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Thai man punched to death ‘had 290,000 baht with him the day he died’

THE former wife of a Thai man punched to death by a Swiss man in Udon Thani province last Sunday (Oct. 3) said she does not believe her former husband would break into the latter’s house and try to rob him because he had just sold one rai of land and had 290,000 baht in

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Prayut bows to pressure from Democrat Party over Agriculture & Cooperatives Ministry

By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Oct. 5) bowed to pressure from a coalition partner over the running of four agencies attached to the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry. Prayut today rescinded his own directive issued last week for Deputy Prime Minister/Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan to take charge of the Agricultural

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UN Human Rights Office urges Thailand to promptly enact key legislation

THE UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia called on Thailand to promptly enact a draft law on Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance and ensure it meets international standards. The draft law was approved on September 16 for review by Thailand’s House of Representatives, and the Ad-Hoc Committee appointed to review it

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