Wichit denies power struggles have begun The 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party look set help the Pheu Thai Party sharply increase its membership rolls. Chaturon Chaisaeng, a core member of the 111 Thai Rak Thai Foundation, said the five-year ban, which will expire on May 30, had affected...
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Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha warned against establishing red shirt villages in the far South, but key government figures have shrugged off his reservations. Gen Prayuth said yesterday that people had to be careful of the unrest in the region, He said building these villages would increase the violence there. On May 5, the...
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Locals hired to provide security, ease jitters Security has been beefed up at schools in the deep South as the new semester began yesterday. Teams of combined forces of soldiers, police and civilians were sent to provide security for students and teachers in Narathiwat on the first day of the new semester. There...
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Heavy downpours and gusting winds hit some provinces in the North last night, toppling over billboards and uprooting trees, many of which damaged houses and vehicles. The weather department’s office in Chiang Mai has warned of storms and strong winds through out the week. Mae Hong Son’s Pai district was hit by a...
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Some 6,000 soldiers were deployed to guard 400 schools in the three southernmost provinces on the first day of semester yesterday, Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said. However, he said, there were some problems: teachers and students had to be protected because insurgents could launch an attack at any time, but some people,...
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Home to Expo 2012, South Korea’s coast of riches also offers plenty of attractions for tourists looking to unwind Once a small and sleepy port city famous for its seafood and beaches, Yeosu in South Korea’s South Jeolla province blossomed during its two-year preparations for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea, which kicked off last...
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Facebook makes its hotly anticipated stock market debut this week in a history-making move promising wealth for insiders and change for users of the online social network. Hot interest in Facebook stock reportedly prompted the company to bump the opening price range to $34 to $38 for its shares, which would value the...
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Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage. As of Monday websites for Amnesty International Hong Kong, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US Center for Defense Information (CDI) remained rigged to slip “hostile” code onto...
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SPECIAL REPORT: Structural change lays ground for banned politicians to return The ruling Pheu Thai Party’s plan to revamp its structure is a move to deal with the return to politics of the 111 former Thai Rak Thai executives after their political ban expires on May 30. The restructuring, in which the country’s...
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Pheu Thai MPs yesterday filed a complaint against Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra and three other people to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over a controversial contract recently granted to the current operator of the Skytrain system. The 30-year contract is worth about Bt190 billion. Also named in the complaint were Deputy Bangkok...
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Failure will be reported to PM, Yutthasak says The government will use the handling of the southern insurgency as a criterion for assessing the performance of security-related ministries, says Defence Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa. The Defence Ministry will today hold a meeting to establish missions for each security ministry to carry out in tackling...
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After struggling for seven years with a foetid stink from a garbage disposal site, officers from the Chalong Krung police station in Lat Krabang district have at last been given a reprieve – an office far away from the dump. The police officers did not just suffer from the foul odour, which drove...
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A group of protesters rallied outside Government House yesterday to demand that the authorities urgently start assisting those affected by the recent factory explosion in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong province. Sutthi Atchasai, the chief of the Stop Global Warming Association who led the gathering, called for a government-commissioned management of...
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Political rivals in Songkhla known to oppose red villages in area The village pavilion of a new red-shirt village in Songkhla province was burnt down early yesterday, hours after its opening by red-shirt leaders and supporters in the South. On Monday evening red-shirt leader Thida Tavornset Tojirakarn and supporters held an opening ceremony...
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The first race weekend of the 2012 Formula Renault Northern European Cup kicked off at Hockenheim Circuit in Germany, around the 4574 meter long circuit on 21 April. The Thai racer, Sandy Stuvik sponsored by Singha Corporation, The Pizza Company, Dacon Inspection Services, RAAT and SAT had shown very good pace during the...
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Neoh Kean Boon (far left), resident manager of the Dusit Thani Pattaya, and Pramote Sothana (far right), front-desk manager, seen here with a group of Swiss journalists during Songkran. The journalists visited Bangkok and Pattaya on a familiarization and public relations exercise.
