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Masks and bikinis as red-light districts reopen
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/07/2020
» With performers wearing facemasks as well as bikinis, Bangkok's red-light districts reopened on Wednesday after more than three months of shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Digital Economy and Society Ministry's WiFi demand draws flak
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/10/2019
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry's demand that all cafes store data passing through their WiFi connections has drawn flak from shop owners, especially small-scale operators, who said the measure would impose a financial burden on them, including server expense.
13-year-old lured into sex trade
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/10/2018
» A young female suspect has been nabbed by police after she allegedly procured a 13-year-old girl to have sex with an elderly Japanese man in Pattaya.
BMA cracks down on tattoo shops
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/09/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is launching a crackdown on hundreds of unlicensed tattoo parlours across the capital after finding that only 50 were properly registered.
FDA warns against new sex enhancement product
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/08/2018
» The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to purchase a sexual enhancement product promoted as FDA-approved and sold on social media.
Bogus policeman nabbed while pimping underage girl
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/06/2018
» A pimp who posed as a policeman when supplying young prostitutes for customers was caught in a police sting when he took an underage girl to a hotel in Chum Phae district of Khon Kaen on Tuesday night.
Cops go after World Cup gamblers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/06/2018
» Police plan to summon and charge around 100 celebrities and online beauty presenters for allegedly promoting illegal football gambling websites.
Loss of innocence: Teens lure teens into sex work
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 11/06/2018
» The recent arrest of a 17-year-old girl who procured an underage girl for an Indian tourist in Pattaya highlighted the recent crackdown on prostitution and human trafficking rings whose perpetrators and victims are getting younger, according to police.
Dead whale sparks marine fears
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/06/2018
» The death of a male short-finned pilot whale with a shocking number of plastic bags in its stomach in Songkhla province has sparked grave concerns about marine debris and the threat it poses to the marine ecological system.
French cybercrime gang boss caught on Koh Samui
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/05/2018
» A French cybercrime gang leader wanted for hacking into customers' accounts at a bank in England and demanding a ransom was caught in Koh Samui district, Surat Thani, early Friday morning.