THE annual Human Rights Watch report for 2024, released last week, has flagged the next big threats facing global travel & tourism: The slow boiling-frog death of the rule of law, human rights, freedom, privacy, democracy as well as the right to protest, debate and dissent. For the first time, the HRW report refers
Day: January 21, 2024
Suspect in dismemberment of Myanmar man has fled the country: Police
FIVE FRIENDS of a Myanmar man found his dismembered body parts in a freezer at a shophouse in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district where they all had stayed temporarily as arranged by their Indian job agent this afternoon (Jan. 21) but police said the suspect has now fled the country, Amarin TV said this
Read morePeople equally divided over anti-Thaksin protests erupting: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE ARE ROUGHLY equally divided over whether massive street protests against the “untouchable” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra could possibly occur at any time, according to the latest NIDA Poll. The NIDA Poll, recently conducted among a total of 1,310 people from all walks of life
Read moreFlood-resistant rice genus to be promoted in low-lying terrains
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RICE DEPARTMENT PLANS to promote cultivation of a flood-resistant rice genus in provincial low-lying terrains in effort to contain the farmers’ repeated damage and losses due to flooding. The amylose-rich rice genus which the Rice Department will extensively promote among a total of 172 rice genuses will be distributed
Read more