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Cops plan crackdown on Chinese crooks
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/04/2023
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau will endorse a crackdown on Chinese underhand dealings in Bangkok as the number of abduction and ransom cases is increasing.
Pandemonium
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/09/2022
» The first shot of Athena will be discussed in every writing about the film. A bravura choreography of movement that begins with an intimate close-up of a face and ends, after 10 blood-rushing minutes, with an explosion of revolutionary rage -- a la Les Miserables and Do You Hear The People Sing? transported to a predominantly-Muslim Paris suburb -- that opening shot is so hypnotising and immersive in its non-stop kineticism that we're led to forgive that it's also an earnest show-off, a proud enshrinement of style and attitude over everything else. Romain Gavras, a filmmaker known for making music videos for Jay Z and M.I.A, will cement that approach with many similar shots throughout the film -- long, seemingly uninterrupted shots with parkour camerawork full of angry bodies -- more than enough for aspiring filmmakers of the world to slobber over.
Political polarisation 'starting to ease'
News, Published on 23/05/2022
» Independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt's victory in Sunday's Bangkok governor election has shown that political polarisation is starting to ease, with voters backing candidates from opposite political camps, a renowned academic said.
Cops stand by car smash colleague
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/09/2021
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) yesterday defended a policeman who allegedly drove into a group of anti-government protesters on Sunday night in the Din Daeng area, injuring one of them.
Young mum nabbed as gold store thief
News, Published on 16/06/2018
» Young mum held for gold shop theft
Court acquits Pol Maj Gen Wichai of malfeasance
Published on 29/11/2016
» The Central Court for Corruption and Misconduct on Tuesday acquitted Pol Maj Gen Wichai Sangprapai, former deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, and two subordinates of charges of malfeasance involving payment of a 10 million baht gambling debt.
Farmers' smiles bring hope we can move on
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 27/05/2014
» It is indeed heartening to see our brothers and sisters in the rice farming sector smile and laugh again – thanks to the quick action by the National Council for Peace and Order to address the problem of outstanding payments for rice crops pledged more than six months ago.
Mass transit: 60 million baht for your land?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/02/2013
» To build electric trains some people will lose their land. Rumours swirl about who it will be & possible huge payoffs from govt.
TRC report blames red shirts, army
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/09/2012
» The Truth for Reconciliation Commission officially presented the results of its two-year investigation into the 2010 anti-government protests yesterday.
Acid attack suspect arrested (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/06/2012
» Reports of acid attacks on Bangkok pedestrians have been circulating for months. Now police say they have a suspect. Today he admitted to carrying out about 30 attacks.