BANGKOK — Four students from technical colleges have been arrested for allegedly throwing homemade bombs at a public bus in Bangkok yesterday, injuring three passengers. Police said the students, from Siam Technology College in Bangkok’s Tha Phra district, threw homemade explosives at Bus 147 in front a Tha Phra shopping mall yesterday afternoon because they […]
BANGKOK — Seventeen students at a secondary school in Bangkok were rushed to the hospital after they reportedly took hypnotic drugs at school. Doctors say their conditions are “gradually improving,” though some are still the under influence of the drug, which has been identified as Nimetazepam, a powerful sleeping pill. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
NONTHABURI – Two self-described technical students have robbed two convenience stores in Nonthaburi province in the space of 15 minutes early this morning. The suspects arrived in front of a 7-11 store in Soi Samakkhi 30 on motorcycle at around 5 am today. The two men then entered the store, grabbed cosmetics, CDs, and condoms, […]
BANGKOK – The conservative military government of Thailand has approved a law that would bar university students of different sexes from sharing the same dorm rooms, unless they are older than 25. The draft of the law calls for a segregation of sexes for occupiers of “student dorms” across the country and defines “dorms” as […]
BANGKOK, 4 November 2014 (NNT) – The Criminal Court in Ratchada has sentenced a university student to two and a half years jail without the possibility of reprieve, for posting defamatory messages online concerning the Royal Institution. Criminal Court judges have sentenced 24 year-old Akaradech Eiamsuwan, a male student from an undisclosed private university to […]
BANGKOK, Nov 3 – The Education Ministry is launching satellite-based teaching to about 15,000 small schools as the second school term of the academic year opens today. The 1.3 billion baht project is aimed at providing students with standard educational services. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK — A group of Thai student activists gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok to show their solidarity with the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. A dozen students from Thai Student Centre for Democracy (TSCD) held signs and posted placards on the entrance of the Chinese Embassy on Ratchadapisek Road this […]
BRAWLING STUDENTS will find it hard to obtain loans for their education, if a proposal by the Federation of Private Colleges of Technology and Vocational Education of Thailand gets the green light. The federation’s president, Jompong Mongkolvanit, is now seriously pushing for this measure. Read more: The Nation
