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Drug-fuelled party raided at Khon Kaen karaoke bar
News, Online Reporters, Published on 30/08/2025
» Police raided a karaoke bar in central Khon Kaen early Saturday and found 23 patrons who tested positive for drugs during a suspected narcotics party. Authorities are now preparing charges against the owner of the venue.
Give same basic wage for all, govt told
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/06/2025
» The People's Party (PP) and the Thai Labour Solidarity Confederation have called on Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn to reconsider the latest minimum wage rise, arguing all workers across Thailand should receive the uniform rate of 400 baht per day.
Bangkok named world's 2nd best city for food
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2025
» Bangkok ranks second, following New Orleans in the US, in Time Out magazine's list of the World's 20 Best Cities of 2025, climbing from sixth place last year.
Forget American exceptionalism, it's a tri polar world
News, Jay Pelosky, Published on 11/01/2025
» In 2024, the watchword in financial markets was "American exceptionalism", as the US economy and markets left the rest of the world in the dust. But as the calendar turns, it may now be time to remove these geographic blinders to consider the larger regional competition likely to reshape the global economy in the coming years. We may be in the midst of a long-term global growth cycle driven by intensifying competition in the critical areas of artificial intelligence, green technology, and security between the world's three dominant regions: the Americas, Asia and Europe. (It's what I refer to as the Tri Polar World.)
Furore over substandard school meals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/09/2024
» The office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) are investigating school meals at Rajaprajanugroh 47 School in Phetchaburi after photos of its reportedly substandard meals were circulated online.
Scholar calls for booze law overhaul
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2024
» An instructor at Thammasat University has joined a chorus of voices espousing measures to promote alcohol consumption, including extending the hours of retail sales.
Dad's poisonous spite, ex-sergeant acts up, gun nerd's repent
News, Mae Moo, Published on 11/08/2024
» Father's childish antics imperil kids
BMA explains 'stinky' chemical cocktail
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/03/2024
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) clarified that an unpleasant odour detected in many parts of the capital last night was caused by a sudden change of weather mixed with chemical reactions involving pollutants in the air.
Meth seizures double amid economic woes
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth and Wassayos Ngamham, Published on 09/02/2024
» More than 250 million methamphetamine pills have been seized since early in the second half of last year -- double the amount of this illegal narcotic intercepted during the corresponding period one year earlier.
Soft power charms, with a Thai ripple
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 04/12/2023
» The term "soft power" has seeped into international relations and it is now a catchphrase with its own global momentum. Yet it should be recalled that in the 1980s, it was used to describe the nature of a weaker state confronted by the "hard power" embodied by a stronger state.