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Korean Air allows use of stun guns against passengers
Business, Published on 28/12/2016
» GIMPO, South Korea - Korean Air Lines says it will allow crew members to "readily use stun guns" to manage violent passengers, and hire more male flight attendants, after coming in for criticism from US singer Richard Marx over its handling of a recent incident.
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Our top 10 stories in a year that will be hard to forget
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Over the past year 'Spectrum' has reported a wide range of issues to give readers valuable insights. Our reporter ambushed the monk who helped Leicester City to their shock English Premier League title to get an exclusive. Another reporter blended in with Chinese yuppies in the new business district of Bangkok to find out why they decided to migrate to Thailand. Two reporters did a series of stories on the Tiger Temple by hanging out with the veterinarian, monks and national park officers to listen to all sides. We were determined to find the truth. Last month we also went up to Chiang Mai to talk to Hmong girls wrongly accused of stealing a British tourist's watch. Here are the top 10 stories in another exciting year of reporting.
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Korean Air says crew followed procedure on unruly passenger
AFP, Published on 21/12/2016
» SEOUL - South Korea's top carrier Korean Air said its staff followed company procedure in restraining an unruly passenger after 80s pop singer Richard Marx tweeted that he helped the "ill trained" crew handle the situation.
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BTS Etiquette
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 16/12/2016
» On Sunday, a picture of three teenage girls hanging out and eating on the floor inside a BTS car got circulated online. I guess they didn't get the memo that drinking or eating is not allowed while on the Skytrain. Or perhaps they thought it was OK, so long as they were sitting down?
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IATA: Disruptive flyers on the rise
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 01/10/2016
» Airlines are seeing increased numbers of unruly passengers around the world and in Thailand as more people take to the skies.
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Cardinal Pell: Vatican firebrand plagued by sex scandal and foes
AFP, Published on 03/03/2016
» VATICAN CITY - Australian Cardinal George Pell, the pope's powerful finance minister, is under fire on two fronts.
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The humans of BTS
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/01/2016
» Public transport has long been a bane for Bangkok commuters, and when the Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) opened its first two lines over 16 years ago, it brought hope to city dwellers who’d had to endure the hellish Bangkok roads in buses and cars.
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China's flights hit by new disturbance: fighting pilots
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» BEIJING - After a series of flight disruptions by angry or unruly passengers, Chinese media on Tuesday revealed a new menace to air travel in the country: fighting pilots.
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Etihad vows to fight obese passenger injury claim
AFP, Published on 31/07/2015
» SYDNEY - Etihad Airways on Friday vowed to keep fighting a lawsuit brought in Australia by a man who claims he hurt his back after being seated next to a sick, obese passenger.
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Hopes dim for survivors of capsized China cruise ship
Associated Press, Published on 03/06/2015
» JIANLI, CHINA — Hopes dimmed Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped in a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather, as hundreds of rescuers searched the Yangtze River site in what could become the deadliest Chinese maritime accident in decades.
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