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Cops nab 'yakuza gangster' after tussle
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/05/2016
» A pre-dawn arrest of a yakuza network gangster wanted in connection with a fraud case left a Thai policeman injured Sunday after the suspect resisted arrest.
SRT to tout city land to investors
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/05/2016
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) aims to develop its two key pieces of land for commercial purposes to prop up its revenues.
Ohec warns unis on academic plagiarism
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 02/05/2016
» The Office of the Higher Education Commission (Ohec) has warned universities they are responsible for placing more emphasis on the quality of teaching, especially at the graduate level, after two cases of alleged thesis plagiarism at Silpakorn University were unveiled last month.
Giving big tobacco a fight
News, Published on 02/05/2016
» The densely packed houses along Yogyakarta's Kali Code River went from drab to a riot of reds, blues, yellows and whites.
South peace suffers blow
News, Editorial, Published on 02/05/2016
» On Friday night, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha unexpectedly brought up the situation in the South during his weekly address to the nation. He was terse and he was blunt. He called the 12-year war "a sad and terrible waste of lives", and in that one sentence criticised attempts over the past year and a half under his regime to renew peace talks with Malaysia-based separatists. Dialogue appears interrupted for the time being.
Victims of Britain's austerity may decide vote
News, Published on 02/05/2016
» Prime Minister David Cameron should, if the pollsters and bookmakers are right, win his campaign to keep the UK in the European Union. But if things go wrong between now and the June referendum his biggest challenge will be to persuade the poor, for whom he has done little, that Brexit won't make them better off.
Light shines on development goals
News, Published on 02/05/2016
» Over the past decade, alternative development (AD) has come a long way. The recently launched "Sustainable Development Goals" and the "United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development", which Thailand is proud to have played an active role in helping to shape, serve as valuable references to guide our AD efforts.
A form of madness
News, Postbag, Published on 02/05/2016
» John Wells in his April 30 letter, "90-day form frenzy", suggests immigration officials invite ridicule on the country because of a recent form.
Civic groups want say in promenade
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/05/2016
» Civic groups should have greater influence in the planning of the Chao Phraya River promenade project to safeguard river communities, a civic network representative says.
Gangs con millions from farmers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/05/2016
» The Central Investigation Bureau is cracking down on gangs targeting farmers in their scam operations.