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Get ready to spend: Shopping tax break begins Nov 11
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2017
» The government's shopping tax break begins Saturday. It will let individual taxpayers deduct up to 15,000 baht of taxable income from the value of goods and services bought until Dec 3.
Suvarnabhumi upgrade approved
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/08/2017
» The Airports of Thailand (AoT) board on Wednesday awarded a 14.2-billion-baht contract to PCS Joint Venture to carry out a key part of Suvarnabhumi airport's upgrade.
Cut plastic bag use by making shoppers pay
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/09/2015
» Shoppers will have to pay for plastic shopping bags when a proposed amendment to the 1992 Environment Act is passed, deputy director-general of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion Sermyos Somman said.
Kenya: 147 students murdered before gunmen kill themselves (UPDATED)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/04/2015
» Masked gunmen from Somalia's Shebab Islamist group massacred at least 147 Kenyan students Thursday in a day-long college campus siege, ending only when all four gunmen blew themselves up. Today, survivors are telling frightening stories of their ordeal.
Siam Paragon bombs: Arrest warrants issued (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/02/2015
» Thai police have obtains arrest warrants for the two men seen in security footage just before the two blasts near Siam Paragon on Sunday. Police say others were likely involved in operation as well.
Hunt for Paragon blast suspects (Updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/02/2015
» Police have just circulated footage of two men suspected of planting the bombs near Siam Paragon. Meanwhile, the army chief has denied rumours that Sunday's bombs were planted in an attempted to prolong martial law.
Mystery arrest explained (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/06/2014
» The woman forced into a taxi during a anti-coup rally was acting aggressively, police say, and they took her away to calm her down. Update: She and five others have now been released without charge.
More coup news (updated Sunday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/06/2014
» Sunday evening: Army troops were out in large numbers today in Bangkok in an attempt to shut down planned anti-coup rallies. They largely succeeded.
Grieving father hopes his two children will be last victims
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/02/2014
» Tanakorn Yos-ubol, the father who lost two children in Sunday’s grenade attack, only hopes his family’s loss will be the last tragedy of the political violence.
Troubled poll ends smoothly (updated Monday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/02/2014
» The February 2 general election was free of major violence, but many polling stations could not open and turnout was low at those that could. Now legal challenges have put the poll in doubt. (Includes yesterday's live coverage)