By Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal, AP, and published by Yahoo!News Chiang Saen, Thailand – Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing:
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Officials chase illegal gold mining gang in reserved forest
OFFICIALS of Thong Pha Phum National Park in Kanchanaburi province together with soldiers and Border Patrol Police moved in on a gang of 15 to 20 illegal gold miners as they were digging and panning on top of a mountain but managed to arrest only one suspect after chasing them through the thick forest,
Read moreBitcoin mining dens that stole 100m baht of electricity raided
A TEAM of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) police together with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) officials raided houses and commercial buildings at several locations across Kanchanaburi that had been turned into Bitcoin mining dens and effectively stolen over 100 million baht in electricity annually, PPTVHD36 said today (Oct. 9). The raid followed a complaint
Read moreProtest over potash mining in Korat as PM, ministers arrive for meeting
A GROUP of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) residents staged a protest over exploration and mining of potash deposits in their Northeastern province just as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ministers arrived for a mobile cabinet meeting at Rajabhat University, Naewna newspaper said today (July 2). Protesters from Non Thai, Non Sung and City districts affected
Read moreMore Bitcoin mining dens to be raided in Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE RAIDS ON a few illegal, makeshift facilities with arrays of computers for Bitcoin mining business in Chiang Mai are anticipated shortly in sustained measures to crack down on the power-squandering activity, police said today (June 6). Following an earlier raid on a Bitcoin mining den in disguise of a
Read more70 million baht Bitcoin mining rig seized in Samut Sakhon raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BITCOIN MINING activity was today (May 1) found illegally operating at a disguised factory in Samut Sakhon, police said. Seized in the police raid on the abandoned, unnamed ice-making factory in Tajin area of the capital district of Samut Sakhon were 690 computers and 17 mainframes allegedly used for
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