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Wake up to quality shut-eye
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 12/05/2015
» Sleep disorders are a universal problem. In Thailand, up to 40% of the population are reported to have suffered insomnia at some point, according to the Department of Mental Health. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers insufficient sleep a public epidemic with an estimate of 50-70 million American adults falling victim to sleep, or wakefulness, disorder.
Sex workers arrested in Hua Hin raid
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 12/05/2015
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Eight women arrested for prostitution at a brothel in Hua Hin resort town early Tuesday told police they chose to work in the sex trade because it paid well.
Pattani policeman wounded in ambush
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/05/2015
» A policeman was wounded in an ambush on Highway 42 in Pattani's Nong Chik district early on Tuesday, police said.
Purple Line on time to open next year
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 12/05/2015
» The Transport Ministry is confident the new Purple Line electric railway will be ready to open next year and serve commuters travelling between inner Bangkok and Nonthaburi to the northwest.
Lese majeste offender, aged 65, jailed for one year
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The Appeals Court on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old woman accused of lese majeste to one year in prison without suspension, overriding the lower court’s ruling suspending her jail term for three years to allow treatment for mental illness.
Police target more human trafficking suspects
Wichayant Boonchote, Published on 12/05/2015
» More people are being targeted for arrest in the Rohingya trafficking case in the South, as assets continue to be seized from key suspects.
Senior abbot believed to have committed suicide
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The abbot of a popular temple in Bangkok’s Rat Burana district, on the Thon Buri side of the Chao Phraya River, is believed to have shot himself dead in his room, police said on Tuesday.
5 Thais arrested in Indonesia in seafood slavery case
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2015
» JAKARTA — Two Indonesians and five Thai nationals have been arrested and accused of human trafficking connected with slavery in the seafood industry, police said.
Petition seeks controls on private hospital fees
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 12/05/2015
» The Thai Medical Error Network on Tuesday submitted a petition with 33,000 signatures to the government, calling for the establishment of a special panel to control medical fees charged by private hospitals.
Areepong shuffled out of Energy Ministry
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The cabinet has approved the transfer of the permanent secretary of energy, Areepong Bhoocha-oom, back to his earlier position as secretary-general of the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPSDC), PM's Office Minister Panadda Diskul said.