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Ex-parks official who helped Premchai has worked for ITD
Online Reporters, Published on 09/02/2018
» The retired parks official who lobbied authorities to allow Premchai Karnasuta into a wildlife sanctuary "to study nature" has also worked as an adviser to the accused poacher's company, Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD).
Pyeongchang ceremony shines spotlight on unity
The Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG: In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side on Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened on a Korean Peninsula riven by generations of anger and suspicion.
100 groups keen to form new parties
Mongkon Bangprapa, Published on 09/02/2018
» Several groups have shown interest in setting up new political parties, including one led by a mistress of former coup leader Sunthorn Kongsompong.
Gold shop owner arrested, more than 200 guns seized
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 09/02/2018
» KALASIN: An owner of a gold shop was arrested and more than 200 guns seized from his shop in Kuchinarai district, while a young man was arrested separately for illegally producing bullets.
Lao girl rescued after arranged rape by drug dealer
Methee Muangkaew, Published on 09/02/2018
» TRANG: A 13-year-old Lao girl, her mother and newborn sibling have been taken into protective shelter after a local politician's son allegedly gave her to his drug dealer to rape as a means of paying off his debt.
Iranian heading to UK caught using false Danish passport
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 09/02/2018
» An Iranian man waiting to board a flight to London was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday for using a false Danish passport to enter Thailand.
Russian's arrest part of global dark-web crackdown
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/02/2018
» The arrest in Bangkok of a Russian cyber gangster believed to run the dark criminal website known as Infraud was part of a huge US-led crackdown on transnational crime, and he will be extradited, according to a senior officer of the Crime Suppression Division.
Thailand sends shoe-thrower back to Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: A woman who threw a shoe at a billboard depicting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been arrested after she was repatriated from Thailand, where the UN refugee agency reportedly had formally recognised her as a refugee.
District 97P Toastmasters International Awareness Day: Becoming a Confident, Compelling Speaker
Published on 09/02/2018
» Whether you are talking in a team meeting or presenting in front of an audience, you have to speak in public from time to time.
Appeals by 45 Russians against Olympic bans rejected
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Russia’s desperate attempt to get 45 banned athletes -- including several medal favourites -- into the Pyeongchang Olympics failed just hours before Friday’s opening ceremony.