FAQ: The Rice Program and Yingluck Trial Explained
The politically charged trial has run over two years. The alleged crime involves a complex agricultural subsidy of price guarantees and mortgaged rice. Those...
The Casino’s Land: Malay-chinese Woman Disappears In Myanmar
The disappearance of a Malaysian-Chinese woman, 22, named Angie Chong Sum Yee, underscores the horror of casino land in Myanmar.
It was reported that Angie...
Busted Brothel Was Thieving Water to Stay Afloat
BANGKOK — After allegedly finding underage girls, human trafficking and prostitution, investigators literally got to the bottom of a brothel recently raided to unearth evidence of another crime.
‘AirGraab’ Hits Full Boil as Passenger Sues Internet, Attendant Weighs Legal Action
BANGKOK — Everyone is lawyering up in a burning dispute between an airline, flight attendant and the woman she groveled before earlier this month – a topic of national obsession which has begun to spin lawsuits and threats of more.
Teacher Slaps Students for Not Doing English Homework, Gets Off Scot-Free
SAMUT SAKHON — No disciplinary action has been taken against a teacher who slapped students repeatedly for not doing their English homework, a school official said Thursday.
Anti-Junta Activist Ekachai Assaulted at Court
BANGKOK — Pro-democracy activist Ekachai Hongkangwan was once again assaulted Monday morning, this time in front of the Bangkok Criminal Court.
British Woman Charged in Koh Samui Nominee Bar Case
Immigration police on Koh Samui have filed criminal complaints against a British woman accused of running a bar illegally through Thai “nominee” shareholders
Bad Feng Shui, ‘Blasphemous’ Paintings Blamed for Korat Mass Shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — As pundits and experts are debating what led to a mass shooting that killed 29 people in Korat over the weekend, some are seeing the works of the supernatural.
Huge Turnout for Mass Singing Tribute to King Bhumibol
BANGKOK — By boat, bus car and foot they have come to assemble in the tens of thousands Saturday outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok to join a tribute singing the royal anthem to His Majesty the Late King.
New Army Chief Open to Staging Another Coup
BANGKOK — The refusal by Thailand’s new army chief to disavow another military coup drew a heated response Thursday.
