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Cops raid houses of 'crypto crook'
News, Published on 27/07/2023
» The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has raided two locations in Bangkok where a suspected Chinese cryptocurrency scammer operates.
Hear the people sing
News, Postbag, Published on 08/05/2023
» Re: "No questions asked", (PostBag, May 7) & "Neighbours, Asean states meet in Delhi over crisis", (BP, April 27).
Man loses B16m in call centre scam
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/02/2023
» The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) is warning people not to fall for calls by scammers pretending to be staff from the Department of Internal Trade after one such crook allegedly embezzled 16 million baht from his victim's bank account.
South Africa's cash-stuffed sofa saga lingers
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 26/12/2022
» 'Don't have a couch stuffed with cash? Don't worry, you can keep reading for free," read the ad on the website of the Daily Maverick, a tough and sometimes very funny South African news site. President Cyril Ramaphosa's cash-stuffed sofa has become a powerful, universally recognised meme, but it still hasn't brought him down.
Bow Bells rang out but not the accents
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/04/2022
» Firstly, a belated follow-up featuring the cockney accent from an American reader who wanted to meet a real cockney when he was in London a few years ago. Aware of the traditional definition of a cockney being "someone born within the sound of Bow Bells", he made a special effort to visit St Mary-le-Bow church, the source of the bells.
Lawless lawmakers
News, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2019
» Re: "More MPs face land scrutiny", (BP, Dec 10).
China, Thailand agree to boost ties
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/09/2019
» Thailand and China on Thursday agreed to work together to boost ties in all areas.
Soap song 'theft' claims get airing, Sia Po keen to settle scores
News, Mae Moo, Published on 19/05/2019
» The singer at the centre of a copyright mixup which resulted in the leading song for two rival soaps which went to air the same day sounding almost the same denies he benefited personally from the dispute.
Suthep pleads his case with the NACC
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/08/2018
» Ex-protest leader and former deputy premier Suthep Thaugsuban insisted Monday he was innocent of graft in a 5.8-billion-baht project to construct police flats and police stations in 2009.
Angry aunties may have another axe to grind
News, Published on 03/06/2018
» Not for the first time, we have a story in Thailand that initially seemed to be done and dusted but once again rears its ugly head.