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Keep your powder dry
News, Editorial, Published on 29/03/2018
» Conservationists and citizens have good reason for the current outrage over the recent poaching case at Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary. The shooting of the extremely rare black leopard in itself was a despicable act. Skinning and eating the big cat, as well as killing a deer and pheasant, showed a contempt for the law, nature and sheer decency. Worried about a whitewash, the country's best-known conservationist wants to organise a major public demonstration of concern.
Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/04/2018
» TAK: Heavy rain hit four districts -- Muang, Sam Ngao, Ban Tak and Wang Chao -- in this northern border province late on Saturday night, causing flooding and partial blackouts in many low-lying areas.
Thaksin excluded from Pheu Thai Songkran ceremony
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/04/2018
» Pheu Thai has decided former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not take part by video conference from overseas during this year's traditional Songkran ceremony - to save the party from possible dissolution.
Pheu Thai braces for loyalty test
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/04/2018
» The Pheu Thai Party will find out which of its former MPs are sticking with the party at a Songkran blessing ceremony at its headquarters on Wednesday
Yaowapa ditches Pheu Thai, exits politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 05/04/2018
» Yaowapa Wongsawat, the sister of two ousted prime ministers, has left the Pheu Thai Party and quit politics, according to her husband Somchai Wongsawat.
Govt plans water boost for farmers
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 05/04/2018
» Pattani: Irrigation officials plan to boost the water capacity at Pattani dam to keep several thousand farmers well supplied as they work vast tracts of land during the dry season.
Political scene gets colourful
News, Published on 07/04/2018
» The "political market" has reopened as parties are waking up from an almost four-year hiatus following the May 2014 coup, said Suriyasai Katasila, political commentator and deputy dean of Rangsit University's Social Innovation College.
Thai man detained after wife drowns suspiciously
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 10/04/2018
» Surat Thani: Police have detained a Thai man who told police his Chinese wife had drowned during their holiday at the Ratchaprapa dam in Ban Ta Khun district early yesterday.
Prawit overseas for heart checkup
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/04/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon did not show up at Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda's residence in a ceremony to mark the Songkran festival on Wednesday because he went overseas for a medical checkup, the Defence Ministry says.
Never-never (be alone) land
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/04/2018
» Unlike other urban areas where people commonly live alone and the elderly stay indoors, the Rung Manee Pattana community in Bangkok's Wang Thonglang district is serving as a role model for the social activities and healthcare services it offers to senior citizens.