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BMA blowing hot air about toxic city haze
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/02/2018
» I had never believed air pollution can kill, until I spent a year living in Beijing. The year was 2013. Notably, it was a time the city was known for its "airpocalypse", a moniker used by foreign media to describe severe air pollution in China.
Singapore to make jumping bail a crime
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The city-state will criminalise skipping bail following the attempted escape of a man convicted in a high-profile fraud case at a megachurch, a senior government official said Thursday.
Explosive device thrown into US embassy compound in Montenegro
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» PODGORICA, Montenegro: A suicide attacker blew themself up after throwing an explosive device into the US embassy compound in Podgorica, the Montenegrin government said Thursday.
Kanchanaburi police chief removed over lottery case
Published on 22/02/2018
» KANCHANABURI: The provincial police chief has been abruptly and permanently transferred to an inactive post at police headquarters in Bangkok to "ensure justice" in the long-running dispute over ownership of a 30 million baht lottery first prize.
Developers storm Ratchayothin
Business, Published on 22/02/2018
» One of the most popular locations for condominium development in Bangkok in the past year has been the area around the Ratchayothin intersection. While the area has always been a popular residential location, condo development peaked in 2009-10 and then went quiet until 2017, with more activity also foreseen this year.
PAD guards jailed for seizing NBT studios in 2008
Online Reporters, Published on 21/02/2018
» The Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced 79 members of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to jail for seizing control of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) during protests against the Thaksin Shinawatra-backed government.
Singaporean in church fraud case tries to flee on boat
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man convicted over a high-profile fraud case at a megachurch was caught Wednesday trying to flee in a boat before he was due to start his sentence, police said.
For queens and country
B Magazine, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 18/02/2018
» Grab your wigs and get yourself properly tucked. Drag Race Thailand has descended upon us, and is taking Bangkok by a storm.
Elections, corruption and Thai democracy
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 16/02/2018
» People at home and abroad are calling for elections in Thailand on the premise of returning democracy to a country that has been under nearly four years of military government. But elections cannot bring genuine democracy if blatant corruption rears its head in open daylight with utter impunity. No doubt elections will be needed to get rid of the current set of military rulers but democracy in Thailand requires the strengthening of its democratic institutions that are so shoddy and woeful.
Kim thrills, Hirscher triumphs, Saito gets kicked out
Sports, Published on 14/02/2018
» Pyeongchang: American teenager Chloe Kim and Austrian ski ace Marcel Hirscher triumphantly lit up the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics yesterday as the Games were hit by their first doping scandal.