Food Safety Scare Spreads From OJ to Sashimi
BANGKOK — When police busted two Vietnamese nationals for allegedly mixing up bogus orange juice, the public received a grim reminder that what they eat is not always what it seems.
Elderly Thai Elephant Dies in Depressing Japanese Zoo
TOKYO — An elderly Thai elephant that set off a petition drive to move her out of a small concrete pen in Japan died this morning.
Elderly Thai Elephant Dies in Depressing Japanese Zoo
TOKYO — An elderly Thai elephant that set off a petition drive to move her out of a small concrete pen in Japan died this morning.
Snowden and Info Vigilantes on Screen This Weekend
BANGKOK — When Laura Poitras turned the story of her reporting on Edward Snowden into a documentary, she and her fellow filmmakers were sued by a retired military officer for causing “irreparable damage to the safety of the American people.” Worse for Snowden, who’s been unable to return home for fear of imprisonment.
To Stream or Not to Stream: Online Piracy Goes ‘Live’
By Kaewta Ketbungkan
Correspondent
Correspondent
Man Wins Desperate Struggle to Free Penis From Toilet Python
CHACHOENGSAO — It was less than a good morning for Atthaporn Boonmakchuay today. Not after a python slithered out of his squat toilet, bit his penis and refused to let go.
Go Gay Again: LGBT Film Fest Returns to Bangkok
BANGKOK — From a black comedy about a pregnant transgender woman to romance blossoming from an orgy, 12 gay stories will screen over 10 days next month at the Bangkok Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Muslims Slam Allegations of Plot to Destroy Buddhism
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter
BANGKOK — Muslim activists asked the junta today to take legal action against a Buddhist group for spreading religious hate speech on social media.
Staff Reporter
BANGKOK — Muslim activists asked the junta today to take legal action against a Buddhist group for spreading religious hate speech on social media.
Couple Makes Fake OJ. Couple’s Photos Posted Online. Couple Arrested.
SARABURI — One day after photos of a Vietnamese couple “making” in their backyard what they later sold as “orange juice” spread online, police arrested them yesterday.
Koh Tao Murders: Lawyers Appeal Against Death Sentences
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Pairat Temphairojana
Reuters
BANGKOK — Lawyers filed an appeal on Monday against the conviction of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on a holiday island, another twist in a case mired in controversy and dispute.
Reuters
BANGKOK — Lawyers filed an appeal on Monday against the conviction of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on a holiday island, another twist in a case mired in controversy and dispute.