THE AUTHOR of a book entitled “At War With My Father” disputes that the mysterious tunnel which residents of Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhla Buri district said over the weekend they discovered, believed to have been built by Allied prisoners of war and forced labourers during World War II, is a new find as it had been
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Yingluck being named UN special envoy for Myanmar could be April Fools’ Day prank
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said today (Apr. 2) unconfirmed hearsay of deposed Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra being named a special envoy for Myanmar attached to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Office might only be an April Fools’ Day prank. Parnpree was responding to a news report published yesterday
Read moreUS, Filipino air forces holding joint air exercise over South China Sea
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES and Philippine air forces are scheduled for later this month to conduct a joint air exercise over the latter’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. Code-named Cope Thunder, the joint US-Philippine air exercise is scheduled from Apr. 8 until Apr. 19, marking the first bilateral
Read moreFilipino woman helped after fighting off rapist
A FILIPINO woman was helped by a Good Samaritan after getting injured when fighting off a rapist in Chonburi early this morning (Apr. 2), TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Col. Phonprom Muangbangyung, deputy superintendent at Huai Yai police station, took a team to investigate the edge of Huai Chak Nok Reservoir in Huai
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