UPON being alerted by Chinese immigration officials, the Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) mounted a search in Chiang Rai for foreigners who had illegally assumed Thai identity and started companies here and netted 255 suspects, INN News reported today (26.5.2020). The police action arose after Chinese immigration officials found out that Mr Kaew Saelee
Month: May 2020
Non-Thai students appeal for free lunch, milk
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF NON-THAI students today (26.5.2020) gathered at the provincial hall of Chiang Mai asking for free lunch and milk for themselves and about 80,000 others throughout Thailand. Led by several civil networks, the non-Thai students who have desperately intended to be naturalized as Thais peacefully held up placards calling
Read moreBang Pu has reopened! Head there to exercise and relax
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com AFTER being closed for months to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Bang Pu Recreation Centre in Samut Prakarn has again reopened to the public for exercise and various recreational activities, Sanook.com reported. Located just beyond the 37 km marker on Sukhumvit road, it is in fact the army’s rehabilitation and
Read moreA massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks
By Zack Whittaker, Techcrunch.com THAILAND’S largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai internet users. Security researcher Justin Paine said in a blog post that he found the database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, on the internet without a password. With
Read moreIndian media report Chinese military build-up along the Himalayan border
THE border tensions between China and India have escalated once again, after hundreds of Chinese troops crossed into Indian territory. Soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) breached the Indian border at multiple locations in the northern Himalayan region of Ladakh, Legal Insurrection news website quoted Indian media as saying on Saturday, May 23,
Read moreVeerathai opts out of second term as Central Bank chief
BANK of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob stated today (25.5.2020) that he does not wish to enter the selection process for holding this position for a second term because of family reasons, PostToday reported. The Chairman of the Bank of Thailand Governor Selection Committee Rangsan Srivorasart had announced on May 22 that the application period for
Read moreFood vendor held for swindling 20m baht in chit fund scam
A PHUKET food vendor who ran off with over 20 million baht by operating at least three chit funds was arrested in Bangkok and sent back to the resort island even though she had both changed her name and her face through plastic surgery, Sanook.com reported this morning (25.5.2020). Miss Sirikarn or Miss Selsasithorn (surname
Read moreTear gas fired, arrests made as thousands protest in Hong Kong
Reuters and published by The Hindu HONG KONG police fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse thousands protesting today (24.5.2020) against ‘plan to directly impose national security laws on the city, the biggest flare-up in the city since Covid-19 lockdowns began. Crowds thronged the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay, where protesters chanted, “Revolution
Read moreCurfew could be cut by an hour next week
THE National Security Council said today (24.5.2020) that an ad hoc committee on enforcing measures against Covid-19 outbreak would on May 27 consider both phase 3 easing of the lockdown and shortening the curfew by an hour, PostToday reported. Gen Somsak Rungsita, the council’s secretary general, said the committee’s decision on whether to maintain curfew
Read moreLight beams used to protest against emergency extension
Thai Newsroom Reporters LIGHT BEAMS were shot in the night sky in a northern province of Thailand last night by a young man with intent to demonstrate his quiet protest against the one-month extension to emergency rule. Anusit Klangmoo, owner of a light-and-sound displaying firm based in his home district of Phu Sang of the
Read moreSocial media debate over women selling donated food
GOING viral on Thai social media and triggering a lively debate today (24.5.2020) is a photo of an elderly woman who was spotted selling donated food she had taken from pantries of sharing at a market in Pathum Thani, Sanook.com reported. Facebook user Pinky Milky shared the photo of this elderly sitting on the footpath
Read moreCoronavirus ‘immunity passports’ are a terrible idea that could backfire, experts warn
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) – Some governments are considering using a blood test to determine whether people can return to work, school and other public activities during the coronavirus pandemic. Lack of certain antibodies would mean you don’t have an “immunity passport” and are therefore not allowed to venture out in public. Those who
Read moreCoronavirus-infected German keeps all family members safe
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GERMAN MALE who has visited northeastern Thailand for about two weeks was recently found infected with the Covid-19 but managed to keep all accompanying members of his family safe. The 42-year-old German national accompanied by a Thai wife and two children of their own traveled earlier this month from Bangkok
Read moreBugs and mushrooms help vendors earn good money
Nakhon Phanom – Residents at this northeastern province are rejoicing these days despite the lingering gloom of the Covid-19 outbreak as they are able to collect puffball mushrooms and lychee giant stink bugs from the jungles and sell them at a good price with the latter going for as much as 2,000 baht a kilogramme,
Read morePattaya hoteliers cry foul over quarantine kickbacks
Pattaya – Representatives of tourism bodies at this seaside tourist city revealed that a gang had contacted them asking for 40% kickback out of 1,000 baht person per day allocated by the government for quarantining Thai returnees for 14 days at suitable establishments, PostToday reported this morning (23.5.2020). This budget for state quarantine would be
Read moreGold heading for ‘never really imagined’ price levels amid volatility
By Anna Golubova, Kitco News THERE is a lot of volatility ahead for gold, whether it be this year or this decade, with new investors embracing the precious metal in its traditional or digital forms, according to Digix co-founder and COO Shaun Djie. Gold’s investor-base is already widening as many new type of traders have
Read moreThai-Myanmar motorcycle theft gang busted
POLICE arrested four members of a Thai-Myanmar motorcycle theft gang who dismantled the stolen bikes and sent the pieces across the border for assembly and sale in the neighbouring country, INN News reported today (22.5.2020). Pol Maj Gen Samart Srisiriviboonchai, head of Metropolitan Police Division 5, and Klong Tan police said at a press briefing
Read moreStudents stage small demonstration to mark coup anniversary
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SMALL GROUP of students briefly conducted a banner-wielding demonstration in the heart of Bangkok today (22.5.2020) to mark the sixth anniversary of Thailand’s latest coup. Outside the army headquarters on Rajadamnern Avenue, 10-member students of the Popular Student Network for Democracy demonstrated with banners saying ”Gray Army” and ”Defense Budget
Read moreFrench media plays up 2 families enjoying lockdown on Koh Samui
MAKING waves in France is the story of two French families who chose to escape Covid-19 by happily locking down on Koh Samui which they called paradise island, PostToday reported this morning (22.5.2020). The other reasons they gave for opting to be confined on this southern Thai island is this country’s public health system being
Read moreCambodians nabbed sneaking into Thailand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO DOZENS OF Khmers were arrested on illegal entry charges after they sneaked across the border into Thai territory today (21.5.2020), police said. One group of 12 Cambodians, seven females and five males, was arrested by the police in Ta Phraya district of Sa Kaeo province while the other group of
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