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Timor-Leste finally joins the Asean fold
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 14/10/2025
» Timor-Leste will be made a full member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Oct 26. President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste often joked that joining Asean was more difficult than going to heaven. Not anymore.
Moo Deng fever spreads to other zoos
News, Online Reporters and Nannalin Tiengtae, Published on 23/09/2024
» The crowd-drawing power of baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng is generating a new fervour for her pygmy relatives, attracting people to other zoos hundreds of kilometres away.
Second chance beckons for South Africa?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/06/2024
» Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of South Africa again, but everything else is different. He got his job back in a vote late on Friday, but only because at the last moment he managed to cobble together a coalition that has a majority in parliament. It's so new that the coalition partners still haven't agreed on who does what in the new government.
Sky's the limit for cueist Mink
News, Published on 29/03/2022
» Twelve years ago, nobody would have believed that the skinny little girl sitting in a quiet corner of a Saraburi snooker club would one day become a world-beater.
Headman steals wife, shooter on run, uncle pays for sin
News, Mae Moo, Published on 01/08/2021
» Local leader lets down the team
Thailand tightens information law
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 25/05/2021
» In September 1997 Thailand became the first country in Asean to enact a freedom of information law. The Official Information Act (OIA), as it is known here, became a new benchmark for a free society as well as its openness and transparency. For the first time, the public had the right to access information, especially that previously held by the government.
No will to stop encroachers
News, Editorial, Published on 29/07/2019
» Demolition orders recently issued by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) for 11 resorts, including the controversial 88 Garmonte which was found to have encroached on a national park, invite a sense of deja vu. These infringements have been an unsolved problem in Thap Lan National Park for almost 40 years.
Something of a mixed bag at the supermarket
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/12/2018
» I nipped into the local supermarket last Tuesday to see if it was abiding by the promise not to use plastic bags in celebration of Thai Green Day. I was pleasantly surprised that the usual sea of plastic bags were not decorating the checkout counters. There was also a notice encouraging customers to use their own bags.
Thai-style reality
News, Postbag, Published on 12/08/2018
» I read, "Racist teacher policy," (PostBag, Aug 11) with great interest.
Actress boots out stray hubby, boxer meets match, baby blues grow sadder
News, Mae Moo, Published on 05/08/2018
» Kathoey comes up trumps