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JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon will face shareholders’ wrath Tuesday after admitting that the top US bank lost $2 billion in derivatives trading in just six weeks. A day after JPMorgan let its chief investment officer go in the wake of the huge loss and the bank’s shares took another sharp fall...
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Syrian troops on Monday pushed an assault on a central rebel bastion, with dozens reportedly killed across the country, as Saudi Arabia warned that Kofi Annan’s peace efforts appeared to be failing. The EU, meanwhile, slapped fresh sanctions on Damascus, while Russia said it was “absolutely clear” Al-Qaeda was behind last week’s twin...
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The spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the future health of the planet, according to conservation group WWF. The demand on natural resources has become unsustainable and is putting “tremendous” pressure on the planet’s biodiversity, the body said on Tuesday. In its latest survey of the Earth’s health, WWF named Qatar as...
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The second reading of a bill to allow the establishment of a Constitu-tional Drafting Assembly finished yesterday with the final article requiring the recruitment of CDA members to begin within 15 days after the law takes effect. While there must be a break of at least 15 days before the third reading and...
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The second reading of a bill to allow the establishment of a Constitu-tional Drafting Assembly finished yesterday with the final article requiring the recruitment of CDA members to begin within 15 days after the law takes effect. While there must be a break of at least 15 days before the third reading and...
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Yellow-shirt leader Karun Sai-ngam has denied all police charges against him in connection with the seizure of two Bangkok airports in 2008, police said yesterday. Police had completed questioning Karun, who was arrested after a 24-hour drama, and he denied all the charges, according to chief investigator, Pol General Somyot Pumpanmuang. Somyot said...
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Yellow-shirt leader Karun Sai-ngam has denied all police charges against him in connection with the seizure of two Bangkok airports in 2008, police said yesterday. Police had completed questioning Karun, who was arrested after a 24-hour drama, and he denied all the charges, according to chief investigator, Pol General Somyot Pumpanmuang. Somyot said...
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Pheu Thai MPs in five provinces in the Northeast have grouped together to fight political problems in the ruling party while a majority of party members disagree with the move. Deputy Education Minister Sakda Kongpetch has merged Pheu Thai MPs in Roi Et, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Maha Sarakham and Yasothon together to...
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Pheu Thai MPs in five provinces in the Northeast have grouped together to fight political problems in the ruling party while a majority of party members disagree with the move. Deputy Education Minister Sakda Kongpetch has merged Pheu Thai MPs in Roi Et, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Maha Sarakham and Yasothon together to...
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The death of Amphon Tangnoppakul serves to remind us of a travesty of justice. Amphon died of cancer last Tuesday at Bangkok Remand Prison’s central hospital. He was 61. He passed away before he could apply for a royal pardon on his lese majeste conviction and prison sentence of 20 years. In life...
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The death of Amphon Tangnoppakul serves to remind us of a travesty of justice. Amphon died of cancer last Tuesday at Bangkok Remand Prison’s central hospital. He was 61. He passed away before he could apply for a royal pardon on his lese majeste conviction and prison sentence of 20 years.
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The Office of the Privy Purse is standing by its decision to award a lease contract to a private firm amid rumours the project will feature a hotel and shopping complex right next to Bangkok’s Leng Noei Yi Temple. “The firm has proceeded in line with the law,” an official at the office...
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The Office of the Privy Purse is standing by its decision to award a lease contract to a private firm amid rumours the project will feature a hotel and shopping complex right next to Bangkok’s Leng Noei Yi Temple. “The firm has proceeded in line with the law,” an official at the office...
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16 rangers injured in Pattani roadside bomb Police have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a grenade attack that injured seven people in central Narathiwat on Sunday night. The arrest came on the same day that a group of 16 military rangers were injured in a bomb attack and an ensuing gun...
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