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More girls go missing than boys, report reveals
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 11/01/2020
» A total of 244 children in Thailand went missing last year with the number of missing girls 50% higher than boys, according to a report released on Friday by the Mirror Foundation, an NGO which helps families with missing children.
Nepal expects steep rise in Thai visitors
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 08/01/2020
» KATHMANDU: Once Nepal's Gautam Buddha International Airport is completed in the next three to four months, the number of Thais visiting the country is likely to increase, especially to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, said Lila Bahadul Baniya, senior manager of the Nepal Tourism Board.
School invasion hero on the mend
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 04/03/2019
» One week has passed since he was assaulted by a group of men and sustained serious injuries to his arm, but Chattraphat Namjundee, a 26-year-old PE teacher at Mathayomwatsing School in Bangkok's Bang Khunthian district, is still in a state of shock over the unprovoked attack.
Fallen Navy Seal earns royal funeral rite
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 07/07/2018
» A royally sponsored funeral rite was held yesterday for former Navy Seal, Saman Kunan, who died from a lack of oxygen in the early hours of yesterday morning during a mission to rescue 12 boys and their football coach from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.
Pongporn warns media over monks
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 21/04/2018
» National Office of Buddhism (NOB) director, Pol Lt Col Pongporn Phramsane, on Friday insisted that all five senior monks allegedly implicated in the third and latest round of temple fund embezzlement probes are still presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
A place in the sun for all revellers
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 14/04/2018
» While many Thai revellers headed straight to get wet and wild in Bangkok's wettest areas like Khao San Road, Silom and RCA at the start of the three-day Songkran festival, hundreds of senior citizens who preferred a return to the holiday's quieter religious and familial traditions flocked to Lumpini Park to celebrate the Thai New Year in retro style.
Parting words to the condemned
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 13/02/2018
» 'No one is born evil or bad to the bone. There are just people making mistakes. I strongly believe that all people can change for the better, no matter who they are -- drug kingpins, notorious hitmen, thieves," says Phra Kru Srinonthawat, abbot of Wat Bang Phreak Tai, who has taught dharma to death row inmates for 27 years.