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DSI issues report card on human trafficking
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/01/2018
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) claimed progress Sunday in tackling special cases involving human trafficking, saying it cleared up four of seven special cases in 2017.
Food for thought
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/01/2018
» A corporal motorcycle courier on the Western Front during World War I, Hitler fancied himself the German Napoleon Bonaparte. While he had good political instincts, a military genius he was not. Still, he had several first-rate strategists and tacticians on his staff.
Regime lays plans for post-poll control
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/01/2018
» If the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and its roadmap to restore democracy are to be believed, a general election will be held toward the end of this year or in early 2019 at the latest.
At press dinner, Hun Sen berates media
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen berated journalists on Sunday at a dinner his government hosted for correspondents and accused some of spreading fabricated stories.
2 arrested over stabbing to death of Israeli 'mafia boss'
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 23/01/2018
» Two Israeli nationals were detained at Don Mueang airport on Sunday night and held for questioning about the murder of a compatriot on Koh Samui, in Surat Thani province -- an attack local media described as a "mob hit".
Policing a rogue's island paradise
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 05/02/2018
» A recent deadly brawl on Koh Samui has galvanised authorities into launching checks on rogue activities which they fear have taken root on the resort island.
Happy mafia
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2018
» Re: "Drug gangs use Thailand as transit point to Malaysia", (BP, Feb 12).
Weekend watch
Muse, Published on 17/02/2018
» Parc Paragon, Siam ParagonRama I11am-9pm, until tomorrow
The Putin factor and Russia's future
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/02/2018
» Why wait another month to report on the Russian election when we can wrap it up right now? Vladimir Putin is going to win another six years in power by a landslide -- probably between 60% and 70% of the vote. The real question is what happens after that, because he will be 72 by the end of his next term and will not legally be allowed to run for president again.
Murdered Slovak journalist 'was probing high-level graft'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» BRATISLAVA - Murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak was about to publish an investigation into high-level political corruption, the country's leading newspaper said Tuesday as the killing stoked concerns about graft and press freedom in the small EU state.