Army chief Chalermchai Sitthisad on Thursday defended a decision to spend 15.9 million baht on building shops and public toilets at Rajabhakti Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Responding to recent criticism of the project that has flared up on social media, he said the military is ready to disclose full details to the public to […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Apple is allegedly slashing its production orders for the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus by roughly 50 percent for November and December, which if true could be the earliest such cut in the iPhone’s history, AppleInsider says. The claim was made by supply chain official cited by Taiwan’s Economic Daily News. Reuters later […]
Monta Yokratanakan, better known as “Ying Kai”, was today (Oct 19) given three years in prison and a 590,000 baht fine after the Criminal Court ruled her guilty of human trafficking. Monta, who earlier depicted herself as a high-society woman, was earlier charged for forcing three women from the North to hard working as maids […]
BANGKOK, 20 October 2017 (NNT) – The Department of Medical Sciences has launched the world’s first reference book on Thai medicinal herbs, in an attempt to lower imports of foreign medicines. Public Health Minister Dr. Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn revealed that the book is intended to provide information on alternatives to modern overseas drugs. The book was […]
Italian police yesterday announced the arrest of six members of an international network which smuggled stolen Libyan fuel to Italy and Europe. A police statement said officers from the Sicilian city of Catania have arrested six people, two from Malta, two from Libya and two Italians, while the search continues for another three Libyans. According […]
Satellite images of Sichuan’s Larung Gar Buddhist Academy show widespread destruction of the one of the world’s largest and most important centers for the study of Tibetan Buddhism more than a year after Chinese authorities began a program of forced evictions and demolitions, according to a report issued Thursday. The report by two Tibetan rights […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Russia’s agriculture minister unwittingly caused Vladimir Putin to break down in laughter with his idea for pork exports to Indonesia, a Muslim country, The Telegraph said. Video of Putin’s giggles quickly went viral: The original tweet with the footage was retweeted more than a thousand times, local media covered the incident and uploads […]
Two young men are dead after their motorcycles collided head-on on a flyover in Muang Ayutthaya on Thursday night. Pol Capt Suchart Yoddamnone, deputy inspector at the district police station, said one of the bikers – Atthasit Thongnil, 27, an Ayutthaya Waterworks Authority electrician – had been driving against the traffic flow. Full story: The […]
