A BIG team of over 50 policemen raided a cannabis farm owned and operated by Israelis in Krabi where marijuana extract containing over 0.2% THC, classifying it as a narcotic, was sold online and farm tours by tourists held with consumption allowed on site, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said this evening (Jan.
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Myanmar to send workers to Russian construction sites
By Yu Phyu Ha, The Irrawaddy MYANMAR will start sending workers to Russia in April, according to overseas employment agencies, The Irrawaddy news website said yesterday (March 3). The two regimes have been working on a memorandum of understanding to employ Myanmar workers in Russia’s manufacturing, construction, and agriculture and livestock sectors. The first
Read more3 Thai women rescued from horrific human egg farm in Georgia
THREE Thai women who were among a 100 trapped at a human egg farm in Georgia being given hormones for extraction of their ova for sale to third countries were rescued with the help of Interpol and it is feared the Chinese Mafia gang could be after the unborn babies’ stem cells and organs
Read moreS.Korean pig farm owner arrested for disposing of Thai worker’s dead body
By Choi Jae-hee, The Korea Herald A SOUTH KOREAN pig farm owner in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, has been arrested on the suspicion of disposing of the dead body of a Thai farm worker earlier this month, according to local police today (Mar. 8). According to the Pocheon police station, the farm owner is alleged
Read moreLaunch of colourful flower farm a hit in Trang
A BOLD enterprise to turn abandoned rice fields into a colourful flower farm paid off for a southern Trang native as when the doors were opened yesterday (Feb. 1) as many as 400 people flocked in to take in the beauty and click many selfies, Matichon newspaper said today. Mr. Prawet Phusuwan, 60, who
Read moreKorat crocodile farm rushing to prevent flooding
A LARGE crocodile farm in flood-hit Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province is quickly digging a drainage canal to prevent the flooding of its four pens which would enable the over thousand reptiles to escape and threaten the residents, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 20). With the floodwater from Lam Ta Khong river getting close to the farm
Read moreFarm hut resort built for patient isolation in Ayutthaya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FARM HUT RESORT made of bamboo poles, thatched roofs, rattan walls and plywood floors has been built in Ayutthaya, specifically for home isolation of Covid-19 patients. A row of 25 wooden shacks, aptly called the farm hut resort, were newly built in knockdown fashion at Nong Pla Dook village
Read moreSix years a slave: Indian farm workers exploited in Italy
By AFP, published by The Straits Times Sabaudia, Italy – When Mr Balbir Singh refers to his ordeal, he uses the Italian word “macello”, which roughly translates as “mess” – but it is hardly enough to convey what the migrant Indian farm worker has endured. For six years, he lived in what can only
Read moreDriving across the country to get some ‘vintage’ durian
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME PEOPLE would decidedly brave a heavy rainstorm traveling all the way from Bangkok to a small village in Krabi just to taste durian from 100-year-old trees, literally. Prachak Khayankarn, the owner of 20 organically cultivated durian trees, each aged over 100 years, welcomed all visitors to his plantation in the
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