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Prayers, tears in Isan church for Thai hostage in Gaza
Napat Wesshasartar and Thomas Suen of Reuters, Published on 07/10/2024
» KUT YANG, Udon Thani - The Sriaoun family gathered in their local church on Sunday, their voices rising and falling in tearful song as they prayed for the safe return of their oldest son, believed still held captive by Hamas.
Thai hostage recalls beatings and bleakness
By Napat Wesshasartar and Devjyot Ghoshal, Reuters, Published on 07/12/2023
» UDON THANI - When farm labourer Anucha Angkaew scrambled out of the bunker where he had been sheltering from rockets on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip around 7.30am on Oct 7, he expected to see Israeli soldiers.
Finding a remedy for reckless driving
News, Saliltorn Thongmeensuk & Napat Pattarapisan & Jitlakha Sukruay & Chattrika Napatanapong & Suphawit Santadkarn, Published on 19/07/2023
» Every year, nearly 20,000 people are killed in road accidents in Thailand. That is 50 people every day or two every two hours. Such a horrific toll makes Thailand's roads among the most dangerous in the world.
Retest senior drivers for road safety
News, Chattrika Napatanapong and Napat Pattarapisan, Published on 27/01/2021
» Should senior drivers holding lifetime driving licences have a retest to see if they are still fit to drive? Common sense says yes. But when the idea to retest senior drivers over 70 was floated, it was immediately attacked and subsequently dropped. Should it, really?
Two local officials arrested for vote-buying
Napak Treedangnoi, Published on 24/03/2019
» NAKHON PATHOM: A tambon administration organisation (TAO) deputy chairman and a kamnan's assistant in Muang district of this western Central province were arrested late on Saturday night for alleged vote-buying.
3 schoolgirls killed in collision with lorry
Napak Treedangnoi, Published on 27/01/2019
» NAKHON PATHOM: Three 12-year-old girl students died after a motorcycle they were riding on collided with a 10-wheel lorry on a road bend in Muang district on Sunday afternoon.
Better safety measures for southern monks mooted
Napak treedangnoi and Waedao Harai, Published on 20/01/2019
» NAKHOM PATHOM/NARATHIWAT: The government and National Office of Buddhism (NOB) are laying out safety measures to protect monks in the southern border provinces after a fatal attack at a temple in Narathiwat that killed two monks and injured two others.
Concrete awning on dormitory near Silpakorn Unversity collapses
Napat Treedangnoi, Published on 15/10/2018
» NAKHON PATHOM: The concrete awning above the front of a seven-storey dormitory for female students opposite Silapkorn University’s Sanam Chandra Palace campus collapsed late Monday morning. Nobody was hurt.