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Sex workers in peril
Published on 02/06/2024
» Sex workers in Bangkok say they feel unsafe as they cannot report cases of assault to the police without fear of being prosecuted for prostitution.
Murder mystery, convict out of ammo, cop's drug tip-off
News, Mae Moo, Published on 02/06/2024
» Wily old mum blames son
200,000 meth pills seized after border clash
Published on 01/06/2024
» CHIANG MAI: Soldiers seized 200,000 methamphetamine pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers after an exchange of gunfire near the Myanmar border in Fang district of this northern province in the early hours of Saturday.
Decision to take ‘vacation’ cost fugitive his freedom
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/05/2024
» Seven months after prisoner Chaowalit Thongduang, alias “Sia Paeng Nanod”, escaped while being taken to a hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat for dental care, he has finally been caught by police in a hideout in Indonesia.
Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners apply to join army
Published on 31/05/2024
» KYIV - In its quest to fill the dwindling ranks of its infantry, Ukraine has turned to recruiting prisoners to join the fight against Russia, and more than four thousand have applied so far.
Building wealth through health
Business, Published on 30/05/2024
» Financial markets price the future. About a year ago, the market was looking for an aggressive reversal of interest rates, reflecting the turmoil in the US banking system and the expectation of an economic slowdown.
PM sings Song Wat's praises
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 27/05/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to further promote Song Wat, one of Bangkok's oldest trading quarters, as a tourism landmark.
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.
Couriers pose as food delivery riders
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/05/2024
» Six drug couriers who posed as delivery service riders were arrested in Khlong San district yesterday.
PM's drug reforms echo past errors
Oped, Published on 24/05/2024
» When Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced plans to reschedule cannabis as a narcotic and reduce the threshold for possession of methamphetamine for personal use (not for supply to others) from five pills to one, he signalled a return to drug policies championed over two decades ago. He called for crackdowns on people in the drug trade, for people who use drugs to be placed into rehabilitation facilities and demanded results in 90 days.