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Temple row needs fixing
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/07/2023
» A long-standing row between the abbot of Wat Kalaya and the noble Pravitra family demonstrates loopholes in conservation laws and poor enforcement as several heritage places are being threatened in the name of development.
Resort ignores demolition order
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/06/2023
» The owner of a luxury hotel built on a hilltop overlooking a Royal Thai Navy (RTN) deep seaport has ignored a demolition order.
Resort snubs RTN orders to cease operations
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/06/2023
» CHON BURI: The owner of a luxury hotel built on a hilltop overseeing a Royal Thai Navy (RTN) deep seaport has ignored a demolition order issued over security concerns.
Illegal beach villa to be demolished
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 26/06/2023
» SURAT THANI: The owner of a small villa built illegally on a beach on Koh Tao in Koh Phangan district has agreed to its demolition.
Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams new threat
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real -- an American mother heard her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl was an AI clone and the abduction was fake.
A bitter farewell
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/05/2023
» The Robot Building on Sathon Road is a childhood superhero that comes to life. Standing on staggered floors, the chunky android is studded with nuts and bolts. Its head boasts metallic-lidded eyes and two communication antennae and its frontal body is outfitted with black glass and blue stripes like armour. It is ready to fight a monster in the urban jungle.
To reconstruct Turkey, rebuild its democracy
Oped, Daron Acemoglu & Cihat Tokgöz, Published on 04/04/2023
» The devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey (and at least 7,000 in northern Syria) in February have exposed deep-rooted problems in the run-up to potentially epochal presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. Turkey, it is now clear, needs more than a change of government; it needs a fundamental transformation of its politics and economy. That means confronting the hugely powerful construction lobby and attempting to rebuild the country's flailing democracy.
Navy moves to close luxury resort 'built on state property'
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 11/03/2023
» CHON BURI: The Royal Thai Navy has ordered a luxury resort in Sattahip district to suspend operations for allegedly encroaching on state land.
Sattahip resort closed pending encroachment probe
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 10/03/2023
» CHON BURI: The Royal Thai Navy has ordered a luxury resort in Sattahip district to suspend operations for allegedly encroaching on state land.
'Snip-snip! Hooray!': TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.