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Stolen artefacts returned from San Francisco museum
Published on 01/06/2021
» A welcoming ceremony was held in Bangkok on Monday to mark the return of two ancient hand-carved artefacts that were stolen decades ago and smuggled out of the country to the United States.
How has Thailand kept the lid on Covid?
Published on 12/06/2020
» It’s a mystery, although a very welcome one.
Markets to stay open April 13-15 as economist calls for 'blanket rescue'
Published on 18/03/2020
» Bangkok Bank's chief economist on Wednesday evening called for a "blanket rescue" to prevent bankruptcies during the coronavirus crisis after the central bank earlier announced Thailand's financial markets will stay open during April 13-15.
HK protests: Behind the barricade
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 18/11/2019
» On the night of Nov 13th in Hong Kong, I heard there was a protest in the city centre of the area of the New Territories I was staying in, Sha Tin. After crossing the bridge over the Shing Mun River, I notice four protesters talking beneath a pedestrian underpass. Walking through the megamalls that constitute the city centre, I see workers clearing up broken glass but see no protesters. But on my way back across the bridge to my hotel, I encounter a crowd of about 50 people yelling and screaming abuse, and working my way through them, see a line of riot police advancing from the other direction. After several minutes of shining torches and bellowing warnings through a megaphone, the police raise the black flag warning that tear gas will be fired. The crowd retreats as one or two canisters are fired.
UN decries 'shameful' reprisals on rights activists
Published on 12/09/2018
» GENEVA: The United Nations listed 38 "shameful" countries - including China, Russia and Thailand - on Wednesday which it said had carried out reprisals or intimidation against people cooperating with it on human rights, through killings, torture and arbitrary arrests.