PARENTS of a five-year-old boy appealed to Paveena Hongsakul Foundation for Children and Women for assistance as he is now depressed, refusing to eat or sleep and fears going to school, after a teacher’s assistant removed his uniform and underwear, leaving only his socks, then made him stand in front of the classroom as
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Latest school shooting in Thailand may spur calls in Asia for more active safety drills
By AP and published by Yahoo!News SAN RAFAEL, Philippines: A school shooting this week in Thailand may spark greater interest in holding more active shooter drills at educational institutions, as Southeast Asian nations consider measures to curb gun violence. Students in San Rafael, in the Philippines, took part in the Nationwide Simultaneous School Safety
Read morePanic at Phang Nga school after online shooting threat
A SCHOOL in Phang Nga was terrified today (Aug. 20) after a man brandishing a gun threatened to mount an attack in an online post with the motive apparently stemming from a family dispute, Naewna newspaper said. This followed a shooting spree at a Nonthaburi school on Aug. 7 with a 14-year-old male student
Read moreHatyai school moves classes online after alleged threats by former foreign teacher
HATYAI Wittayalai School announced moving classes online on Monday and Tuesday (Aug. 10-11) after a former foreign teacher allegedly posted messages and images of weapons that appeared to be a threat to shoot the administrators and teachers, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said this evening (Aug. 8). At 4.20 p.m. Ms. Thivichaya Meechuworapong, the
Read morePM rejects calls permitting teachers to carry firearms
AFTER the deadly school shooting by a 14-year-old male student leading to seven fatalities, including himself, within the premises with the perpetrator having also shot dead his grandparents prior to that Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Aug. 8) rejected proposals to allow teachers to carry firearms, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said. Anutin bluntly
Read morePolice questioning teachers and classmates over deadly school shooting
POLICE investigators are urgently questioning teachers and classmates of a 14-year-old male student who went on a rampage killing five teachers, a young girl, and injuring over 20 others before taking his own life after having also killed his grandparents at their home in Nonthaburi yesterday (Aug. 7), Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said
Read moreShooting spree teen followed similar incidents in US: Police
AN INSPECTION of the computer used by a 14-year-old male student who went on a rampage at Thepsinin School in Nonthaburi this morning (Aug. 7) killing seven people including himself and injuring 15 others revealed a history of searching for similar incidents in the US, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Wattana Yijin, commander
Read more13 children hurt as car rams into development centre after 7 die in school shooting spree
A SECOND incident involving young children occurred today (Aug. 7) with a car crashing into a child development centre in Kanchanaburi’s Mueang district injuring 13 sleeping tots after a secondary school male student went on a shooting spree at his school in Nonthaburi leaving seven dead including himself and 15 others injured, Amarin TV and
Read moreWhat expat families should know about living near Shrewsbury International School Bangkok
Sponsored article by Anucha Kasun MOST expat families pick their school first and worry about the apartment later. But if you’re enrolling at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok, where you live will shape everyday life in ways that go well beyond the morning commute. Shrewsbury sits on the river in Sathorn, and the district around it
Read more13 hurt as school van slams into power pole
A SCHOOL VAN crashed into a power pole in Pathum Thani province early this morning (July 6) leading to 12 male high school students and the driver getting injured, Amarin TV said. At 7.30 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Namchok Duangsuwan, investigating officer at Pak Khlong Rangsit police station, was alerted of this accident on
Read moreUnlicensed school on Koh Phangan raided
A TEAM of soldiers and policemen raided an unlicensed school on Koh Phangan where over a hundred foreign students, among them many from Israel, were studying and also rounded foreign teachers working there without permits, Amarin TV said today (May 2). Lt. Gen. Norathip Poinok, commander of the 4th Army Region and director of
Read moreUpdate: 3 injured in school hostage-taking crisis, no fatalities
THE Public Health Ministry said in a Facebook post late this evening (Feb. 11) that three people had been injured in a hostage-taking crisis at a school in Hat Yai with the principal who was shot and earlier reported having died actually survived, TV Channel 7 said. The gunman who stormed the school at
Read moreGunman holding students, teachers hostage surrenders
A GUNMAN who took students and teachers hostage at a prestigious school in Hat Yai has surrendered with the principal he shot later dying in the hospital, Amarin TV said this evening (Feb. 11). At approximately 4.45 p.m. the gunman, who is a former student around 16 to 17 years old, opened fire within
Read moreInferno bus in use for 54 years
THE BUS that caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit road leading to the tragic death of 23 mainly kindergarten and primary schoolchildren and teachers had been in use for 54 years with the engine switched from Isuzu to Benz at a later date, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 2). This bus, the second of
Read moreDriver dead, 15 students hurt as truck slams into van
A SIX-WHEEL parcel delivery truck slammed into a school van in Chiang Rai early this morning (Oc. 25) killing the driver of the latter vehicle and injuring 15 students, Matichon newspaper said. At 7.20 a.m. the police at Pa Daet station in this northern province were alerted of an accident on Road No. 1126 passing
Read moreFrance to ban Muslim abaya dress in state schools
By Reuters and published by CNA Paris – France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday (Aug. 27) ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools
Read moreUpdate: Fire extinguisher that exploded did not have a safety valve
POLICE said a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that exploded during a fire drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing one student and injuring 29 others was a reusable one but not fitted with a safety valve, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said this afternoon (June 23). Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti
Read more1 student dead, 5 others injured as fire extinguisher explodes during drill
A FIRE DRILL at Rajavinit Mathayom School in Dusit district turned into a tragedy when a carbon dioxide extinguisher exploded killing one student and injuring five others including a coach at 11.30 a.m. this morning (June 23), Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang and Nang Loeng
Read moreYok explains her actions after termination of student status
SOON AFTER Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School issued a statement late this afternoon (June 17) that 15-year-old Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, no longer has student status for not complying with the condition that a parent must hand over the student at the start of the new school year, she clarified her actions in a
Read moreYok climbs fence to enter school again, willing to hold talks
A 15-year-old girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, climbed the fence to enter her school again today (June 15) and said she is willing to hold talks to find a solution to continuing studying there, Naewna newspaper said. Triam
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