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Cyber-banking gang busted
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/08/2016
» Ayutthaya police have caught a gang who stole personal information of an online auto parts trader through an elaborate, internet-enabled scam to steal close to one million baht of his money.
Volunteers give kiss of life
News, AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» "Look at me, stay with us," the paramedics shout as a barely conscious motorcyclist is bundled into a volunteer ambulance in the Laotian capital Vientiane, where rampant drink driving brings nightly carnage to the roads.
Women on motorbike rob Indian
News, Published on 29/08/2016
» CHON BURI: An Indian businessman was robbed of a small amount of cash by two women on a motorcycle in Pattaya early on Sunday, police said.
Rio showed the value of security
News, Veronica Kitchen, Published on 29/08/2016
» That an event like the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro came off without incident speaks to the preparations that organisers and security forces undertook to ensure that events and the public spaces associated with them were secure from terrorist attacks.
Silencing regime critics is pointless
News, Surasak Glahan, Published on 29/08/2016
» Mockery and satire have always made dull and dry politics look more interesting. That could be a reason why a defunct Facebook page that parodied the prime minister entitled "We Love Gen Prayut" attracted as many as 70,000 likes in less than a year.
Include the atheists
News, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2016
» Re: "Religion S44 order 'clears confusion'", (BP, Aug 24).
Philippines' mining crackdown sends nickel surging
News, Clyde Russell, Published on 29/08/2016
» Is nickel's current rally sustainable, or is it merely having a strong run because players are more focused on the environmental crackdown in top ore miner the Philippines, rather than on the surge in Indonesian ferronickel exports?
Drastic action needed on antibiotics during births
News, Published on 29/08/2016
» King Henry VIII, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Mary Frankenstein Shelley all lost their mothers to infections following childbirth, and literature abounds with tragic stories of maternal death, from A Christmas Carol to Wuthering Heights, Far From the Madding Crowd, A Farewell to Arms, Revolutionary Road and Harry Potter.
Open up justice debate
News, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2016
» The minister of justice is deeply involved in two related efforts to fix badly functioning systems. Several weeks ago, Gen Paiboon Koomchaya announced he wanted to try to bring laws governing drug offenders up to date. Lately, he has also involved himself in the administration of royal pardons and the national parole system. These are serious issues.
Motorists at intersections get more discretion at night
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2016
» Having traffic police control traffic flow manually is one of acting city police chief Sanit Mahathavorn's ideas about traffic management aimed at helping motorists and boosting safety.