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Man charged with paying children to drink
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/06/2024
» A man who admitted paying a 13-year-old girl to drink alcohol at an ordination ceremony, leading to her collapsing into a coma, has surrendered to police.
Man charged with paying children to drink at ordination
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 12/06/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man who admitted paying a 13-year-old girl to guzzle alcohol at an ordination ceremony, leading to her collapsing into a coma, has surrendered to police to face charges.
Children paid to guzzle alcohol at ordination ceremony
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 11/06/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - A 13-year-old girl paid 1,000 baht to guzzle alcohol at an ordination ceremony collapsed in a coma and was rushed to hospital.
India's election result a surprise for Modi, BJP
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/06/2024
» 'Pride goeth before a fall", says the Old Testament, so India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was just begging for humiliation. It duly arrived.
100 rehab escapees allege abuse in Krabi facility
Online Reporters, Published on 08/06/2024
» Local residents of Koh Siboya in Krabi province were put on high alert following the mass escape of 100 drug addicts from a rehabilitation facility on the island on Friday, with the patients later claiming they were fleeing abuse.
Maybe not so united
Published on 08/06/2024
» Some critics are beginning to suspect the populist programme may not see the light of day and that the ruling Pheu Thai Party, ironically, may not be all that upset if the axe falls on it.
Govt must do more for heritage
Editorial, Published on 02/06/2024
» The Fine Arts department's decision to register an old wooden house -- a Kudeejeen community landmark -- in Thon Buri district as a historical site is welcome news for many. But this is just the beginning, and like other heritage sites, conservation is still a long way away.
Thaksin charges seen as warning from old guard
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 31/05/2024
» The attorney general's decision to indict former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on lese majeste charges is the result of Thaksin failing to honour a deal with the old power groups that still hold sway in Thai politics, according to some political observers.
North Korea sends balloons of 'faeces, trash' into South
Reuters, Published on 29/05/2024
» SEOUL - South Korea accused North Korea on Wednesday of sending a large number of balloons across the heavily fortified border between the countries to drop objects that included trash and excrement, calling the act base and dangerous.
Myanmar's Rohingya in crosshairs as fighting escalates in Rakhine
Published on 27/05/2024
» Myanmar's Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under threat of attacks and displacement as fighting between a powerful ethnic army and the country's ruling junta escalates in the western state of Rakhine, according to UN and aid agencies.