By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be given further privileges even after he has been released on parole later this month, according to a former lawmaker. Ex-Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Feb.8) posted on his Facebook page to say the authorities might probably allegedly
Day: February 8, 2024
Japanese man chased by knife-wielding cabbie after dispute over not using the meter
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an account by a Japanese man on having to run for his life from a knife-wielding taxi driver after a dispute over the latter not turning on the meter, TV Channel 3’s 3PlusNews said this afternoon (Feb. 8). This Japanese man, only identified as X who has
Read moreChinese firm behind ‘news’ websites pushes pro-Beijing content globally, researchers find
By Reuters and published by CNA San Francisco – More than 100 websites disguised as local news outlets in Europe, Asia and Latin America are pushing pro-China content in a widespread influence campaign linked to a Beijing public relations firm, digital watchdog Citizen Lab has found. Spread over websites in 30 countries, the propaganda
Read moreDengue fever spike not just in Thailand but Brazil too
AMID AN alert of the likely continuous increase of dengue fever patients in Thailand is that Brazil too is another country currently trying to contain the spread of this disease, Naewna newspaper and BBC said last evening (Feb. 7). Dr. Thongchai Keeratihatthayakorn, head of the Disease Control Department, said last month there were 8,197
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