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Academics slam lack of details for Sino-Thai railway project
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 23/06/2017
» Academics have expressed concerns that there is no paper-based evidence to determine the feasibility of the controversial Sino-Thai high-speed train project other than what media have reported.
No sex please, we're Thai
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 26/02/2017
» It started off as nothing more than a small fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand. Its long sweeping bay was dotted with a few boats and shacks where the villagers lived. Then a group of 500 American soldiers stationed at a military base in Nakhon Ratchasima were driven to Pattaya on June 29, 1959, for a week of rest and relaxation (R&R). They rented several houses at the southern end of the beach from a prominent local, Luang Sunthorn, thus opening a Pandora's box for this sleepy fishing village.
US prosecutors seek more Thai suspects in sex ring case
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 09/10/2016
» US prosecutors are urging closer cooperation with local police to expand their investigations into a trafficking ring they claim involved hundreds of Thai women being sold into "sexual slavery".
Gem thieves not so brilliant
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 11/09/2016
» Bangkok's gem fair is the jewel in the crown for regional gangs who see the biannual event as easy pickings, with more than 50 robberies every year.
Family urges shrine bomb suspect Wanna to stay away
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 13/09/2015
» PHANGNGA - The family of Erawan bombing suspect Wanna Suansant has urged her not to return to Thailand, fearing she will be made a scapegoat by police.
Where tourists mill, there's a Segway
News, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 08/02/2015
» Police are taking to two wheels — and enlisting four-legged friends — as they roll out a new strategy to boost public confidence in the wake of last week's Paragon twin bombings.