By Andrew Dalton – AP, and published by Yahoo!News Monterey Park, Calif. – A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the fifth mass killing in the US this month. Capt. Andrew
Month: January 2023
112-hour standing in protest of detaining 21 political activists starts
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF POLITICAL activists has today (Jan.22) begun to literally demonstrate a 112-hour standing in support of a persistent call for release of 21 political detainees, including a few earlier arrested on lese majeste charges and currently conducting a severe hunger strike. Members of the so-called Thalufa activist group
Read moreThree policemen escorting Chinese tourist transferred
THREE policemen seen providing police escort to a female Chinese tourist in a video that has gone viral in China have been transferred to the headquarters, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 22). The tourist said in the video clip that everything is really for sale in Thailand including police escort from the airplane
Read moreInsurgent badly hurt while placing bomb in Yala
ONE of two insurgents who rode up on a motorcycle to a water pumping station at Yala’s Suan Si Muang Dam in the dead of the night got badly injured when the improvised explosive device he was carrying to place there went off beforehand, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 22). The injured insurgent, Mr.
Read moreAI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?
By Matt O’Brien and Arijet Lajka – AP, and published by ABC News New York – Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitised artworks to produce
Read moreProtest in front of court in support of fasting activists
A GROUP of protesters are continuing their demonstration in front of the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Road in conjunction with a hunger strike by two detained female activists who are neither eating nor drinking water with tonight (Jan. 21) being the third night but they have been taken to the Correctional Department’s hospital, Matichon
Read morePolice probing Chinese video clip claiming to hire Thai police escort
THAI POLICE have launched an investigation into a video clip going viral in China with the woman who shared it claiming that everything is really for sale in Thailand including police escort from the airplane to the hotel for only 6,000 to 7,000 baht, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 21). Pol. Maj. Gen.
Read moreKorat gold shops quiet amid sluggish demand this Chinese New Year
DESPITE CHINESE New Year usually heralding a bounce in trade of gold jewellery with people buying precious ornaments for their loved ones, this time round demand is low in Nakhon Ratchasima, or Korat, leading to gold shops remaining rather quiet, INN News said today (Jan. 21). At this northeastern city’s economic centre stretching along
Read moreGoogle parent Alphabet to lay off 12,000 workers as AI focus intensifies
By Reuters and published by CNA GOOGLE’S parent Alphabet Inc said on Friday (Jan. 20) it is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its workforce, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet’s shares rose almost 4 percent in pre-market trading. The cuts
Read morePrawit repeats scene-stealing trip prior to Prayut’s planned visit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS VIEWED as a repeated stealing of the scene, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Jan.20) visited Nakhon Sawan 10 days ahead of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s scheduled visit to the same province. Prawit who paid the official visit as deputy prime minister to water resources development projects
Read moreCall centre scammers use voice cloning to fleece Thai man
A FACEBOOK user warned that call centre scammers are now using voice cloning to trick their victims into sending them money by replicating the voice of a relative or a close friend, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 20). Ms. Jindapa “Bum” Kunavoratham revealed that her father got a call from a scammer pretending to
Read moreChulalongkorn, Thammasat students push for freeing 21 political detainees
. By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHULALONGKORN AND THAMMASAT university students have today (Jan.20) begun to move in support of a resolute call for unconditional, immediate release of 21 detained political activists. Large banners were spotted dangling from some buildings in the premises of Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus with statements encouraging students
Read moreSenior police officers being probed over payoff by Chinese grey capitalist gang
POLICE have launched a serious disciplinary inquiry over payoff by a Chinese grey capitalist gang to a 191 and Department of Special Investigation team during a raid of a house in Thungmahamek area and then walked free, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 20). Pol. Maj. Gen, Archayon Kraithong, the police spokesman, said the
Read moreScoot flight takes off hours early, leaving 29 passengers behind
By The Straits Times and India.com Singapore – A Singapore-bound Scoot flight from Amritsar, India, on Wednesday took off four hours earlier than initially scheduled, leaving 29 passengers stranded. According to the airline, it is aware that some passengers missed the flight. In response to The Straits Times’ queries, Scoot said that flight TR509
Read moreTu Hao and 40 others hit with several charges, face death penalty
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL filed a string of charges against a key Chinese grey capitalist suspect and 40 others today (Jan. 19) with drug-related offences carrying maximum death penalty, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. At 3 p.m. today Ms. Naree Tantasathien, the attorney-general, ordered the Office of Narcotics Litigation to submit the 332-page indictment of
Read morePolling agency urged to probe Prayut-promoting event
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (Jan.19) petitioned to investigate an alleged breach of the law on the part of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party by having earlier held an undue activity in support of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, head of the Thai Liberal Party’s policy-steering campaign, filed
Read moreWoman senator lashes at Prayut for doing nothing to combat corruption
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SENATOR PORNTHIP Rojanasunand has today (Jan.19) taken Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to task for allegedly doing nothing to combat corruption among government personnel. In a rare criticism of the prime minister, Pornthip posted on her Instagram page to say Prayut has obviously remained non-committal to graft scandals surrounding high-ranking government
Read moreOver 900,000 foreign tourists came to Thailand during Jan. 1-15: TAT
THE TOURISM Authority of Thailand (TAT) said altogether 913,013 foreign tourists came to the country the first 15 days of 2023 with Russians topping the list followed by Malaysians, South Koreans, Indians and Laotians, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 19). TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn revealed that during Jan. 1-15 there were 99,593 Russians arrivals
Read moreMicrosoft to cut 10,000 jobs as tech layoffs intensify
By Reuters and published by Euronews.com MICROSOFT Corp on Wednesday (Jan. 18) said it would eliminate 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2-billion charge as its cloud-computing customers dissect their spending and the company braces for potential recession. The layoff, far larger than cuts by Microsoft last year, pile on to tens of thousands of
Read moreSingapore denies authorising transfer of arms, materials to Myanmar
By Channel News Asia Singapore – Singapore does not authorise the transfer of arms or “items with potential military application” to Myanmar, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday (Jan. 18). There is serious risk that such items may be used to inflict violence against unarmed civilians, a spokesperson added. The ministry was
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