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New complex at Singapore airport to open next year
TODAY, Published on 07/02/2018
» SINGAPORE : Construction on Jewel Changi Airport is about 70% complete, and the sprawling complex is set to open in the first half of next year, according to airport operator Changi Airport Group (CAG).
Thai PBS airs audio clip of Thungyai arrest
Online Reporters, Published on 07/02/2018
» A sound clip aired by Thai PBS apparently recorded during the arrest of Premchai Karnasuta and three other persons has become the talk of the town.
TV crew left coffin, funeral pyre behind at tourist site
Online Reporters, Published on 07/02/2018
» A TV producer on Wednesday apologised to the public for having left behind a coffin, corpse and funeral pyre used as props in her new soap opera after shooting a scene at Phu Hin Rong Kla national park in Loei.
Taiwanese, Thai arrested for phone scamming
Assawin Pakkawan, Sutthiwit Chayutworakan and Online Reporters, Published on 07/02/2018
» A Taiwanese man and a Thai man, a former prison inmate, wanted for alleged involvement in call-centre scams have been arrested separately in Songkhla and Samut Prakan provinces.
Praise pours in for Thungyai park chief
Online Reporters, Published on 07/02/2018
» The man behind the arrest of Premchai Karnasuta is praised for his courage and determination to defend one of the last forest frontiers - no matter how important the miscreants are.
Borneo orangutan found riddled with gunshots in latest attack
AFP, Published on 07/02/2018
» The body of a Borneo orangutan has been found riddled with some 130 airgun pellets, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, the latest fatal attack on the critically endangered species.
UN slams Indonesia move to outlaw gay, extramarital sex
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2018
» JAKARTA: The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday criticised proposals in Indonesia's parliament to criminalize gay sex and extramarital sex, saying such laws could hurt the country's beleaguered LGBT community and other minorities.
Bangkok Airways buys 4 turboprop aircraft from ATR for over B3bn
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Turboprop maker ATR said on Wednesday it had signed a deal worth more than 3 billion baht to sell 4 ATR 72-600s to Bangkok Airways, in the first commercial aircraft deal agreed at the Singapore Airshow.
US stock rally turns 567 point loss into 567 point gain
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» NEW YORK: US stocks rallied Tuesday as a late surge helped them regain almost half their losses from the day before, when they had their biggest plunge in 6-1/2 years. That came at the end of a day of heavy trading and huge swings for the market.
Somyot loans expose patronage roots
News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 07/02/2018
» The admission of former national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang that he borrowed 300 million baht from a fugitive massage parlour tycoon reminds us how deeply the patronage system is entrenched in Thai society.