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History comes alive in those pub names
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/06/2023
» The news has been so dull this week we might as well continue to pursue last week's investigations concerning the historical value of English pub names. If nothing else it may prompt readers to recall some of the more exotic inns where they have supped ale. It beats politics anyway.
PM's wife showcases local arts and crafts in Ayutthaya
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/11/2022
» Naraporn Chan-o-cha, wife of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, on Friday led a group of spouses of Apec leaders and representatives on a visit to the Arts of the Kingdom Museum in Ayutthaya's Bang Pa-in district.
Youth jobless rate in region set to spike amid virus fallout
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/08/2022
» The unemployment rate among people in the Asia-Pacific aged 15-24 is projected to climb to 14.9% this year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.
Krabi cops uncover memorial sculpture
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/03/2021
» Krabi police have found a 100 million baht sculpture commemorating the 2004 tsunami they had forgotten they were keeping, seven years after it was quietly transferred from Bangkok.
Cops bust B500m BoT scam artist
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/11/2019
» A Crime Suppression Division (CSD) team has arrested an elderly woman accused of using the Bank of Thailand's name to dupe thousands of followers out of a sum totalling about 500 million baht.
Planned Rohingya repatriation stalled
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/08/2019
» The repatriation of some 3,000 Muslim refugees back to Myanmar, who have been in camps in Bangladesh for nearly two years, is due to start today. But widespread fear and confusion in the camps, according to sources in Cox's Bazar -- currently home to nearly a million Rohingyas who have fled excessive violence at the hands of the Tatmadaw, or Myanmar army -- have left the repatriation plans in limbo.
Americans caught for vandalism spree
News, Published on 07/06/2019
» Two Americans have been arrested for their alleged vandalism spree in Bangkok's Samphanthawong district on May 29.
If you're buying oil from Saudi Arabia, it's time to stop
News, Peter Singer, Published on 15/11/2018
» The murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate on Oct 2 has focused attention on the Saudi regime, and especially on its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In large part, this is because Turkey's government has kept the episode in the international spotlight.
Ex-PM Chavalit weds again
News, Published on 11/07/2018
» Former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, 86, has married for the fourth time, to a 53-year-old woman, with Thai media quoting him saying he had divorced his previous wife about 10 years ago.
The message is definitely in the song
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/05/2018
» While having a chat with friends about those misheard song lyrics (mondegreens) that appeared recently in this column, the conversation got around to another intriguing realm of the musical world -- country & western songs. It almost has a language of its own.