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Statue restoration faces criticism
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2024
» The Fine Arts Department defended itself after facing a public backlash over the restoration of 500-year-old sculptures of giants at a Chiang Mai temple.
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.
Temple tour group discovers ancient sandstone
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 06/06/2024
» SURAT THANI: An ancient sandstone has been found in the grounds of a temple in Chaiya district, which experts believe dates from the time of the Srivijaya Kingdom.
Thief who preyed on tourists for over 10 years caught
Online Reporters, Published on 01/06/2024
» A 55-year-old thief who targeted tourists has been arrested after operating for over 10 years.
HIV tests for would-be monks set to be scrapped
News, Published on 01/06/2024
» The Sangha Supreme Council has agreed with a proposal by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to prohibit temples from requiring men to pass an HIV test before they are ordained, citing the reason that it is not a chronic infectious disease.
Monk caper; bullet in bed; undertaker's woe; polite robber
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/05/2024
» An Uthai Thani man is calling on his estranged wife to reconsider after she allegedly ran off with an errant monk.
Thaksin warmly received in Korat
Published on 25/05/2024
» Thaksin Shinawatra was warmly received when he arrived in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday for the first time in 17 years, with red-shirt supporters cheering and shouting “We love Thaksin” at the airport.
Historical park to receive Unesco push
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/05/2024
» The Ministry of Culture aims to nominate Phra Nakhon Khiri National Historical Park, aka Khao Wang, in Phetchaburi as a Unesco World Heritage Site, according to Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol.
Sermsak points the pee finger
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/05/2024
» Newly appointed Tourism and Sports Minister Sermsak Pongpanit has blamed a foreign couple for letting their child urinate in public inside the Grand Palace.
Police arrest ladyboy who abducted tot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/05/2024
» A ladyboy was arrested in Rayong after abducting a nine-month-old child from Bangkok. Police received tipoffs from social media that helped identify the whereabouts of the ladyboy.