WITH A House special committee’s observations on a report on drafting an amnesty bill for political offenders up for vote at the House of Representatives tomorrow (Oct. 24) the government whip said he is confident it would be approved as the largest parties both sides of the aisle, Pheu Thai and People’s, would be
Day: October 23, 2024
Thai visitor arrivals stats prove link between tourism and peace
THAILAND has reported 26.08 million arrivals in the nine-month Jan.-Sept. 2024 period, up 30.09% over the same period of 2023. A deeper analysis shows how the country is benefitting from both internal peace and external conflicts as it seeks to safeguard the role of tourism as an economic mainstay in the second year of
Read moreGrave robbers steal 12 skulls from Chonburi cemetery
A GRUESOME theft occurred at a Chonburi cemetery with grave robbers stealing 12 skulls of homeless dead buried there with this being the second time some skulls have been stolen, Thai Rath newspaper said late last evening (Oct. 22). At 6 p.m. yesterday Pol. Capt. Thawatchai Laphan, deputy investigation officer at Phanat Nikhom police
Read more3 kidnapped Chinese students released, safe
THREE Chinese students who were tricked to deliver goods from Mae Sot town on the Thai-Myanmar border to Bangkok then kidnapped and taken to Myawaddy town just across the Moei river in Myanmar were released after part of the ransom was paid and rescued by police while walking in a forest, Amarin TV said
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