By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly resolved to use legal loopholes and apply his thinly veiled, personal power by which his fugitive sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra could probably return home without being subsequently thrown in jail, a partisan source confirmed today (Dec. 4). The billionaire power
Day: December 4, 2024
Tourist boat sinks in Chao Phraya boat collision
A TUGBOAT laden with heavy loads of sand lost control and slammed into a tourist boat at a pier adjacent to Krungthep bridge triggering a chain reaction leading to four others likewise being hit and one sinking while a woman got injured earlier today (Dec. 4), Naewna newspaper said. At 10.56 a.m. a team
Read moreSouth Korean President Yoon abandons martial law attempt
By AFP published by CNA and Reuters published by Yahoo!News Seoul – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol abandoned a short-lived attempt at martial law today (Dec. 4), reversing course after lawmakers defied security forces to vote against his declaration and thousands of protesters took to the streets. Yoon’s shock bid to impose South
Read moreNo hope for global peace as ‘merchants of death’, mostly American, rake in billions
THE Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), the world’s leading think-tank tracking global military expenditure, on Dec. 2 released new data on revenues earned by the 100 largest companies dealing in weaponry and military services. What’s that got to do with Travel & Tourism? Everything. The shocking statistics and trends unveiled in the report
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