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How much do Thai monks earn per month?
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/07/2025
» Buddhist monks in Thailand receive monthly food allowances which vary according to their rank, reflecting a centuries-old tradition that continues today.
Student activist returns to school, again
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/06/2023
» A 15-year-old activist on Monday morning walked into the school which has rejected her enrolment as "incomplete" and demanded her right to an education.
Teen held on 112 charge freed after 50 days
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/05/2023
» A 15-year-old girl who had spent 50 days in detention on a charge of royal defamation walked free on Thursday afternoon after a court ordered her release, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (THLR) said.
9 arrested after police station protest
Gary Boyle, Published on 11/05/2023
» Nine people were arrested after a violent protest outside a Bangkok police station between police and a group that had gathered in support of a 15-year old girl who has been held for more than 40 days on a royal defamation charge.
Man charged for anti-112 graffiti at Wat Phra Kaew
Published on 30/03/2023
» A 24-year-old man arrested for spray-painting the number 112 on the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok on Tuesday evening has been hit with police charges carrying up to seven years in prison.
German tourist, van driver killed in crash
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/02/2023
» A German tourist and a tour van driver were killed and the two other passengers injured in a head-on collision with a car that crossed the centre line in Kanchanaburi on Sunday.
Man found hanged behind railway station
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/08/2020
» KANCHANABURI: An unidentified man was found hanged in the forest behind Nam Tok railway station in Sai Yok district of this western border province on Tuesday.
Young doctor decapitated in accident
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/07/2020
» KANCHANABURI: A young doctor died when his car crashed into the rear of a truck loaded with bamboo on Sunday night.
No US base in Thailand: Apirat
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/07/2020
» Army chief Apirat Kongsompong has denied the US is looking to set up a military base on Thai soil.
Student overcomes hardship to attend school
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/06/2019
» KANCHANABURI: Thanongsak, a teenage Karen youth, gets up at 5am and has to wade across a creek to catch a bus and travel 30 kilometres along a bumpy mountain road to school - but never misses a class.