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Cabinet endorses civil partnership bill
Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 25/12/2018
» The cabinet has approved the civil partnership bill, paving the way for Thailand to become the first country in Asia to endorse same-sex marriage.
Missing boy found dead in sugarcane field
Online Reporters, Published on 25/12/2018
» SUPHAN BURI: A 2-year-old Myanmar boy missing for nine days was found dead in a sugarcane field in U Thong district on Tuesday. He was believed to have died from exhaustion.
EEF begins paying subsidies to needy students nationwide
Online Reporters, Published on 25/12/2018
» The Equitable Education Fund will on Wednesday begin transferring state subsidies to the first batch of some 400,000 students from needy families across the country.
Koreans drown playing golf
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 25/12/2018
» PHITSANULOK: Two elderly Koreans in a golf cart drowned in the Nan River when a second buggy carrying their wives crashed into them on the club pier in Phrom Phiram district on Tuesday.
Medical cannabis, kratom bill passed by NLA
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/12/2018
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Tuesday passed the second and third readings of an amendment to the narcotics law legalising the production, import, export, possession and use of cannabis and kratom products for medical purposes.
Prisoner electrocuted during jailbreak, two others recaptured
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 25/12/2018
» SURAT THANI: A prisoner was electrocuted while climbing a prison wall during an escape bid from Chaiya prison in the early hours of Tuesday. Another broke an arm and was apprehended, while the third managed to escape, but was later found hidden in an underground drain.
Roadside bomb kills policeman, wounds 5 in far South
Waedao Harai, Published on 25/12/2018
» NARATHIWAT: A policeman was killed and five colleagues injured by a roadside bomb that detonated as their pickup truck passed in Bacho district overnight.
NSF falls extremely short of 1m member target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/12/2018
» The National Savings Fund (NSF), a voluntary pension fund for self-employed workers, managed to add a mere 60,000 new members this year, for a total of 600,000, short of its target of 1 million.
Govt vows benefits from legal weed
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/12/2018
» Thais stand to gain from the state push to legalise marijuana for medical purposes despite concerns the move may benefit transnational drug manufacturers.
New teachers must pass test to gain licence
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 25/12/2018
» Starting from the next academic year, students who enrol in teacher training courses will no longer automatically get teaching licences from the Teachers' Council of Thailand (TCT), but will instead have to pass a test set by its Professional Standards Committee.