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'Swindlers' from Laos to be deported
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2022
» A Lao couple, wanted by police in the neighbouring country for their suspected involvement in fraudulent schemes, were arrested yesterday at a hotel in Pathum Thani and will be deported to face charges back home, police said.
Football clubs deny ticket claim
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2022
» Premier League giants Manchester United and Liverpool have spoken out against the unauthorised resale of tickets for an upcoming exhibition match in Bangkok, saying the tickets do not include special perks as claimed by a popular influencer.
Pimrypie hogs big-game tickets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/06/2022
» Discounted tickets sold online by social media influencers for a coveted English Premier League (EPL)-team exhibition match in Bangkok are causing a stir as those who paid top dollar feel they have been cheated, while others who missed out are crying foul.
Ban Mae Kerb not on official registries
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 18/01/2021
» A controversy over a YouTube video which showed the fundraising effort and solar cell donation by net idol Pimrypie, or Pimradaporn Benjawattanapat, has shed light on the relatively unknown village of Ban Mae Kerb -- a village just like thousands other villages in the North which has yet to be connected to the state's electricity grid.
Villagers in North seek better life
News, Ranjana Wangvipula, Published on 14/01/2021
» Far-flung villages in the North do not want "big" projects to light up their homes, they need just enough power to raise the quality of life of villagers accustomed to living a subsistence existence, according to a northern civil society group.
Srisuwan pushes for Omkoi land probe
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2021
» Social activist and lawyer Srisuwan Janya yesterday asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to look into a suspected land encroachment case at the remote village of Ban Mae Kerb in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district.
Village left out of solar power project, Isoc admits
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/01/2021
» The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) on Tuesday admitted that its 45-million-baht solar power project in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district had not yet reached a remote village that ended up being helped out by a YouTube celebrity.
YouTube kids project 'do-gooder' comes under fire
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2021
» A popular YouTube poster and online retailer has come under fire after she donated half a million baht to finance a project to improve the livelihood of children in the mountains of Chiang Mai.