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Wife arrested in hitman case
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/06/2024
» A woman was arrested in Bangkok on Monday over an alleged hitman plan targetting her husband, who died in Maha Sarakham in April.
Trial begins in Vietnam's largest, multi-billion-dollar fraud
Reuters, Published on 05/03/2024
» HANOI: The trial in Vietnam's largest financial fraud case on record began on Tuesday, with nearly 90 defendants accused of being part of a $12 billion scam, for which some of them risk the death penalty.
Fireworks factory rules to be revised
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/01/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsutin has told five ministries to revise their rules for controlling fireworks factories in the wake of an explosion at a Suphan Buri factory that killed 23 people on Wednesday.
The E-Consular department at your service
Published on 19/05/2023
» Consular affairs, an integral part of foreign services, continue to play a pivotal role in maintaining strong international relations. Since its establishment in 1999, the Department of Consular Affairs, operating under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stood the test of time, adapting to the winds of change brought about by globalisation, the rise of IT and digital technology, and evolving geopolitical landscapes.
Panda woe Number One
News, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2023
» Re: "Giant panda Lin Hui dies in Chiang Mai", (BP, April 20).
Follow-up needed
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/02/2023
» Re: "Authorities confirm death of Uighur asylum seeker", (BP, Feb 22) and "Govt confirms deportation of 109 Uighurs to China", (BP, July 9, 2015).
Chinese doctors avoid the C-word
Published on 17/01/2023
» BEIJING: During a busy shift at the height of Beijing’s Covid wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the emergency department: doctors should “try not to” write Covid-induced respiratory failure on death certificates.
Last Ukraine doctors offer lifeline in shell-ridden Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» BAKHMUT (UKRAINE) - At a health centre in the frontline Ukraine city of Bakhmut, doctor Elena Molchanova ushers patients into a narrow office warmed by a wood-burning stove, where she hands out medication and fills in death certificates.
Ukraine struggles to hold Soledar
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» BAKHMUT, Ukraine: Ukraine said Thursday its forces were fighting to retain control of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region but cautioned it was coming up against "difficult" resistance from Russian troops.
Casino inferno blamed on electrical fault
News, Published on 01/01/2023
» POIPET: An electrical fault caused the devastating Poipet casino fire that killed 27 people, many of them Thais, Cambodian authorities said yesterday.