By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail Los Angeles – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the coveted best picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday (Mar. 12, this morning Thai time) as Hollywood embraced an off-kilter story about a Chinese-American family working out their problems across multiple dimensions. The movie claimed seven
Month: March 2023
Mae Hong Son drowning in toxic dust as PM2.5 exceeds 224
THE Centre for Air Pollution Mitigation said at 7 a.m. this morning (Mar. 13) PM.2.5, tiny particulate matter that can dangerously clog lungs, exceeded 224 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³) in Mae Hong Son province, Naewna newspaper said. Provinces where air pollution has worsened include Bangkok and its vicinity, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Nan,
Read moreRed shirt-led Udon Thani prefers Thaksin’s daughter for PM: NIDA poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST CONSTITUENTS OF UDON Thani, known as the capital of Red Shirt activists, have been found preferring former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s youngest daughter for prime minister, reported the NIDA Poll today (Mar.12). Out of a total of 1,020 respondents in Udon Thani, 48.24% say they would prefer to see
Read moreAvoid live blood analysis, Panda Lab Doctor warns
THE widely-followed Panda Lab Doctor Facebook page warned people to beware of fake blood test results using live blood analysis, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 12). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor page, said he has come across invitations to undergo live blood analysis (LBA) and
Read morePhotos of Prayut lookalike going viral
THAI NETIZENS couldn’t get over how much a vocational education expert looks like Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as images of the former went viral on Thai social media, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 12). Photos of Prayut’s doppelgänger were first posted on Uttaradit Vocational College’s Facebook page with the caption stating that Dr. Bandit
Read more4 injured as jealous soldier attacks motorcycle taxi riders
A JEALOUS soldier attacked motorcycle taxi riders parked in front of his girlfriend’s milk shop in Rat Burana area with a sickle and two ping-pong bombs slightly injuring four of them, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 12). At 4.30 p.m. yesterday Pol. Capt. Wisarut Thathong, a deputy inspector at Rat Burana station, was alerted
Read moreChinese tourists’ school uniform fad reaches Phuket
WITH Phuket now bustling as a large number of both Thai and foreign tourists flock in, it is Chinese tourists who are making waves with their fad to take photos clad in Thai school uniforms at key downtown spots, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 11). This trend among the Chinese tourists to wear Thai
Read moreThanathorn insists military be kept out of politics for good
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit today (Mar.11) insisted that the military be ultimately kept out of politics for the sake of democratic rule. Assisting in the Move Forward electoral campaign in Chaiyaphum, Thanathorn told a cheering crowd in the northeastern province that the progressive party has found it ultimately necessary
Read more2 young activists end hunger strike after 53 days to live and fight on
TWO female activists who have been on a severe hunger strike since January 18 to press for release of 21 political detainees with some including themselves facing lese majeste and sedition charges ended their protest fast after 53 days today (Mar. 11) so as to live and fight on, Matichon newspaper said. One of
Read moreUS bank collapse biggest failure since 2008
By Reuters and published by Financialexpress.com START-UP FOCUSED lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank failure since the financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets and stranded billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank,
Read moreFEATURE: Electoral campaign catchphrases, who cares?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MAJOR PARTIES HAVE COINED pithy, striking catchphrases which they keep repeating whilst delivering electoral campaign speeches in public venues throughout the country. Huge signs on the backdrop of raised platforms and roadside placards ostentatiously advertise their respective slogans. According to former election commissioner Gothom Arya, various catchphrases of those contesting
Read morePad Thai listed by Oxford dictionary website as an international word
THE tasty Thai noodle dish “Pad Thai” enjoyed all around the world has now been listed in the Oxford dictionary website as a category C2 international word, which puts it on par with words like pizza from Italy, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 10). A search at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ yields the following definition for Pad Thai:
Read moreSchoolgirl shot dead in front of Pattani mosque
ONE of two eighth-grade schoolgirls sitting in front of a mosque in Pattani’s Mueang district was shot by a man who drove past in a sports utility vehicle and she later died in the hospital, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 10). At around 8.35 a.m. police were alerted of the shooting in front
Read morePrayut shrugs off Prawit’s ‘Step Beyond Conflict’ slogan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (Mar.9) downplayed a Palang Pracharath campaign slogan which says “Step Beyond Conflict” and is being repeatedly cited by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Prayut, who is contesting an upcoming general election to prolong his rule under the Ruam Thai Sang Chart tickets, told reporters at
Read morePhang Nga’s anti-graft chief checks yellow elder trees costing over 6,000 baht each
PHANG NGA’S National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chief and other officials visited a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall yesterday (Mar. 8) after a tip-off by Corruption Deterrence Centre that 37 yellow elder trees were purchased for 6,090.50 baht each and grown there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 9). Ms.
Read moreWoman stabbed at Pratunam market, later dies in hospital
A MYANMAR woman was stabbed five times in front of a well-known department store in Pratunam area at noon today (Mar. 9) and later died at the hospital, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Capt. Siwa Klabphan, deputy chief of Phayathai police station, rushed to the scene of crime together with forensic officers, a pathologist from
Read moreForeigner found dead with slit throat in Pattaya
A NORWEGIAN man was found dead with a slit throat at a rented room in the middle of Pattaya City last night (Mar. 8) with police investigation revealing that he had recently broken up with his Thai girlfriend and since then was rather quiet and had said he wanted to die, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreOver 1.3 million air-pollution cases so far this year
THERE were as many as 1,325,838 air-pollution related cases in Thailand during Jan. 1-Mar. 5 this year with the public warned that airborne particles known as PM2.5 could lead to cardiovascular disease and lung cancer while 31,081 people died from exposure to toxic airborne dust in 2019, TV Channel 7 quoted the Public Health
Read moreS.Korean pig farm owner arrested for disposing of Thai worker’s dead body
By Choi Jae-hee, The Korea Herald A SOUTH KOREAN pig farm owner in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, has been arrested on the suspicion of disposing of the dead body of a Thai farm worker earlier this month, according to local police today (Mar. 8). According to the Pocheon police station, the farm owner is alleged
Read moreHelloFresh drops Thai coconut milk after Peta’s monkey labour drive
By The Guardian, Daily Mail and Sanook.com MEAL kit provider HelloFresh, which is based in Berlin, Germany, said it will no longer sell coconut milk sourced from Thailand as it does not support any form of animal cruelty across its supply chain, the company announced on Monday (Mar. 6). The move is in line
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