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Disaster damage
Published on 03/05/2016
» Quito — The number killed from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake has risen to 654 people, the country’s emergency management authority said April 23.
Drive-by Saturday
Published on 03/05/2016
» A defence volunteer was killed on April 23 in a drive-by shooting in the southernmost province of Narathiwat.
Crowning glory
Itsarin Tisantia, Published on 03/05/2016
» Thailand has around 40,000 Buddhist temples and countless Buddha statues nationwide. Some of the most beautiful statues are the ones where Buddha wears a crown.
Sub-standard studies
Published on 03/05/2016
» A number of public and private vocational and technical institutions in Bangkok are being probed for providing unauthorised off-campus courses, authorities said.
Hard work
Published on 03/05/2016
» In their latest single, the girls of Fifth Harmony would like to take a day off work and relax at home with their partners.
Outward mindset: empower your mind, lift your organisational performance
Published on 03/05/2016
» How many times have you been in a training session? I’m not talking just about this year but let’s go back and count every session you’ve been to. Now, think back and try to recall how much you really remember and how you applied that acquired knowledge from those sessions in practice? If you are like most people, it wasn’t much.
ภาษาอังกฤษที่คนไทยมักใช้ผิดกันจนชิน (5): The big picture
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/05/2016
» Once you start feeling more confident about countable and uncountable nouns, a good way to practice using them is to make generalizations.
China to release last Tiananmen prisoner: activists
AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» BEIJING - China plans to release the last prisoner known to be held in connection with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests after nearly three decades in jail, a US-based human rights group said Tuesday.
Appeal Court acquits ex-police inspector
Published on 03/05/2016
» The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of ex-police inspector-general Somkid Boonthanom and four other police officers accused of kidnapping and murdering a Saudi businessman who went missing in Bangkok in February 1990.
Asean+3 to enhance safety net to avert financial crisis
Reuters, Published on 03/05/2016
» Finance chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to enhance a financial safety net for the region to avert possible crises amid an economic slowdown and unstable market activity.