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Kalasin is the Richest Place on Earth, Interior Ministry Site Claims



BANGKOK — Government databases are being discussed online again since last night. This time, however, rather than leaking personal data or being breached by hackers they were being mocked by netizens for tables and charts showing statistics that simply didn’t make sense.

Kalasin is the Richest Place on Earth, Interior Ministry Site Claims



BANGKOK — Government databases are being discussed online again since last night. This time, however, rather than leaking personal data or being breached by hackers they were being mocked by netizens for tables and charts showing statistics that simply didn’t make sense.

Canada Joins Growing Call to Repeal Police Powers Granted to Soldiers

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — The Canadian Embassy in Bangkok said it is concerned by National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order 13/2016 which grants expanded policing powers to the Thai military, saying the order threatens to undermine the rule of law and due process and increases the potential for human rights abuses in Thailand.

Forget the Drought, National Water Fight is on

BANGKOK — Drought? What drought? Bring out the water guns!

Forget the Drought, National Water Fight is on

BANGKOK — Drought? What drought? Bring out the water guns!

Thailand may be going through its driest period in 20 years. But the country's military government wants visitors from around the globe to know that the biggest water fight in the world is still on.

‘Sexist’ Songkran Safety Posters Removed by Police



CHIANG MAI — Posters campaigning for safe driving during the Songkran holidays issued by Chiang Mai police were taken away on Sunday after receiving criticism for being sexist.

Court Reinstates Anti-Junta Thammasat Historian Somsak

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — The Central Administrative Court today ruled that the dismissal of exiled Thammasat University history professor Somsak Jeamteerasakul by his employer was unlawful, thus reinstating Somsak’s status as a lecturer at Thammasat.

Anne Frank’s Diary Opera Comes to Bangkok



BANGKOK — Selections from the diary of a young victim of the Holocaust will come to life in a one woman show in Bangkok.

Free Entry to National Parks for Thais on ‘Family Day’



BANGKOK — All national parks throughout the country will waive admission for Thai citizens for one day during the Songkran festival.

Man Seeks Karmic Justice for Dead Dogs



CHONBURI — A 65-year-old Chonburi man paraded two dead dogs – poisoned, he said – around city center today to protest their deaths and call on karma to punish the perpetrator.

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