Miss World Canada Denied Entry Into China
HONG KONG — The Canadian contestant for the Miss World pageant is stuck in Hong Kong Friday, after being denied entry into China.
Fireworks Shop Raided After Two Students Die
BANGKOK — Military and police officers raided a firework shop in the Bangkok suburbs today after two college students were killed last night by homemade explosives reportedly bought there.
Vault Watch: Locksmith Promises to Crack Mystery Vault by Sunday
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — The world will soon learn what secrets lie within a sealed (and well-locked) repository under a century-old former bank building in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, a self-avowed master locksmith vowed today.
River’s Friends Float Hope for Public Hearings on 14B-Baht ‘Promenade’
BANGKOK — For all the hopes or bad juju sent floating on the Chao Phraya last night, one group sought to honor the river with a very unique krathong.
Shooting Down Jet 'Looks Like Planned Provocation,' Moscow Says
MOSCOW — Turkey's downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber near the Syrian border "looks like a planned provocation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Rider Dies When Fireworks Explode Motorbike
BANGKOK — A college student was killed and another injured in the Bangkok suburbs last night after homemade explosives they were transporting by motorcycle accidentally exploded.
‘Praewa’ Ordered to Pay 30 Million Baht to Van Crash Victims
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter
BANGKOK — A woman who killed nine people in a 2010 car crash was ordered by a civil court today to pay 30 million baht in compensation to her victims and their families.
Staff Reporter
BANGKOK — A woman who killed nine people in a 2010 car crash was ordered by a civil court today to pay 30 million baht in compensation to her victims and their families.
Accused Danish Police Impostor Changes Name, Returns to Pattaya, Gets Arrested
PATTAYA — A Danish man who fled the country after allegedly posing as a police officer to help a pedophile was arrested in Pattaya yesterday.
Tourists Warned as Pickpockets Get to Work on Loy Krathong
CHIANG MAI — Gaze at the lanterns, watch the floats, mind your pocket.
New Constitution Could Give Free Rein to Military Abuses, Rights Group Says
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre
Reuters
BANGKOK — A proposal by Thailand's junta for a provision in the constitution exempting the military from prosecution would allow the armed forces to commit abuses with impunity, a rights group said on Wednesday.
Reuters
BANGKOK — A proposal by Thailand's junta for a provision in the constitution exempting the military from prosecution would allow the armed forces to commit abuses with impunity, a rights group said on Wednesday.
