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Army, police seize 3m pills along border
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/04/2025
» About three million methamphetamine pills, as well as 360 kilogrammes of crystal meth, were seized in three separate operations along the Thai border with Myanmar and Laos, according to authorities yesterday.
Russian beaten, robbed in Phuket hotel room
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/01/2025
» PHUKET - A Russian man has told police he was attacked and robbed of US$700 in cash, about 20,000 baht, by another man speaking Russian in his hotel room in Phuket on Sunday night.
New train tunnel closes for clean-up
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2024
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) closed Thailand's longest train tunnel just after opening it on Sunday, pending a 14-day clean-up after passengers complained of thick dust inside.
Japan trippers warned of deadly bacteria
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/06/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is warning Japan-bound travellers to seriously protect themselves against infection by a rare and often fatal flesh-eating bacteria now spreading there.
Alaska Airlines plane lands safely after blowout
Published on 06/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Friday in Portland, Oregon after a section of the fuselage blew out shortly after departure, according to US media reports.
Empty seats, discarded shoes remain after Pakistan bomb kills 54
AFP, Published on 01/08/2023
» KHAR (PAKISTAN) - Blood-stained chairs, scattered ball bearings and shoes shed by the dead, wounded and panicked bore testimony Monday to the carnage caused by a suicide bombing at a Pakistan political event.
China forecasts 2.1bn holiday-season trips
Published on 06/01/2023
» BEIJING: The Chinese government says it expects about 2.1 billion domestic journeys to be made in the country over a 40-day travel season that includes the weeklong Lunar New Year holidays beginning Jan 21, amid fears the large-scale human migration could further spread Covid-19.
Fresh concerns over Covid
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2022
» As businesses pin their hopes on a strong recovery in the final month of the year based on lively shopping activity, entertainment events and vibrant tourism, a fresh Omicron outbreak has emerged including a rising death toll, rekindling concerns about the impact on economic sentiment.
More than 150 killed in Halloween stampede in Seoul
Published on 30/10/2022
» SEOUL: More than 150 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late Saturday, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents.
The joy of a permanent downgrade
Business, Published on 23/09/2022
» Leaving Hong Kong for my first trip overseas in over two years was somewhat unusual. The airport was empty. I walked towards my departure gate. It was set at the farthest node of the terminal like some secret gangrenous embarrassment.