AFTER Southern Bangkok Criminal Court approved the detention of three Chinese kidnap suspects, two men and one woman, police said while they are having difficulty interrogating them because of language barrier they are not cooperating and have denied the charges, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 20). Their arrest stems from the alleged kidnapping of […]

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  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (Mar.20) dissolved the House of Representatives to call a general election, which is largely expected on May 14. A royal decree was issued last Friday and announced in the royal gazette today for the House dissolution and a subsequent nationwide election in 60 days, following […]

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  A CYLINDER containing dangerous radioactive material caesium-137 that has been missing in Prachinburi since March 10 appears to have been sold as scrap to a smelter, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Mar. 20). Provincial Governor Ronanrong Nakhonchinda together with staff from the Office of Atoms for Peace and related agencies inspected two metal smelters […]

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  AN UNIDENTIFIED foreign man drowned off Pattaya beach this afternoon (Mar. 19) with officials warning the public to watch out for strong wind and rough waves, Naewna newspaper said. Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan radio centre was alerted of the tourist drowning at Nipa Lodge intersection in Nong Prue subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, at 2 p.m.and […]

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  IT IS raining and hailing for the second day in a row in Chiang Mai with Chiang Rai too hit today (Mar. 19) while photos shared by a local news page showed farmland covered with large hailstones, TV Channel An academic disaster warning Facebook page said at 4.30 p.m. today that the Royal Rainmaking […]

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  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST PROSPECTIVE VOTERS nationwide have still preferred the Pheu Thai Party as their top choice for government after an upcoming general election, according to the latest NIDA Poll. The NIDA Poll, conducted earlier this month among a total of 2,000 voters from all walks of life, in all electorally eligible […]

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  TWO fake doctors were caught while treating patients at their respective unlicenced clinics with one being in Bangkok and the other Pathum Thani, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Mar. 19). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anan Nanasombat, head of Consumer Protection Police, and Pol. Col. Suphot Phumyam, head of Consumer Protection Police Division 4, led a […]

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