Ratchadaporn Sangvibut, owner of the Bodika Bar on Soi Post Office, handed to police a wallet which had been dropped outside her bar. Two customers noticed the wallet on the floor and gave it to the bar management. Police said they had not succeeded in tracking down the owner of the wallet, Barry...
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BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of "Red Shirt" supporters were expected to bring central Bangkok to a standstill Saturday on the second anniversary of a deadly crackdown on street protests, city police said.
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Youngsters audition in hopes of winning a place on Thailand’s most popular TV talent show The house is being dusted down and the cameras set up in their secret locations as TrueVisions prepares for the ninth season of its massively successful 24-hour reality talent-search show “True Academy Fantasia”. Last year, six million viewers...
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Police beef up security for city centre gathering Police estimate more than 50,000 people will gather at Ratchaprasong intersection today to mark the second anniversary of the violent political clashes. Police are beefing up security in the area as members of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship gather, Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy...
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PM won’t rule out post in cabinet for red leader The Pheu Thai Party has accepted a Constitution Court ruling disqualifying list MP and red shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan as an MP while expressing reservations about certain legalities and facts. The Constitution Court yesterday decided on a vote of 7-1 to disqualify Mr...
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Red-shirt loyalists gathered on Saturday at the Ratchaprasong intersection to mark the second anniversary of the violent end to their weeks-long occupation of Bangkok's commercial heart.
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Bangkok and key economic zones, particularly the industrial estates will not be inundated this year, Plodprasop Suraswadi, chairman of the Water Resources Management and Flood Control Committee, said on Saturday.
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Bangkok and key economic zones, particularly industrial estates, will not be flooded this year, vows Plodprasop Suraswadi, chairman of the Water Resources Management and Flood Control Committee.
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Pattaya police arrested illegal Thai tour guides who were preying on foreign tourists to watch prohibited live sex shows in an entertainment center on Walking Street.
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Pattaya Police arrested three Columbian thieves who had burglarised and stolen property valued at millions of THB.
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BANGKOK: In two weeks, 111 banned Thai politicians from the Thai Rak Thai Party are set to re-enter the political fray.
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 19.12 points or 1.63% to close at 1,154.44 points at the end of trading session on Friday afternoon. The trade value was 28.64 billion baht, with 4.71 billion shares traded.
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Throughout the month of May, “Ginger and Lime” the Asian Restaurant of Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya is serving an exotic collection of Vietnamese specialties.
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The well-designed hotel creates waves internationally with innovative service and best in class Thai hospitality
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BANGKOK: A Thai court stripped a top "Red Shirt" leader of his parliamentary seat Friday, in a move likely to anger supporters of the movement whose protests in Bangkok in 2010 descended into bloodshed.
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BANGKOK: Six human foetuses which had been roasted and covered in gold leaves as part of a black magic ritual have been seized from a British citizen in Bangkok, Thai police said Friday.
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 23.82 points or 2.03% to close at 1,149.74 points at the end of trading session on Friday morning. The trade value was 13.42 billion baht, with 2.41 billion shares traded.
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Bangkok police on Friday arrested a Taiwanese man suspected of buying babies' corpses for sale online.
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A glittering lunch for the world’s sovereigns to be held on Friday to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II has been marked by a withdrawal and protests over the guest list. Spain’s Queen Sophia has pulled out of the event at Windsor Castle, west of London, amid tensions over Gibraltar, while...
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US Navy sailors tend to be overlooked when it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, but the new action movie “Battleship” features American destroyers and their crews in the starring role, waging war against hostile aliens in the Pacific Ocean. The Pentagon gave director Peter Berg access to a huge naval exercise and allowed him...
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Facebook on Thursday announced a price of $38 per share for its record-setting initial public offering, which gives the leading social network a market value of $104 billion. The shares will begin trading Friday under the symbol “FB” on the Nasdaq, the company said in a statement announcing the richest-ever technology IPO and...
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The government is leaving its door open for 111 former executives of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party when their political bans are lifted on May 30. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the Pheu Thai-led administration never closes its door to anyone who can work for the country. However, she said it is...
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Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong will propose to the Cabinet on May 20 a package to solve the problem of rising cooking palm oil price by boosting stocks and importing palm oil, according to government sources. Kittiratt who is also chairman of the committee for palm-oil policy, will ask the...
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To join, ex-PM would have to return to Kingdom, triggering arrest, disqualification from party membership With their five-year ban expiring at the end of this month, dozens of former Thai Rak Thai Party executives from the so-called 111 Club are lining up to be members of the ruling Pheu Thai party next week....
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Police revealed yesterday that the case of the Italian journalist, who was killed in the government crackdown on red shirts in 2010, would be heard in court from July 23. The late journalist Fabio Polenghi’s sister, Elizabeth, visited the Metropolitan Police Bureau yesterday to ask about the progress of the investigation into her...
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Tarit hands in report on 2010 crackdown probe State authorities may be responsible for the deaths of at least 25 people during the 2010 political mayhem, Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdith says. Mr Tarit yesterday reported on the progress of the investigations into 89 deaths resulting from the military crackdown on...
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The commander of the Bang Khwang maximum security prison in Nonthaburi has been placed under disciplinary investigation after a prison search late on Wednesday night turned up a number of mobile phones and a large number of contraband items. Seventy-three DVD players and 30 music player units were found in the prison, apart...
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Holiday Inn Pattaya hosts lunch at Cafe G for contestants in this year’s Miss Tiffany’s Universe beauty pageant, where last year’s winner, Sammy, presents flower bouquet to Jatuporn Phiukhao, executive assistant manager of the hotel.
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Sawangboriboon volunteers responded to a call in Banglamung that a man was clutching his stomach in agony. Apichart Baanakit, aged 44, was lying on the floor near a beer bottle. He was taken to the local hospital where his stomach was pumped. He was then said to have fully recovered. The victim’s 21-year-old...
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Pattaya Thai Police and Department of Intellectual Property arrested intellectual property violators at Tuk Com in South Pattaya.
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