THE VISA-FREE access to Thailand by Chinese tourists has led a large number of them inquiring and then deciding to undergo plastic surgery, infertility treatment as well as general medical examination here, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Mar. 30). Mr. Sitthi Panupattnapong, chairman of Synphaet Co. Lt.’s board of directors, said the visa waiver
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Myanmar workers protest again, throw bottles and rocks at media vehicles
MYANMAR workers at a factory construction site in Rayong where a tower crane collapsed killing seven of their colleagues yesterday (Mar. 29) staged a second protest today over not getting social security payments throwing bottles and rocks at vehicles of journalists from various TV channels who ran for their lives, Naewna newspaper said. Around
Read moreFrench naval units to join Asean exercises, patrols
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FRENCH NAVY’S maritime units based in the southwestern Pacific are scheduled to join those of Thailand and other Asean member countries in conducting joint naval exercises and patrols, beginning next month. Under an international umbrella of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Coordination Centre, French naval forces attached to the southwestern Pacific
Read moreProtesting Myanmar workers settle for 1.6m baht per death
AROUND 500 Myanmar construction workers protesting at a factory construction site in Rayong where seven of their colleagues were killed and many others injured after a tower crane collapsed with rescuers blocked from going in to help the injured and take the bodies for autopsy reached an agreement with the employer for compensation of
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