People warned about fake banknotes
Police are warning the public against counterfeit 1,000-baht banknotes that have been found circulating in northeastern Thailand.Continue Reading
Hu Jintao: ex-president escorted out of China party congress
The former president is escorted off stage during the Party Congress, with no explanation given.Continue Reading
Pata Zoo denies gorilla ‘Bua Noi’ is for sale
Pata Zoo has denied there is any deal to sell the country’s last gorilla, Bua Noi, for 30 million baht so that she can be relocated to Germany, saying its management never thought of putting a price on the cherished animal to gain profits.Continue Reading
Policeman shot outside station by fourth wife
A police officer at the Phra Khanong station in Bangkok was shot early Saturday in front of his workplace by a pregnant woman later revealed to be one of his multiple wives.Continue Reading
China’s President Xi closes Communist Party Congress; Premier Li absent from new leadership lineup
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference chairman Wang Yang, who was tipped to be the next premier, was also absent from the list of members of the new Central Committee.Continue Reading
Struggle and win, Xi tells party delegates as Congress ends
Xi previously abolished the presidential two-term limit in 2018, paving the way for him to rule indefinitely. The weekend will also see the new Central Committee approve a reshuffled 25-member Politburo, as well as a Politburo Standing Committee – China’s apex of power – of around seven people, which analystsContinue Reading
Actor ‘Tono’ starts 15-km charity swim across Mekong
NAKHON PHANOM: Popular singer-actor Pakin “Tono” Kumwilaisak plunged into the Mekong River in this northeastern province to start his charity swim on Saturday morning to raise funds for two public hospitals, with donations soaring past 40 million baht by early afternoon.Continue Reading
Actor ‘Tono’ kickstarts 15-km charity swim across Mekong
NAKHON PHANOM: Popular singer-cum-actor Pakin “Tono” Kumwilaisak plunged into the Mekong River in Muang district of this northeastern province to kickstart his charity swim across the river on Saturday morning to raise funds for two public hospitals, with donations soaring to 29 million baht.Continue Reading
Former China president Hu Jintao unexpectedly leaves Congress closing ceremony
BEIJING: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s (Oct 22) closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment that disrupted the highly choreographed event. Hu’s departure was left unexplained, and the nation’s censors appeared to quickly scrub any recent references to him fromContinue Reading
Former China president Hu unexpectedly leaves Congress closing ceremony
BEIJING: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s (Oct 22) closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, AFP journalists on the scene witnessed. The frail-looking Hu, 79, initially seemed reluctant to leave the front row of Politburo Standing Committee members in Beijing’s Great Hall of theContinue Reading