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Abusive teachers do not belong
News, Editorial, Published on 04/09/2022
» Last month, a teacher at a school in Bangkok's Thung Khru district ordered a teenage student to kneel on the floor, then kicked the boy in the chest and hit his head several times. It was a punishment for playing football in a school building.
Bitcoin 'revolution' a work in progress
Published on 03/09/2022
» El Salvador President Nayib Bukele took the stage to fireworks, announcing to a cheering crowd of crypto enthusiasts at a beachside confab that Bitcoin would revolutionise his country.
Saudi 'snitch app' raises alarms
Published on 03/09/2022
» BEIRUT: A Saudi app that lets ordinary people “play the role of a police officer” may have alerted authorities to the tweets of a student whose sentencing to 34 years in jail has drawn international condemnation.
Chiang Rai pub raid finds 300+ teens, all fire doors locked
Online Reporters, Published on 03/09/2022
» Authorities found more than 300 underage drinkers packed inside a popular nightspot in Muang district of Chiang Rai in the early hours of Saturday — with all three fire exit doors locked.
Resistance to changes
News, Published on 03/09/2022
» Now that the organic law on the election of MPs has been put on the back burner pending a constitutionality review, the amendment of another piece of legislation also instrumental in serving a dual-ballot election is going down a similar path.
Van death tragedy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/09/2022
» Re: "Kin of dead student puzzled by cuts, bruises", (BP, Sept 2).
Traffic fines to increase from Monday
Online Reporters, Published on 02/09/2022
» Fines for traffic offences will increase, with penalties for speeding or failing to stop at pedestrian crossings rising four-fold to 4,000 baht, when the amended Land Traffic Act comes into force on Monday, Sept 5.
7 Rohingya dead after boat seized, Myanmar officials say
AFP, Published on 02/09/2022
» Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said Friday.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets more jail, hard labour for election fraud
Published on 02/09/2022
» Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday was found guilty of electoral fraud during 2020 polls her party won in a landslide and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings.
Biden slams Trump 'extremist' assault on democracy
AFP, Published on 02/09/2022
» PHILADELPHIA - US President Joe Biden took fierce aim Thursday at Donald Trump and his "extremist" supporters, labeling them enemies of American democracy in a prime-time address that sought to fire up voters ahead of key midterm elections.