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Surat Phaeoket tends to Tongkum Thursday night at Khan Na Yao Police Station.

Smiling Buffalo Sliding Into Depression: Farmer Friend

BANGKOK — A farmer accused of serious crimes for crowdfunding a buffalo has denied all charges and says the animal is suffering in police...

Guards vs. Taxi Driver in Terminal 21 Battle Royale (Video)

BANGKOK — A mass melee involving a taxi driver and security guards at a downtown shopping mall this week ended up at the police station Friday after footage of it hit the internets.
Surat Phaeoket embraces Tongkum on Thursday at Khan Na Yao Police Station.

Summoned by Police, Farmer Briefly Reunites with Smiling Buffalo

BANGKOK — After spending two days apart from his beloved buffalo, which authorities seized earlier this week, Surat Phaeoket rushed to the police station...

Buddhist Authorities Hunt Monk For Being Too Ripped

BANGKOK — Less than a week after anonymous photos of a ripped monk went viral online, national Buddhism authorities are on the hunt for...
Tongkum and Surat Phaeoket. Photo: Smiling Buffalo, A Little Thing Called Happiness. “Surat Phaeoket & Tongkum / Facebook

Farmer Who Bought Smiling Buffalo Charged With Fraud, Money Laundering

BANGKOK — A farmer who crowdfunded the purchase of a buffalo he had bonded with was charged Tuesday afternoon with fraud, money laundering and...
Tongkum is led off the truck that brought him from Chai Nat province Tuesday and into Bangkok’s Khan Na Yao Police Station.

Smiling Buffalo Seized by Police, Impounded as Evidence

CHAI NAT – An impoverished farmer in the central province of Chai Nat was in tears Tuesday morning when police arrived to confiscate the...
Image: CPN

Central to Open First Outlet Stores in Metro Bangkok

CPN, the property and investment arm of Central Group, announced Tuesday it will open metropolitan Bangkok’s first outlet stores near Suvarnabhumi International Airport next year.
Manit Inpim of Transportation for All on the MRT Purple Line in August 2016. Photo: Accessibility is Freedom / Courtesy

Disabled Commuters Sue Bangkok’s MRT For 16.8M Baht

BANGKOK — Four years after they won a historic case against the BTS Skytrain, a network of commuters with disabilities said they will file a lawsuit Tuesday over inaccessibility on Bangkok’s MRT subway system.
Sirikorn Tanomsup’s graduation truck Sunday. Photo: Sittikorn Deeporm / Facebook

Bangkok Man Campaigns Hard on His Education Success

BANGKOK — People were doing double takes in eastern Bangkok at a truck festooned with flags and photos of a smiling man with a...
Panthongtae 'Oak' Shinawatra, at left, with his father Thaksin Shinawatra and aunt Yingluck Shinawatra in a photo subsequently deleted from his Instagram in February 2018.

Thaksin’s Son Declares For Pheu Thai After Years on Periphery

BANGKOK — Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, the only son of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, entered politics directly Sunday by ...

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