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Ex‑director of elite Bangkok school jailed 27 years for admissions bribes
Online Reporters, Published on 27/04/2026
» The former director of Triam Udom Suksa School, widely regarded as Thailand’s top elite public high school, was jailed for 27 years on Monday for taking student‑admission bribes for the 2016–2018 intake, the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Case ruled.
Celebrities arraigned on pyramid scheme charges, allowed bail
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/04/2026
» The Criminal Court on Monday released actor Yuranunt “Sam” Pamornmontri and actress Pechaya “Min” Wattanamontree on conditional bail of one-million-baht each after they were arraigned on charges arising from The iCon Group scandal.
Japan bathhouses in deep water as energy costs boil over
Kyodo News, Published on 27/04/2026
» Traditional public bathhouses in Japan are in deep water as soaring energy costs triggered by the Middle East oil supply disruptions threaten to extinguish the fires of a fading tradition, with some of them forced to shorten their hours or even shut their doors for good.
In the land of milk and honey
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 27/04/2026
» There is something appealing about travelling to the last major habitable land to be populated by humans.
Anti-motorbike barriers draw mixed reviews
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/04/2026
» Bangkok City Hall has installed footpath barriers to deter motorcyclists from riding on sidewalks and said more are being added citywide.
Police expand birth certificates probe
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 27/04/2026
» Police in Nakhon Ratchasima have widened an investigation into a fake birth certificate racket after at least 27 foreign nationals were registered using forged documents in a scheme linked to local officials. Suspects are due to be questioned on Monday.
Putting it to rights
Postbag, Published on 27/04/2026
» Re: "Anti-Orban bias", (PostBag, April 19) and "Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'", (World, April 16).
Indonesian fugitive arrested for $10m US romance scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/04/2026
» Police have arrested an Indonesian man in Phuket who is wanted in the United States for allegedly running a $10 million romance-investment scam in which he hired attractive male and female models to gull his victims.
Chonnaput's never-ending legal saga comes to head
Wassayos Ngamkham and Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 26/04/2026
» Songkhla MP Chonnaput Naksua is facing prosecution in two criminal cases involving alleged online gambling operations and money laundering, placing his political future and parliamentary status under renewed scrutiny.
PP goes into survival mode
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/04/2026
» The Supreme Court's decision to accept a serious ethics case against 44 former Move Forward Party MPs over their proposed amendment to the lese majeste law has placed the People's Party (PP) at a critical juncture.