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Deputy PM warns, Sudarat explains
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/10/2017
» Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan called a press conference to defend herself after Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon called her high-profile procession "improper".
Only 7500 invited to enter cremation grounds for King's ceremonies
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/10/2017
» About 7,500 pre-screened people will be permitted to enter the royal cremation ground at Sanam Luang during the royal funeral ceremonies for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the end of this month.
Small police station run largely by villagers succeeds in cutting crime
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/09/2017
» A small village in Non Sila district in this northeastern province has seen its crime rate and public disturbances tumble after setting up a "village police station".
More heavy rain forecast for the South (Flood update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/01/2017
» With hundreds of thousands of people already stranded throughout much of the southern region, more heavy rain is forecast for today and tomorrow.
Big push for high referendum turnout
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/08/2016
» More than 700,000 people have been deployed to explain the draft charter to locals throughout the country. The government expects a high turnout and has targeted a 70% "yes" vote in Sunday's referendum.
Volunteers exceed conscripts in this year's draft
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/04/2016
» The focus is always on the tense lotteries held to fill the manpower needs of the military services, but this year volunteers have greatly reduced the number of conscripts needed.
Migrants abandoned; Padang Besar mayor arrested (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/05/2015
» As dozens more Rohingya, including children, were found abandoned by trafficking gangs in Songkhla and Satun provinces Thursday, police today arrested the mayor of Padang Besar, alleging he was a trafficking kingpin.
"Constructive" use of Section 44
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/04/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told landless residents at a ceremony in Chiang Mai yesterday that Section 44 of the interim charter allowed him to cut through red-tape and distribute land-use documents for forest land near their homes immediately.
Students "welcome" Prayut in Northeast (Thursday update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/11/2014
» Five Khon Kaen University students have been released for a second time after initially undergoing "attitude adjustment" for briefly interrupting the PM's campaign against drought with a Hunger-Games-style anti-coup salute. They are members of an activist group known as Dao Din.
Bomb suspects caught on video
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/04/2012
» Songkhla police on Monday released footage of two men suspected of carrying out the car bomb attack at the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel on Saturday.