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Day: July 16, 2022

Local News

Freshmen forced to dance naked in front of women during varsity hazing ritual

  GOING viral on Thai social media today (July 16) are photos and a video clip of an orientation ceremony outside a private university campus where freshmen were forced to dance naked as women looked on, Matichon newspaper said. Twitter user Red Skull (@RedSkullxxx) who on July 13 shared photos from this hazing ritual said […]

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Life

Lampang mourns doctor who drowned trying save tourists

  NORTHERN Lampang province plunged into mourning for Dr. Surasit Ponglaohaphan, or Mor Toh, who drowned while trying to save tourists struggling in the sea at Phuket’s Kata Noi beach, Sanook.com said today (July 16). Lifeguards too swam out to save the lives of seven people drowning in the stormy sea on Thursday July 14 […]

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Local News

Prayut earns hefty allowances for chairing 52 govt panels

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha has been earning handsome allowances for meetings of dozens of government committees which he concurrently chairs in addition to his monthly salary, according to Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, Thai Liberal Party’s head of policy-steering campaign. Somchai today (July 16) posted on his Facebook to disclose that Prayut was […]

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Property

Thailand to offer land ownership to lure wealthy foreigners

  By Reuters and published by The Straits Times  THAILAND will allow foreigners to fully own land for residential use, a government official said on Friday (July 15), seeking to boost its economy by attracting a million new big-spending residents from overseas. Thailand has for decades been a popular expatriate destination for investment, retirement and […]

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