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Thai to the bone, But still just Second-Class

sam, 04/02/2012 - 19:00
Take a walk through villages on the other side of the Tanao Sri mountain range separating Thailand and Myanmar and it's like you've never crossed the border. Everyone is speaking Thai.

Catégories: Thai news

Will there be blood?

sam, 04/02/2012 - 19:00
In 2012, the question most often put to me is not "Voranai, how are you?" Or, "Hey there, may I have your pin number?" Nope, it's "Will there be violence?" I'm not clairvoyant but I do know that fate is inexorable, so let's consider this.
Catégories: Thai news

Nana thugs strike fear into elderly store owners

sam, 04/02/2012 - 19:00
A family running a clothing store in Bangkok's Nana area say they are being intimidated by thugs in a dispute over pavement space.
Catégories: Thai news

DSI backs bid for prison phonetaps

sam, 04/02/2012 - 19:00
The Department of Special Investigation has seconded a government proposal to tap the phones of prison inmates suspected of dealing drugs from behind bars.
Catégories: Thai news

Thammasat ban under attack

ven, 03/02/2012 - 19:00
Academics associated with Thammasat University have criticised its ban on the Nitirat group's activities on its premises as an abandonment of social responsibility.

Catégories: Thai news

Dying woman gets last wish

ven, 03/02/2012 - 19:00
With little time left to live and waiting to be sent home to spend her final days with her family, breast cancer patient Kung had what could be her last wish granted _ she married the man she loves.

Catégories: Thai news

Prison officials, police launch major raid on Bang Kwang jail

ven, 03/02/2012 - 19:00
Prison officials and police launched a major raid on seven zones at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi yesterday.

Catégories: Thai news

Govt places flood battle before crops

ven, 03/02/2012 - 19:00
Flood prevention will take priority over crop irrigation in setting water management strategies for this year, the government announced yesterday.

Catégories: Thai news

Two killed in far South

ven, 03/02/2012 - 13:34
A woman was shot dead in Pattani and an illegal oil vendor was killed in an ambush in Narathiwat on Friday morning, in attacks police blamed on insurgents.

Catégories: Thai news

Culture blasts Simsimi app as 'not normal'

ven, 03/02/2012 - 12:44
The Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program is causing social degeneration and creating gaps between members of the family, Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said Friday.

Catégories: Thai news

Culture blasts Simsimi app as 'not normal'

ven, 03/02/2012 - 12:44
The Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program is causing social degeneration and creating gaps between members of the family, Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said Friday.
Catégories: Thai news

Weekly highlights

ven, 03/02/2012 - 07:10
Students and lecturers at Thammasat University take sides as the clash of opinions over the lese majeste law fuelled by the Nitirat group's campaign splits the campus. In the far South, the government finally admitted that paramilitary rangers killed four innocent civilians and wounded five others. As for the flood prevention plan, there is no good news.

Catégories: Thai news

Khmer Rouge jailer's sentence increased to life

ven, 03/02/2012 - 05:32
A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life Friday, bringing down the curtain on a landmark first case at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.
Catégories: Thai news

Khmer Rouge jailer handed life on appeal

ven, 03/02/2012 - 05:32
PHNOM PENH - A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people was given life in prison on appeal on Friday, bringing down the curtain on a landmark first case at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.
Catégories: Thai news

Nitirat ban splits student body

jeu, 02/02/2012 - 19:00
Students, alumni members and lecturers at Thammasat University remain divided over the use of its main campus as a venue for the Nitirat group to engineer a campaign to amend the controversial lese majeste law.

Catégories: Thai news

Employers in move to halt wage increase

jeu, 02/02/2012 - 19:00
Seven employers' confederations will team up with the Federation of Thai Industries to file a petition with the Administrative Court to stop the government implementing its 300 baht daily minimum wage policy.

Catégories: Thai news

Nitirat ban splits student body

jeu, 02/02/2012 - 19:00
Students, alumni members and lecturers at Thammasat University remain divided over the use of its main campus as a venue for the Nitirat group to engineer a campaign to amend the controversial lese majeste law.

Catégories: Thai news

Just whose land is Thailand?

jeu, 02/02/2012 - 19:00
The Nitirat campaign to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, commonly known as the lese majeste law, has generated a political tempest.
Catégories: Thai news

Journalism students oppose Nitirat

jeu, 02/02/2012 - 12:16
A group of former and present students of the faculty of journalism and mass communication at Thammasat University on Thursday submitted a letter to the university rector asking for legal and disciplinary action against the seven academics comprising the Nitirat group.

Catégories: Thai news

Journalism students oppose Nitirat

jeu, 02/02/2012 - 12:16
A group of former and present students of the faculty of journalism and mass communication at Thammasat University on Thursday submitted a letter to the university rector asking for legal and disciplinary action against the seven academics comprising the Nitirat group.

Catégories: Thai news