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CNN visas revoked, charges pending over 'unethical' coverage
Published on 09/10/2022
» The Immigration Bureau has withdrawn visas issued for two CNN reporters after they entered the off-limits childcare centre where a mass shooting took place to report on the story.
VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories September 9
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/09/2022
» This week: Queen Elizabeth II dies, long-term visas, anti-Prawit German, student murders and a rude tuk-tuk driver
The shame of Thai tourism
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2021
» The large numbers of deaths caused by the pandemic have already brought down the collective spirit of Thai society. Yet, the recent murder of a Swiss national in Phuket, a female tourist visiting the province under the Phuket Sandbox scheme, is morally appalling and a disgrace to the country.
150 searchers hunt for missing British woman in Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 28/10/2019
» PHNOM PENH: About 150 people have joined the search for a young British woman who is missing on a Cambodian island popular with travellers, a senior police officer said Monday.
The latest on Sri Lanka terror attack: 2 more explosions
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2019
» COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: The latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local).
Is jailing efficient?
News, Postbag, Published on 15/10/2018
» Re: "Death penalty taints the record", (Editorial, Oct 14). The debate on whether the death penalty for certain crimes continues unabated with both sides putting forward their reasons for keeping it or not. The editorial, obviously on the side of abolishing it, states "...life imprisonment, without a commuting term, is a more acceptable and efficient punishment choice for people committing heinous crimes". What it failed to state is to whom is it more acceptable and how is it more efficient.
CSI LA Facebook followers arrested in Koh Tao rape case
Online Reporters, Published on 05/09/2018
» SURAT THANI: Police have arrested nine of 12 people wanted for publishing or "sharing" a CSI LA Facebook report about the alleged rape of a 19-year-old British tourist on Koh Tao.
Ghost tourism
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/06/2018
» One evening last December, Swayam Tiwari was looking for the sepulchre of John Nicholson in a Christian cemetery in old Delhi.
Eternal struggle of the tourist city
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/05/2018
» This week your correspondent is unable to make any casual observations on Thai life owing to the fact he is 8,823km away.
Uphill road struggle
News, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2017
» Re: "Tougher driving tests, medical check eyed in road safety push", (BP, Dec 13).