A Couple Is To Be Deported to Taiwan for a $112 Million Fraud Case
Taiwanese media outlets reported that a Taiwanese couple had been apprehended by Thai immigration officers upon their entry into Thailand. The couple had been...
UK’s ‘Tsunami’ of Grief as Coronavirus Deaths Pass 100,000
LONDON (AP) — For nine months, Gordon Bonner has been in the “hinterlands of despair and desolation” after losing his wife of 63 years to the coronavirus pandemic that has now taken the lives of more than 100,000 people in the United Kingdom.
Volunteer Cops ‘Reprimanded’ for Beating Patient in ER
CHONBURI — An official on Wednesday confirmed two police auxiliaries beat up a motorcycle crash victim inside a hospital in Chonburi province earlier this month.
Be Prepared: Bangkok Buses Getting New Routes
BANGKOK — The capital’s public bus system will undergo radical changes when hundreds of them have both their routes and numbers changed starting September, a transport official said Friday.
Thai Court Acquits Dozens of Protesters Who Shut Down Bangkok’s Airports in 2008
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Friday acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two...
South Korea Views The Young Daughter Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un As...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father’s likely heir apparent, South...
Minivan Driver Sought For Rape Of 15 Year Old Girl
(15 October) A minivan driver is being sought by the police on the suspicion that he had raped and threatened to murder a 15 year old girl.
Abe’s Coalition Still Short of Votes to Change Constitution
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan's upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, but it lost ground...
Jack Ma Steps Down as Industry Faces Uncertainty
BEIJING (AP) — Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China’s online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world’s biggest e-commerce company Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a U.S.-Chinese tariff war.
Turkish Suspect Denies Involvement in Erawan Bomb Attack
BANGKOK — The first man arrested on suspicion of involvement in last month’s bombing of the Erawan Shrine insists he had nothing to do with the attack and only arrived in Thailand days before he was taken into custody in a raid.
