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China claims top spot for visitor arrivals in Singapore
TODAY, Published on 12/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: China has overtaken Indonesia to become Singapore’s top source market for tourist arrivals, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in its year-in-review report on Monday.
Five police probed for fatal drug bust
Saichol Ochkajon, Published on 12/02/2018
» RATCHABURI: Local authorities have ordered an investigation into five policemen who were allegedly responsible for the death of a woman while trying to arrest suspected drug dealers.
ITD boss Premchai still in country, say police
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» The last time the public saw Premchai Karnasuta was on Feb 5, but police are confident the mega-rich Italian-Thai Development (ITD) president remains in the country.
More Xaysana drug ring assets seized
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/02/2018
» Police arrested two men in Bangkok on Monday morning and seized luxury vehicles worth about 20 million baht allegedly linked to Lao drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpha.
More Xaysana drug ring assets seized
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» Police arrested two men in Bangkok on Monday morning and seized luxury vehicles worth about 20 million baht allegedly linked to Lao drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpha.
Smuggled cigarettes, tobacco seized in North, South
Piyarach Chongcharoen and Methee Muangkaew, Published on 12/02/2018
» KANCHANABURI: Authorities seized contraband cigarettes and tobacco worth more than 800,000 baht smuggled through the Three Pagodas Pass border crossing in Sangkhla Buri district on Sunday evening.
Evidence mounts
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/02/2018
» Wichien Chinnawong, chief of the Western Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, and three other park rangers met police investigators on Sunday in Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi to give further statements about alleged poaching by Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) president Premchai Karnasuta.
How free is Hong Kong?
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/02/2018
» Acouple of incidents in Hong Kong caught my attention last week. The first was a report that the worsening influenza outbreak in the territory had prompted authorities to shut all kindergartens and primary schools just days before the scheduled Lunar New Year holidays. The flu has been especially severe this winter, having caused 111 deaths since January, and health experts warn it may not yet have peaked.
Facebook fatigue
Asia focus, Erich Parpart and Katherine O’Chee, Published on 12/02/2018
» In the past decade or so, the number of social media users has risen exponentially as people seek to stay connected with friends and loved ones. Apart from posting pictures and sharing news on platforms such as Facebook, some users have become online celebrities who earn tidy sums of money from sales and other activities.
Thailand going cashless ... or stuffing the mattress?
Business, Christopher Caillavet, Published on 12/02/2018
» When I arrived in Bangkok from the US in 2011, one of the first shocks was the cash-centric nature of local commerce.