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'Kung Fu' red pandas settle into Lao sanctuary
AFP, Published on 11/05/2018
» LUANG PRABANG: Munching on bamboo and lazing under a fan spraying cooling mist, "Jackie Chan" is in a relaxed mood, one of three red pandas once destined for the exotic wildlife trade but now settling into a new home in a leafy sanctuary in Laos.
A life in limbo
Spectrum, Published on 06/05/2018
» It is Monday morning in Suan Phlu, Bangkok. Its streets as busy as usual -- motorbike taxis rushing by, vendors selling fruit on the corner, a Koel singing its annoying song and someone somewhere cooking fish. The city is full of life. And yet, just a few hundred metres from the air-conditioned cafe in which I am sitting, more than a thousand men, women and even children are deprived of the ability to take part in this life. Seen from the soi's main street, the unassuming complex bears an equally unassuming sign which reads "Immigration Bureau". The building conveys little of the reality behind it.
Cronyism 'typical'?
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2018
» Re: "Right man for the job", (Editorial, April 12).
Man caught in park with dismembered black bear
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/03/2018
» Forest rangers in Prachuap Khiri Khan have arrested a 52-year-old man in possession of the dismembered carcass of an Asian black bear, a dead civet and a long-barreled shotgun and ammunition.
Man caught in park with dismembered black bear
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 19/03/2018
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Forest rangers have arrested a 52-year-old man in possession of the dismembered carcass of an Asian black bear, a dead civet and a long-barreled shotgun and ammunition.
UN: Rohingya atrocities 'bear hallmarks of genocide'
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» GENEVA: A top UN rights expert claimed Monday that the crackdown on Myanmar's Rohingya minority bears "the hallmarks of genocide" and insisted the government should be held accountable.
Time to do the obvious
News, Editorial, Published on 12/03/2018
» Last week's biggest news-making event was the two-hour Facebook Live interview with a young businessman drawing major political attention. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit made waves, to the point that the junta issued a warning. It sent out Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, its civilian legal expert. He claimed Mr Thanathorn might have been "crossing the line" between legal speech and the ban on political discussion.
Conservationists suspicious of new zoo near Tiger Temple
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/02/2018
» Conservationists are urging authorities to terminate a licence granted for a new zoo set to open near the controversial Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi.
US shutdown Day 2: The blame game
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: - President Donald Trump's budget director is holding out hope that feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress can reach a short-term spending agreement before the start of the workweek Monday, but he worries that the government shutdown could last for several more days if progress remains elusive.
Road carnage shame
News, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2017
» I continue to be amazed by the Ministry of Transport's hare-brained solutions to the carnage that occurs every day on Thai roads.