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Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport 'fears death' if repatriated
AFP, Published on 06/01/2019
» A Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport said she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials, who confirmed the 18-year-old was denied entry to the country on Sunday.
PM to visit storm-ravaged Nakhon Si Thammarat
Online Reporters, Published on 06/01/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his entourage will fly to Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday to see the damage caused by tropical storm Pabuk -- now downgraded to a low-pressure area -- and visit storm-hit people, prime minister's deputy secretary-general for political affairs Puttipong Punnakanta said on Sunday.
Actor, national artist Sa-ard Piempongsan dies at 88
Online Reporters, Published on 06/01/2019
» Sa-ard Piempongsan, a legendary actor and 2014 national artist in the field of the performing arts, died of heart failure at Vajira Hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 88, according to media reports.
Tour bus overturns; 6 killed, 50 injured
Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 06/01/2019
» PATHUM THANI: Six passengers - a man, four women and a baby girl - were killed and about 50 others injured when a double-decker tour bus heading from Roi-et's Phanom Phrai district to Bangkok overturned in Khlong Luang district early Sunday, police said.
Picking up the pieces after Pabuk
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/01/2019
» Powerful tropical storm Pabuk may have left Nakhon Si Thammarat, but the destruction it caused remained, forcing residents to ask the government for help.
Storm leaves trail of damage in wake
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/01/2019
» Seven provinces in the lower South have suffered deadly destructive winds and severe floods, with over 34,000 villagers evacuated, as tropical storm Pabuk lay waste to the region and plunged people into days of despair before storming past Phangnga out to the Andaman Sea on Saturday.
PM takes to Twitter after students complain over exam dates
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 06/01/2019
» Students due to take the General Aptitude Test (GAT) and the Professional and Academic Aptitude Test (PAT) should be patient and wait for the Election Commission (EC) to announce an official poll date, the premier tweeted on Saturday, amid a social media storm triggered by a likely change in the poll date.
Hopes high, and fingers crossed, for 2019
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 06/01/2019
» The year 2018 was an eventful one for Thai football -- one with a bucketload of heartbreaks -- and many of the country's sports fans will be happy that it's history now.
Don't have a cow, man
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/01/2019
» Today, people aren't eating as much beef as they used to. There are many reasons for this. Some feel cows are noble creatures that help and live with farmers, and it would be a pity to eat them. Some feel that beef is too expensive, up to twice the price of pork or three times the price of chicken. It's tougher to chew and digest. If you worship Ganesh or Guan Yin, it's a sin to eat beef.
Thailand through the looking glass
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/01/2019
» I trust everyone is recovering from the silly hats and hangovers season. Soon it will be back to the grim reality -- hangovers without the silly hats.