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When superstition meets the lottery: Thai traditions of prediction
Online Reporters, Published on 16/09/2025
» Superstition and lottery buying are deeply rooted in the Land of Smiles, and the two often overlap. Many Thais rely on superstition to help guide them in choosing winning numbers, though such practices are more cultural than guaranteed paths to success.
Actor Yu Menglong dies after falling from building
Online Reporters, Published on 12/09/2025
» BEIJING – Chinese actor Yu Menglong, also known as Alan Yu, has died at the age of 37 after falling from a residential building in Chaoyang district, Beijing, his personal studio confirmed in an official statement.
Python invades 'cat room', all felines safe
Online Reporters, Published on 05/08/2025
» NONTHABURI - A 5-metre python was found coiled on a cabinet in a room dedicated to housing 10 valuable Scottish Fold cats at a house in Bang Yai district on Tuesday morning.
Thai granny leaps up to ceiling beam to escape snake
Online Reporters, Published on 04/06/2025
» ROI ET - An 80-year-old woman stunned her neighbours by leaping up to grab onto a ceiling beam in her home after spotting a snake, despite normally struggling with mobility.
Man finds massive snake coiled inside Bangkok toilet bowl
Online Reporters, Published on 23/05/2025
» BANGKOK - A man received the fright of his life when he discovered a large python coiled inside his toilet bowl after waking up in the early hours of the morning.
Boy bitten by cobra in bedroom in northeast Thailand
News, Online Reporters, Published on 30/09/2024
» A highly venomous cobra made its way into a boy's bedroom and then bit him, at a housing estate in Maha Sarakham province.
Woman rescued from coils of large python
News, Online Reporters, Published on 18/09/2024
» An exhausted woman was freed from the coils of a large snake that had been wrapped around her body for almost two hours, at her house in Samut Prakan on Tuesday night.
Cobra slips into trainer’s pants during school lesson
Online Reporters, Published on 31/08/2024
» A wildlife volunteer had a close call with a snake while teaching children about reptiles at a school in Bueng Kan province.
Smuggled critters cause chaos on Bangkok-Taipei flight
Online Reporters, Published on 05/10/2023
» A baggage-screening worker at Suvarnabhumi airport has been suspended for failing to search a bag that turned out to be filled with smuggled animals, some of which got loose and caused chaos on a Bangkok-Taipei flight.
Snake encounter reported every 15 minutes in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 27/08/2022
» Snakes are a much bigger problem in Bangkok than many people think. Just ask the staff at the 199 emergency hotline. On average, they say, they get a call for assistance with snakes every 15 minutes, with about 60,000 snake removals taking place each year.