Bangkok: Authorities seize Bt16 million in Angolan ivory
BANGKOK, Aug 30 - Thai authorities said Friday that they had seized smuggled ivory worth Bt16 million in a shipment...
Month: August 2013
Dunkin’ Donuts ad sparks racism row
A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin' Donuts to withdraw a "bizarre and racist" advertisement for chocolate doughnuts...
British Tourist Arrested For Theft In Pattaya
A British man was arrested for stealing clothes from the Big C Extra supermarket in Pattaya Klang. PATTAYA – August...
Four-year-old girl claims rape at Chon Buri shelter
An ongoing police investigation has suggested that an HIV-positive man with some mobility impairment is among the alleged abusers who...
British student, 19, mauled by 400lb tiger in Thailand at popular tourist attraction
Enjoying the trip of a lifetime to Thailand, university student Isabelle Brennan strokes a young tiger at a popular tourist...
Estimated 300-ton radioactive leak at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Japan's nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, yesterday said the revealed leaking of an estimated 300 metric tons of radioactive...
39 Indochinese fishermen arrested for illegal fishing in Thailand
RAYONG, Aug 29 – Sixteen Vietnamese and 23 Cambodians were arrested when Thai authorities seized nine Vietnamese trawlers at a...
Chiang Mai police nab 9 suspects, seize 500,000 pills
Authorities arrested nine people for allegedly trafficking more than 500,000 methamphetamine pills and about one kilogramme of crystal methamphetamine, or...
