Thailand probes Facebook’s removal of army-linked accounts
By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul, Associated Press, published by ABC News PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he has assigned the Royal Thai Army to investigate after Facebook Inc. removed 185 accounts and groups allegedly engaged in an information-influencing operation in Thailand run by the military. That followed Facebook’s announcement a day earlier that it had deleted 77 […]
Read MoreTwo beauty pageant contestants test positive for coronavirus
OF the over 60 beautiful women who arrived in Thailand to compete in the “Miss Grand International 2020” pageant taking place in Bangkok on March 27 this year two of them, from Nigeria and Kenya, have tested positive for coronavirus, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (March 4). The eight Miss Grand International pageant is […]
Read MoreMyanmar police break up protests again after bloodiest day since coup
By Reuters Staff, published by Yahoo! News POLICE in Myanmar broke up demonstrations in several places with tear gas and gunfire on today (March 4) as protesters took to the streets again undeterred by the rising death toll in a crackdown on opponents of last month’s military coup. The incidents followed the bloodiest day so […]
Read MoreAir pollution soars in northern, western Thailand
AN air quality website today (March 4) sounded an alert that the air in many parts of northern and western Thailand is not suitable for breathing due to particulate matter of no more than 2.5 microns (PM 2.5) being several times higher than the acceptable value of below 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air, […]
Read MorePolice arrest singer’s girlfriend at airport
AT 11.10 p.m. last night a Metropolitan Police unit arrest the girlfriend of Mr. Chaiamorn Kaewwiboonpan, a popular singer whose stage name is Ammy the Bottom Blues, after he was earlier arrested in Ayutthaya province on the charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, for setting fire […]
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