200 UTN posters in Northeast destroyed
Somsak Thepsutin, a key Pheu Thai Party figure, has pledged to promote traditional animal sports to draw more foreign tourists and stimulate the local economy.Continue Reading
Police seek AI’s help on crime
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) is calling for an upgrade of the Immigration Bureau’s biometric identification system through artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help improve the monitoring of international criminals.Continue Reading
New surge ‘could see 10,000 daily cases for a short time only’
The number of daily Covid-19 cases is likely to reach 5,000-10,000 during a new wave but numbers probably will drop quite quickly after that, says Dr Nitipatana Chierakul, head of the Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis Division at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital.Continue Reading
Migrant workers plug crucial gaps
Some roles, particularly in Thailand’s recovering tourism and service sectors, are now mostly being filled by migrant workers due to a chronic manpower shortage, a top official from the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) has said.Continue Reading
Card scammer nabbed after 14 years
Police have arrested a 44-year-old woman in Sing Buri 14 years after gang members used a forged credit card in the name of the New Zealand ambassador to buy and sell fuel worth about 10 million baht.Continue Reading
420 weed party plan stokes ire
Opposition is mounting to a cannabis-smoking event planned for today in the Khao San Road area of Bangkok as the date, April 20, aligns with the “420” celebration of cannabis culture around the world.Continue Reading
WhatsApp message claiming XBB COVID-19 subvariant more toxic and deadly than Delta variant untrue: MOH
SINGAPORE: Allegations circulating on WhatsApp that the Omicron XBB subvariant of COVID-19 is “five times more toxic”, more deadly and harder to detect than the Delta variant are untrue, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (April 19). In a Facebook post, MOH said that both international and localContinue Reading
Man arrested for allegedly receiving marine gas oil stolen from Shell’s Pulau Bukom facility
SINGAPORE: A man has been arrested for allegedly receiving marine gas oil (MGO) stolen from Shell Eastern Petroleum’s Pulau Bukom facility, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday (Apr 19). The 48-year-old, who was not in Singapore during the investigation into his alleged offences, was arrested when he enteredContinue Reading
Chinese actress Jiang Mengjie praised for revealing upskirting blackmail
Jiang Mengjie wins praise for taking action against blackmailers after upskirting images of her were filmed.Continue Reading
‘Hotter and hotter’: Swathes of Asia sweat in heatwave
BANGKOK: Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region. Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost 60 years in the past week, while in IndiaContinue Reading