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Activists issue alert on 'toxic' gold mine
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/09/2014
» Environmental activists say they have discovered harmful levels of heavy metals near a gold and copper mine in Loei's Wang Sapung district, but the mine operator insists this is a natural occurrence and mining is not the cause.
Loei village seeks NCPO help on mine
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/06/2014
» Academics, human rights defenders and government officials have called on military rulers to intervene in the conflict between villagers and gold and copper mine operator Thung Kham in Loei's Wang Saphung district.
Troops guard mine dispute villages
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/06/2014
» About 120 soldiers were deployed in Loei’s Wang Saphung district yesterday to guard six villages where tensions between villagers and the local Tungkum Co gold mining operation have been rising.
Armed thugs assault mine protesters
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/05/2014
» About 300 men armed with guns and wooden clubs detained and savagely assaulted villagers in Loei late on Thursday who were protesting against the operation of a local gold mine.
'Mr Big' threatens Loei villagers
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/04/2014
» Villagers opposed to a gold and copper mine in Baan Na Nong Bon in Loei province have expressed concern for their safety after they claim they were threatened by a former senior military officer.
Cops launch hunt for gunman
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 07/04/2014
» Police are collecting evidence to identify a gunman who shot two soldiers on Saturday night.
Alleged BTS wire theft gang arrested
Published on 18/09/2013
» Four men have been arrested for allegedly colluding in the theft of copper wires from beneath BTS Skytrain tracks.
Police arrest man for assaulting mum
Published on 26/04/2013
» A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother before making off with her valuables and cash.
Weird suicides usher in New Year
Online Reporters, Published on 04/01/2013
» Strange suicides ushered in the first few days of the New Year with a gay guard killing his lover and then himself, a man who jumped to his death landing on a woman shopper and breaking her back and a foreigner reported to have drowned himself in a plastic bag.
Foreigner commits bizarre 'suicide'
Online Reporters, Published on 04/01/2013
» CHIANG RAI – An unidentified foreigner is believed to have committed suicide in a bizarre way, putting his head in a water-filled plastic bag and then sealing it with a copper wire around his neck, in a field near the Myanmar border, reports said.