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Tourist map expands to Doi Kloselo
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/01/2023
» Doi Kloselo in Mae Hong Son's Sop Moei district will be developed into a tourist attraction in what is seen as a move from locals to oppose the planned construction of a hydropower dam in the Salween River, locals say.
25,000 cops to guard Apec summit
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/11/2022
» Security measures are now in place for the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok on Nov 18-19, says the national police chief.
'It's in the mail' -- Cartels change tack
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/08/2022
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is stepping up its vigilance for drug smuggling by post as crime syndicates diversify their distribution methods to outsmart officials and move illicit narcotics across the country.
Giving local rivers a voice
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/02/2021
» Activist Pianporn "Pai" Deetes' fight against the planned construction of dams along the lower stretches of the Mekong River by the Chinese government is a David-versus-Goliath story.
Online sale, new routes 'will lead to boom in drug trade'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/01/2020
» While the economy still shows no sign of pulling out of last year's tepid growth, the one industry that may see a real boom in 2020 is the drug trade.
Top cop champions 'back to basics'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/10/2019
» Pol Lt Gen Phukphong Phongpetra, the newly appointed chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, is known for his experience in handling emergency situations such as political protests and bomb attacks as well as cooperating with the military on national security in the deep South.
Female cop shatters glass ceiling
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/05/2019
» Growing up, Pol Col Pawina Ekchat never thought she would become a police officer, let alone the first female superintendent in Royal Thai Police history.
Hydro dam battle taking on new allies
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/05/2018
» As resistance mounts to hydroelectric dam projects along the Mekong River, local leaders have tried to engage civic movements in the Mekong sub-region in the battle.
North Korea defectors a 'dilemma'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/01/2016
» North Korean defectors have become a growing "dilemma" for Thailand which has chosen not to deport them to the communist country for fear they will be persecuted, says head of the Immigration Bureau Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn.