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Hospital director shot dead in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 23/01/2018
» KANCHANABURI: A forest ranger who admitted shooting dead the director of a hospital in Si Sawat district on Monday evening claimed he mistook the man for an illegal logger, but police are not convinced that is the case.
Restored Iran plane crashes, kills 65
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2018
» TEHRAN: An Iranian commercial airplane brought back into service only months ago after being grounded for seven years crashed Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, and officials said they feared all 65 people on board were killed.
Coming clean on murky air pollution data
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/02/2018
» Inescapably, those of us who live in Bangkok are resigned to the fact that pollution is part of our way of life. But the threat of air pollution in recent weeks seems too much to bear. And the state reaction is questionable. Leaving the city, the country's beating economic heart, is not possible for most of us.
Man shot, killed by mistake in national park
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 04/03/2018
» PHITSANULOK: A villager died after being shot by mistake by a distant relative in the Chat Trakan Waterfall National Park in Chat Trakan district of this central northern province on Saturday night, police said.
When easy access to antibiotics is a hindrance, not a help
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/03/2018
» Kimhuay Luang-orn, 72, and Kaimook Ayachu, 65, never realised their excessive and arbitrary use of antibiotics could sicken them rather cure their illnesses until they attended a training session that dispelled their misconceptions about what they thought were "panacea" drugs.
Street racer killed when bike hits truck on highway
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 27/03/2018
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A teenager was killed and his young friend seriously injured when their motorcycle hit a lorry during an illegal race on a highway in Thung Yai district early on Tuesday morning.
Police shot during drug raid in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/04/2018
» Two policemen were shot and wounded during a raid on a house in Bangkok's Kannayao district early Monday morning that netted one suspect, 5,000 speed pills and 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine, police said.
The ground floor in plastics pollution
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/04/2018
» People worldwide celebrate Earth Day every year on April 22. This year's campaign focuses on ending plastic pollution.
Clinging to hope
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 21/05/2018
» They have survived many challenges, from a genocide that killed nearly 3 million of their people, the ultimate fight for freedom from Pakistan, a series of coups since independence in 1971, and the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. But the people of Bangladesh still find it in their hearts to help those even less fortunate than themselves, in this case hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.
Casualties feared after Boko Haram attack military base
AFP, Published on 17/07/2018
» ABUJA - Dozens of soldiers were feared dead after a Boko Haram attack on a military base in remote northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Monday, as search parties were sent into the bush to locate missing troops.