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Card theft gang that targeted tourists busted
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/01/2024
» An man accused of heading a credit card theft gang preying on tourists has been arrested along with two female accomplices in Chatuchak district of Bangkok
Gang-rape victim saved from suicide attempt
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/09/2023
» A 16-year-old student who was gang-raped by four men tried to take her own life by running in front of a train at a railway crossing but was safely rescued.
Elite Card under fire over scandal
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/02/2023
» Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn asked the police to investigate reports of members of Thailand Elite Card that have been linked with shady Chinese businesses.
Rise in number of Thais seeking work in South Korea
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/08/2022
» Outbound tour operators reported a spike in the number of illegal job seekers who travel on tour packages to South Korea and escape from the group as soon as they arrive.
Police traffic tickets set to go digital
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/01/2019
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) agreed in principle on Thursday to amend the 1979 Land Transport Act to replace the old traffic violation ticketing system with a digital one.
Drugs kill seven at Vietnam music festival
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/09/2018
» HANOI: Seven Vietnamese have died and five are in a coma after taking drugs at an electronic dance music festival in Hanoi, officials said Monday, as authorities scrambled to trace the substance.
Cops raid shady electronic waste plant
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/05/2018
» Police and officials from the Industry Ministry on Thrusday launched a raid on a factory which allegedly imported hazardous electronic waste from abroad to Lat Krabang industrial estate in Bangkok.
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has died at 76
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/03/2018
» Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space even though his body was paralysed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early on Wednesday. He was 76.
More smoke than light in e-cigarette row
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/12/2017
» Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, are back in the public eye following a series of police crackdowns. E-cigarettes are illegal under Thai law.
Biometric checks for new SIM cards begin Dec 15
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/11/2017
» The telecom regulator will introduce biometric checks nationwide for mobile telephone users who register their SIM cards from Dec 15 in a bid to stamp out fraudulent electronic transactions.