities opens old wounds
AFP, Published on 01/05/2014
» Abdul Khalik remembers vividly the moment almost seven decades ago he saw his father being driven away from their remote Indonesian village by Dutch soldiers to be executed.
36 injured in double-deck bus crash
Online Reporters, Published on 04/04/2014
» BURI RAM — Thirty six people, mostly novice monks, were injured when their chartered bus was involved in a collision with a 10-wheeler and an 18-wheel trailer-truck during steady rain in Prakhon Chai district.