Protesters in Myanmar fight back amid violent crackdown
By Associated Press, published by CT Post Yangon — Protesters in Myanmar fired slingshots and threw Molotov cocktails toward lines of security forces after apparently coming under fire today (March 17), a rare incidence of anti-coup demonstrators fighting back against a relentlessly violent crackdown. The growing resistance comes after one organization said that more than […]
Read More77 immigration detainees catch Covid at Bang Khen centre
THE Immigration Bureau today (March 17) said 77 foreign immigration detainees have tested positive for coronavirus at the Bang Khen detention centre but none had done so at the Suan Phlu centre where almost 1,000 are held, Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sompong Chingduang, head of this bureau, said currently there were over 2,000 immigration […]
Read MorePM slams media for playing up fake vaccination allegations
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha criticised the media for play up social media comments that the jab he received yesterday (March 16) might just be water or saline solution and not the AstraZeneca vaccine, pointing out that he was ready for a vaccination anytime at all with this depending on doctors’ advise, Voice TV and Sanook.com […]
Read MoreFive Bangkok Michelin chefs honoured
By Itthi CT special to ThaiNewsroom KING in the kitchen but at home, the misses rules, concedes Chef Supaksorn ‘Ice” Jongsiri of Sorn, Bangkok’s two- Michelin star Thai restaurant. “For my favourite comfort food stor beans fried with shrimp paste over rice, I have to get it outside the house. The strong smell will draw […]
Read MoreStrong threat issued after jailed protest leader called for help
THE United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration posted a strong threat on its Facebook page today (March 17) after a letter written by detained lawyer Anon Nampha voicing concern for the safety of himself and two other detained protest leaders was published yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. The message said the letter, written in long-hand, […]
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