By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMER KAMLAI SOMSEE who spared some parcels of her rice farm in Han Kha district of Chainat for a pumpkin plantation is looking for ways and means to help promote the consumption of crispy pumpkin chips made from her own cash crop. Many teenagers in town have tried the deep-fried pumpkin
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Australia seizes $100m ice in heaters, barbecues on Thai cargo ship
By 9news.com.au CLOSE to $100 million worth of the drug ice has been found concealed in electric barbecue grills and water heaters on a Thai cargo ship docked in Sydney, it was reported today (May 17). Police officers intercepted the Thai cargo vessel at Port Botany on May 4, where 62 large cardboard boxes were
Read moreBangkok hits new record for Covid cases, no infection in 17 provinces
THE Public Health Ministry said at 1 p.m. today (May 17) that of the daily Covid tally of 9,635 cases, with 6,853 being inmates and 2,782 the general public, 1,843 were in Bangkok which is the capital’s new high in the current wave, Siam Rath newspaper said. However while coronavirus cases could still be found
Read moreNearly 10,000 Covid cases today, over 6,000 in prisons
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said at 12.30 p.m. today (May 17) that there were 9,635 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with 2,782 being among the general public while 6,853 are inmates, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. There were 25 more fatalities, taking the overall death toll 614. Today’s
Read moreInsurer AXA hit by ransomware attack, lots of Thai data stolen
By BleepingComputer.com and Sanook.com BRANCHES of insurance giant AXA based in Thailand (Krungthai-AXA), Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have been struck by a ransomware cyber attack with 3 terabytes of data stolen including lots of personal information of Thai and other clients, BleepingComputer.com and Sanook.com said this morning (May 17) The compromised data
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