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  • 03-02-2012

    Khmer Monks Asking For Alms In Pattaya – Again[1,236 views]

    Cambodian monks roaming the Pattaya streets lined with beer bars with their alms bowls asking foreigners for money at three in morning.

  • 02-02-2012

    More than 74 fans killed as violence and riots rage in Egypt following shock result[706 views]

    Former Tottenham midfielder Hossam Ghaly was caught up in horrific scenes as at least 74 people were killed and 248 injured at a match in the Egyptian city of Port Said.

  • 02-02-2012

    MFA to discuss pending travel advisories with related embassies[869 views]

    BANGKOK, 2 January 2012 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to meeting representatives from a number of governments, in hopes of a success in convincing them to remove travel advisories against Thailand

  • 02-02-2012

    Thailand to promote cooperation in cultural industries with Bay of Bengal countries[541 views]

    BANGKOK, 1 February 2012 -The Cabinet has given the green light to the Ministry of Culture’s proposal for Thailand to consolidate relationships with the Bay of Bengal countries by signing an MOU on the establishment of the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Commission and the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Observatory, which is hoped to be signed later this month.

  • 02-02-2012

    Museum discovers earliest copy of ‘Mona Lisa’[553 views]

    The earliest known copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" -- thought to have been painted at the same time as the original masterpiece -- has been discovered at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.

  • 02-02-2012

    Facebook, and Zuckerberg, embark on mega-IPO[632 views]

    SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook unveiled what is expected to be Silicon Valley's largest ever initial public offering, but made it clear to outside investors that they will have little voice in its running, as founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will continue to exercise almost complete control.

  • 02-02-2012

    American Airlines aims to cut 13,000 jobs[626 views]

    DALLAS — The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs — 15 percent of its workforce — as the nation's third-biggest airline remakes itself under bankruptcy protection.

  • 01-02-2012

    Human trafficking agent arrested in Saraburi[1,580 views]

    BANGKOK, Jan 31 - A human trafficking agent was arrested in the central province of Saraburi for smuggling foreign labourers from the Lao PDR to Thailand.

  • 01-02-2012

    2012 Rice trade predicted to fall on weaker demand[1,408 views]

    BANGKOK, Feb 1 - The international rice trade is forecast to fall by approximately 1 million tonnes, or 5 per cent, this year as improved harvest prospects in several major importing countries may reduce overall demand after achieving a worldwide record of 34.5 million tonnes (milled basis) in 2011, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

  • 01-02-2012

    Pattaya Hooker Use “Knock-Out Drops” On 70-Year-Old Brit[4,985 views]

    A bald British retiree was drugged with a strong hypnotic by a young woman wearing a hat who stole his belongings worth 400,000 THB. The woman is on the run and the police on the case.

  • 01-02-2012

    Pattaya Pitbull Co-owner Severely Bitten & Sent To Hospital[2,036 views]

    An American Pitbull terrier bites its co-owner viciously as she returns home. The large canine attacks the female co-owner and bit her upper body. The severely bitten woman is admitted to Banglamung hospital. She assumes that the dog might have been stressed because her foreign husband who usually look after the pitbull was not at home.

  • 31-01-2012

    Pattaya Teen “Ya-Ba” Dealer Arrested After Hot Pursuit & Collision[2,190 views]

    An 18 year ya-ba dealer escaped from a police inspection. After a high speed pursuit he collided with a Pattaya volunteer police and was arrested. On his Honda bike the police found crystal methamphetamine, "ya-ice", and amphetamine tablets hidden under the seat.

  • 30-01-2012

    Korat Woman Protests Naked Against Tapioca Policy[3,273 views]

    A Korat woman, owner of a tapioca field, took off her clothes to protest against the government tapioca pledging program. She pointed out that it cannot solve the problem of the decreasing price of tapioca and it is not fair to the farmers.

  • 30-01-2012

    Ladyboy entered the room of a foreigner, claiming he was his boyfriend[4,214 views]

    A ladyboy entered into the room of a German national at night while he was not in the room, claiming that the German guy was his boyfriend but he said he had forgot the room key so he forced the door of the room open. The police didn’t believe him and thought that he wanted to steal property, the officer let the ladyboy try to contact the German but he could not. The owner of the apartment asked the police to arrest and prosecute according to the law.

  • 30-01-2012

    Jomtien Traffic Cop Extorts 5,000 THB From Ya-Ba Suspect[2,714 views]

    A traffic police with 3 subordinates at Na Jomtien police station, Chonburi province set up a check point and arrested a 18 year-old Trang man after a positive drug screening. The police asked the suspect for 5,000 THB cash in exchange for his release. The traffic police and his subordinates are under investigation.

  • 30-01-2012

    Girl aged 14 was sold to a foreigner for 80,000 THB by her step father[5,001 views]

    The police and Director of the Center for Subduing of Human Trafficking assisted a Cambodian girl and found that she was beaten by her step father and her mother with the 3 children who were all forced to be beggars, if on any day they cannot find money, all of them would be beaten severely.

  • 29-01-2012

    Thai PM convinces business leaders there will be no flood crisis[1,059 views]

    DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28 -- Thai Prime Minister has convinced international business leaders that Thailand has prepared plans to prevent future flood crises and that the country has potential to be centre of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ready to offer investment privileges.

  • 29-01-2012

    Police seize meth pills, ice worth Bt200 million in Bangkok[1,606 views]

    BANGKOK, Jan 28 – Thai authorities in joint operation on Saturday detained 10 suspected drug dealers with 400,000 methamphetamine pills and 24 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as "ice," with a street value of Bt200 million in the capital.

  • 28-01-2012

    Kofi Annan agreed to lend help to Thai Truth Commission[1,079 views]

    BANGKOK, 27 January 2012 - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will visit Thailand in February to meet with the Thai truth commission and lend his help on the country's reconciliation process.

  • 28-01-2012

    Three in four oppose government idea of selling PTT shares[699 views]

    BANGKOK, Jan 27 – An opinion poll released Friday found that a substantial majority of respondents--77 per cent, or three out of every four persons polled--oppose the government idea of selling shares of PTT Plc, the state-owned oil and gas conglomerate, which would effectively privatise the state enterprise.

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