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'Please change your soundtrack'
Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2014
» First Thailand's junta seized power, then they commandeered every TV channel for round-the-clock broadcasts of dour announcements and patriotic hymns. The public's verdict: DJ, please change the soundtrack.
Fishermen arrested in naval deaths
Associated Press, Published on 04/04/2014
» HAT YAI, SONGKHLA — Thai police said on Friday that they have arrested four more Thai fishermen allegedly involved in the killings of two Indonesian naval personnel aboard a fishing boat in Indonesian waters last month.
Workers race to clean up oil spill
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2014
» Authorities are racing against time to prevent further damage in the Gulf of Thailand after an oil spill from a small tanker that sunk in Samut Sakhon province.
Newsmen charged with defaming navy
Associated Press, Published on 17/04/2014
» PHUKET - Thai authorities have charged two journalists with defaming the Royal Thai Navy in an online news report about the trafficking of refugees from Myanmar.
Pirates pilfer fuel from Thai tanker
Associated Press, Published on 24/04/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Pirates pilfered diesel fuel from a Thai tanker off Malaysia's east coast, making two attacks in a week and raising concerns of a rising threat to shipping, a maritime watchdog said Thursday.
US contractor liable for worker abuse
Associated Press, Published on 25/03/2014
» HONOLULU - A federal judge has found a US labour contractor liable for discrimination and abuse of hundreds of Thai workers at Hawaii farms.
Court throws out Saudi killing case
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2014
» The Criminal Court on Monday dismissed a case against five men connected to the police and accused of slaying a Saudi businessman whose disappearance 24 years ago has marred relations between the two countries ever since.
'Elephant attack' victim was US woman
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2014
» FREEVILLE, New York - US authorities have identified a tourist apparently trampled to death by elephants in Thailand as a woman from New York.
Thai fishing sector 'abuses' migrants
Associated Press, Published on 04/03/2014
» BANGKOK - An environmental and human rights group says Thailand is not adequately addressing the severe abuse of Myanmar migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry.
Yingluck told to probe navy 'trafficking'
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2014
» A leading international rights group is calling on Thailand to investigate its navy's alleged role in trafficking of desperate migrants from Myanmar instead of charging journalists for reporting on the subject.