By Reuters, AFP, NYTimes and Bloomberg, published by The Straits Times Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo today (Oct. 2) ordered a safety review of the country’s football matches after at least 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede and riot at a soccer match, officials said, in one of the world’s
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Poll finds most Gen-Zers view 2017 constitution as ‘dictatorial’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z YOUNGSTERS regard the 2017 junta-designed constitution as being “dictatorial”, according to a recent poll. Rangsit University political scientist Thamrongsak Petlert-anand revealed today (Oct. 2) findings of the opinion poll conducted earlier this month among a total of 707 Gen-Z adolescents where 85.8% of the respondents considered the current
Read moreAfter weeks of flooding Lat Krabang residents find sandbags stuffed in a drain
RESIDENTS of a neighbourhood in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district that has been flooded since September 10 with the floodwater now reeking today (Oct. 2) found that sandbags had been stuffed into a key drain, Amarin TV said. People living in Soi Luang Phaeng 6 said they started checking the drains after hearing that sandbags
Read moreBig plastic factory ablaze in Songkhla, 2 workers injured
A LARGE plastic factory in Hat Yai district of southern Songkhla province caught fire at noon today (Oct. 2) injuring two workers as it spread rapidly and engulfed the entire plant, Amarin TV said. Thick black smoke spread from the fire that raged violently with plastic being very flammable. Because the blaze started within the
Read moreCall to stop partisan cabinet members from handing out taxpayers’ money
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ELECTION commissioner Sodsri Satayatham yesterday (Oct. 1) suggested the polling agency enforce all current cabinet members to quit as members of a party in order to hand out the taxpayer’s money to people in times of an electoral campaign. Sodsri advised that all partisan cabinet members be legally prohibited
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