Betong’s tourist prospects are now looking up
2022-09-24
Businesses in the tourism field of Betong district in Yala make more than 200 mil baht in income since the country re-opened in May.Continue Reading
There’s nothing wrong in shedding a tear
2022-09-24
I admit to spending the best part of Monday afternoon stoically trying to fight off the teardrops — and almost dealing with it. I was enjoying the funeral about Queen Elizabeth 2 on TV and for an ancient Brit like me it absolutely was emotionally exhausting. I highly recommend you excuse me for the sentimentality.Continue Reading
Russia’s Lavrov accuses Washington of playing with fire around Taiwan
2022-09-24
UNITED NATIONS: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of “playing with fire” close to Taiwan on Saturday (Sep 24) in the speech sharply critical of Washington at the annual gathering in the United Nations. The United States was now trying to “subjugate” Asian areas, Lavrov stated inContinue Reading
Chinese anthem booed as football returns to Hong Kong
2022-09-24
HONG KONG: Hong Kong football fans had been heard booing China’s national anthem on Saturday (Sep 24) at the first match up open to spectators within the city since legislation outlawing the exercise was passed over two years ago. Supporters in Hong Kong have been barred from games for almostContinue Reading
Philippines braces for tropical storm approaching northern provinces
2022-09-24
MANILA: The Philippines’ disaster agency said on Saturday (Sep 24) it was on high alert as being a tropical storm was anticipated to bring heavy rain fall and severe wind gusts to northern provinces, some of which have already been strike by a cyclone last month. Tropical storm Noru willContinue Reading
Chadchart: Bangkok reconsidering mask rules
2022-09-24
Mask requirements in Bangkok might be reconsidered following the government’s decision to revoke the emergency decree on Covid-19, based on city governor Chadchart Sittipunt.Continue Reading
Laos makes huge drug haul
2022-09-24
Police in Laos have made their third-biggest single seizure of unlawful drugs by netting 33 million methamphetamine pills, an United Nations official said upon Saturday.Continue Reading
Pheu Thai and Democrats: New EC rules vague
2022-09-24
Politicians are scratching their mind about what they can plus can’t do in the run-up to the next political election, with a senior opposition figure calling the new rules announced by the Election Commission (EC) vague and confusing.Continue Reading
Woman arrested in China officials impersonation scam involving staged kidnap
2022-09-24
SINGAPORE: A 21-year-old woman suspected to become involved in a Tiongkok officials impersonation fraud was arrested after police received a written report on a kidnapping case which turned out to be taking place. The authorities said in a news release on Saturday (Sep 24) that they received a report onContinue Reading
6.2 Sumatra quake felt in southern Thailand
2022-09-24
People living in tall structures in three the southern part of provinces — Songkhla, Phangna and Phuket — felt tremors from an earthquake measuring 6. 2 on the Richter range centred off the northwestern tip of Sumatra in Indonesia earlier Saturday.Continue Reading