Month: May 2022
French chef kills foreigner, Asian woman in fight at sausage shop
A FRENCH chef got injured while shooting to death a foreign man, believed to be his business partner, and an Asian woman at his sausage and ham production shop in Sukhumvit soi 49 this afternoon (May 4), INN News said. Thonglor police rushed to the shop in sub-soi six and saw the two persons …
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Suvarnabhumi Airport intruder faces heavy punishment
AN ARMED motorcyclist high on drugs who intruded into Suvarnabhumi Airport at 11.50 a.m.yesterday and was captured at 12.03 p.m. faces heavy punishment with the maximum being death penalty or life imprisonment or 15-20 years in jail and a fine of 600,000-800,000 baht, Naewna newspaper quoted Mr. Kittipong Kittikachorn, the airport’s director, as saying today …
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Prayut shrugs off hearsay over PM-changing conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (May 3) downplayed widespread hearsay over an ongoing, clandestine conspiracy to change the head of government during an approaching censure/no-confidence motion. Asked by reporters at Government House whether he may have gotten wind of such a hush-hush plot to change the prime minister, Prayut shook …
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Prinn vows to fight cases, looking to countersue for defamation
THE former deputy leader of Democrat Party Mr. Prinn Panichphakdi who has been hit with a string of sexual misconduct and indecent assault accusations with yet another case cropping up in Chiang Mai today (May 3) vowed to fight all these cases while looking to countersuing all complainants on defamation charges, Thansettakij newspaper said. …
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Battle for parking spot at ministry goes viral
BEING rapidly shared on Thai social media today (May 3) is an account of a fight for a parking spot at the Education Ministry with a Facebook user giving details of notes written to each other by two officials, Naewna newspaper said today (May 3). According to Facebook user Sukanya Ch, the first note said, …
Experts certain boy was bitten by a shark at Phuket’s Kamala beach
AFTER a Thai-Ukrainian boy was bitten while swimming at Kamala beach in Phuket yesterday (May 1) experts visited him and have ascertained it was a shark bite with signs being put up to warn tourists and beach guards sent in to assist them, Sanook.com said today. Phuket Deputy Governor Mr. Phichet Panaphong together with …
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First civilians leave Mariupol steel plant, but hundreds remain
By AP and published by The Philadelphia Inquirer Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine – People fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardment and deprivation as they arrived on Monday in Ukrainian-held territory, where officials and relief workers anxiously awaited the first group of civilians evacuated from the steel plant that is the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters …
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Silpakorn varsity president persuaded to resign over air hostess photos
THE President of Silpakorn University who was heavily criticised for sharing photos of air hostesses of various airlines as they worked on his personal Facebook page resigned today (May 2) after being persuaded to do so, Matichon newspaper said. Informed sources said Asst. Prof. Chaicharn Thavaravej, this university’s president, was urged to step down before …
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Ministry: Bangkok close to reaching Endemic Sandbox phase
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said Bangkok is among the provinces where Covid-19 outbreak has improved with the number of new infections, critically-ill patients and fatalities continuing to decline and this is helping the capital move closer to the Endemic Sandbox phase, Matichon newspaper said today (May 2). Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, the ministry’s permanent secretary, …
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Teenage girl electrocuted while using plugged-in mobile phone
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl died after being electrocuted while using her mobile phone as it charged at her home in Mueang Rayong last night (May 1), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Chaikrit Taurat, an inspector at Mueang Rayong police station, rushed to the two-room single-storey house upon being alerted of the death of the …
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Defecting online: How Myanmar’s soldiers are deserting the army
By Reha Kansara, BBC MYANMAR is engulfed by an increasingly deadly civil war, which began when the Tatmadaw – the country’s armed forces – seized power last year. Now, helped by an underground network armed with Facebook and Telegram accounts, soldiers are leaving in droves. Agne Lay – not his real name – sits …
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Minister: Daily minimum wage will be hiked, but not to 492 baht
AFTER various labour unions asked the government to increase the daily minimum wage to 492 baht at an International Labour Day event at the Democracy Monument this morning (May 1), Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said there will be an increase but not to that level, Thansettakij newspaper and Amarin TV said. The minister pointed …
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Suvarnabhumi lively on the first day of cancellation of Test & Go scheme
SUVARNABHUMI Airport was bustling with tourists today (May 1) the first day of the cancellation of the Test & Go system with foreign tourists continuously entering the country but there was no congestion at any point with most passengers satisfied with the convenience offered, Matichon newspaper said. On hand to inspect the major change …
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