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'Serpent' a huge TV draw
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/05/2021
» The Netflix limited series The Serpent has revisited the crime spree of conman and killer Charles Sobhraj who was linked to the unsolved murders of Western tourists on the so-called Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia in the early 1970s.
Hong Kong students pledge loyalty to Thai protesters
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/10/2020
» Hong Kong students have pledged support for the pro-democracy movement in Thailand after the recent wave of anti-government protests has rocked the capital for over a week.
Not if but when
News, Postbag, Published on 30/06/2020
» In her June 29 commentary, "It's now time to scrutinise govt 'aid' packages," Khun Paritta Wangkiat mentioned: "if the government fails to assure transparency and efficiency of spending"....... If? Let's face it, that's a certainty.
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.
Cracking down on meth
News, Published on 06/10/2019
» The large hauls of drugs seized in Thailand, Australia and New Zealand earlier this year have renewed calls for crackdowns, which go beyond just those three countries.
Thank you, 'Mali San'
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2019
» We Thais owe many, many thanks to "Mali-San" or Ms Megumi Morimoto, 46, a freshman at Kasetsart University's Sakolnakorn campus. As shown by the clip on Facebook by Udomsak Nak-chang-in and on television, she's been blocking motorcyclists from illegally riding their bikes on the sidewalk at Rumsalee intersection, thus protecting pedestrians from being run over. She's done this over 100 times. Although local bikers have beaten her up four times, Thai onlookers have rescued her.
Stuck in the middle over Araibi affair
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/02/2019
» Among those involved in the case of Bahraini refugee footballer, Hakeem al-Araibi, which culminated in his return to Australia, was Chatchom Akapin, director-general of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)'s International Affairs Department,who admits staff were worried about how it would turn out.
Australian foreign minister in town as runaway seeks asylum
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2019
» Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne was in Bangkok on Thursday on a visit expected to include discussion on the fate of a runaway 18-year-old Saudi woman who alleges her family abused her and she feared for her life.
