Their Majesties to visit massacre victims
Their Majesties the King and Queen will visit victims of Thursday’s preschool massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu and Udon Thani provinces on Friday night, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said.Continue Reading
Mad cop shooting tragedy shakes Thailand to the core
BANGKOK – Children lay napping after eating lunch on a rainy day in their childcare center in northeast Thailand, but their dreams soon became the gruesome nightmare of Thailand’s deadliest mass killing of civilians by a lone gunman. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha reportedly plans to fly to the small town on Friday (October 7) to […]
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Justin Bieber postpones the rest of his Justice World Tour, including Singapore concert on Oct 25
Concert organiser AEG Presents Asia posted on social media to say the remaining shows will be moved to 2023.Continue Reading
Thailand attack: Country mourns after 37 killed, mostly children
An ex-police officer killed at least 37 people at a childcare centre before killing himself and his family.Continue Reading
21 more Malaysian scam victims return from Cambodia, Laos
An additional 21 Malaysians rescued from human traffickers in Cambodia and Laos returned home on Oct 6, as the government intensified efforts to locate scam victims reported missing abroad. Read full storyContinue Reading
Sex toys a new pillar of freedom in Cambodia, resisting centuries of sexual repression
Vague laws and cultural norms have stopped sex toys from becoming popular in Cambodia. But future thinking entrepreneurs are now meeting a new wave of demand for novelty items amid shifting social norms
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Families mourn preschool massacre victims
NONG BUA LAM PHU: Weeping, grief-stricken families gathered on Friday outside the preschool in Na Klang district where a former policeman murdered nearly two dozen children in one of Thailand’s worst mass killings.Continue Reading
A dream? The Palestinian Republic of Gaza
There is hardly a conflictual environment in the Middle East that is not subject to foreign input. And among these, the Gaza conundrum stands out as one of the prime examples. The Gaza conundrum in essence has two components. The first is that the territory is not self-sufficient. With some 80% of its population aid-dependent, […]
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Marathoner Soh Rui Yong apologises to SNOC again, hopes to race for Singapore in future
SINGAPORE: National marathoner Soh Rui Yong on Thursday (Oct 6) issued his second apology to the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) in less than a year over his past statements and disagreements with the council. In the letter posted on Soh’s Facebook page, he wrote that he wishes to “putContinue Reading
Phoon Chiu Yoke gets new charge of not wearing mask for 15 minutes in ION Orchard
SINGAPORE: A woman who has been in and out of court for failing to wear a mask when it was a requirement has received a new similar charge. Phoon Chiu Yoke, 55, on Friday (Oct 7) received one charge of failing to wear a mask over her nose and mouthContinue Reading