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The man on the border has seen it all
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 21/05/2023
» Lt Cmdr D E McShane was holding his plane ticket home to begin his retirement in 2019 when then-President Donald Trump announced that he would be flying to the border between the two Koreas to meet Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea.
Asean voices deep fears over Myanmar violence
News, AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» JAKARTA: Southeast Asian nations said on Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar as they condemned the recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country.
Asean leaders 'deeply concerned' about Myanmar violence
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» JAKARTA: Southeast Asian nations said Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar while condemning a recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country.
Books and roses mark St Jordi day on Sunday
Life, Published on 19/04/2023
» This Sunday is the day of Sant Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia in Spain. On this day, people celebrate by exchanging books and roses. Sunday is also World Book Day as declared by Unesco in 1995.
Help for endangered Amazon tribe
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/04/2023
» The illegal tin mine was so remote that, for three years, the massive gash it cut into the Amazon rainforest had gone largely ignored.
Dominican government razes homes to erect wall on Haiti border
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» DAJABóN (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) - Leocadio Guzman is one of dozens of residents of La Mara in the Dominican Republic whose house was torn down by the military.
How Poland opened up to Ukrainians
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 12/03/2023
» A year ago, Russia's military onslaught on Ukraine sent millions of refugees fleeing west, often to countries wary of taking in foreigners, raising fears of a repeat of the political convulsions set off by a migration crisis in 2015 that involved far fewer people.
DSI under fire as Chuvit alleges high-level bribery
News, Published on 18/01/2023
» The raid on the unlicensed Jingling pub in Yannawa district on the night of Oct 26 that found more than 200 clients, mostly of Chinese origin, has now snowballed into allegations of attempts by a soldier, police and officials from the Department of Special Investigation(DSI) demanding bribes from a further 11 Chinese who escaped the raid.
Military probing soldier's involvement in police, DSI extortion scandal
Published on 17/01/2023
» An armed forces fact-finding panel is looking into a soldier's alleged involvement in the police extortion of millions of baht in exchange for the release of 11 Chinese suspects found hiding in a former consul-general's house in Bangkok.
Officials charged with extortion, freeing Chinese suspect
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/01/2023
» Fourteen police and officials of the Department of Special Investigation have been charged with demanding millions of baht in exchange for freeing a Chinese suspect from a former consul-general's home in Bangkok.