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2.3m speed pills seized on Mekong river bank, smugglers flee
Online Reporters, Published on 11/02/2026
» A navy patrol seized about 2.3 million speed pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers on the banks of the Mekong River in Muang district of Nong Khai in the early hours of Wednesday.
Honoured health reformer Prawase dies aged 93
Online Reporters, Published on 11/01/2026
» Dr Prawase Wasi, one of Thailand’s most honoured public health scholars and civil society leaders, passed away peacefully at his home in Bangkok on Saturday night. He was 93.
20 Bangkok prison officials linked to Chinese VIP inmate scandal
Online Reporters, Published on 22/11/2025
» About 20 officials are facing investigation for arranging special privileges — including prostitutes — for Chinese inmates at the Bangkok Remand Prison, according to the head of the Department of Corrections.
Afternoon ban on alcohol sales in Thailand still enforced
Online Reporters, Published on 12/09/2025
» Thailand's Disease Control Department on Friday clarified that the three-hour daily ban on alcohol sales remains in force, dispelling confusion among vendors over a recent legal change.
Chiang Mai café responds to ‘human zoo’ criticism
News, Online Reporters, Published on 25/04/2025
» The owners of a Chiang Mai cafe housed in an old tobacco factory, where patrons can watch workers sorting tobacco leaves, has hit back at criticism that they were staging a “human zoo”.
Thaksin defends entertainment complexes as critic decries ‘sin economy’
Online Reporters, Published on 18/01/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has defended the government’s entertainment complex bill, pointing out the contentious matter of a casino represents only 10% of each site, while a Democrat Party member is accusing the Pheu Thai-led administration of seeking to establish a “sin economy”.
Vietnamese drug suspect arrested in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 07/06/2024
» A major Vietnamese drug suspect wanted in his home country has been arrested in Bangkok after one year on the run.
Man found dead inside electrical utility box
Online Reporters, Published on 23/05/2024
» The body of a man was found inside an electrical utility box on a footpath in Min Buri district of Bangkok on Thursday.
Clinics now allowed to purchase, prescribe antiviral drugs
Online Reporters, Published on 21/07/2022
» The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for clinics to purchase and prescribe molnupiravir and other antiviral drugs for Covid-19 patients.
Rural doctors want end to govt monopoly on antiviral drugs
Online Reporters, Published on 19/07/2022
» The Rural Doctors Society (RDS) wants the government to end its monopoly on antiviral drugs, to ensure the country has enough to treat Covid-19 patients and bring down the price.