Thailand has 50:50 chance of procuring F-35 fighters: Air Force Chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND CURRENTLY has a 50:50 chance of procuring a couple of US-made F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters, commented air force chief ACM Alongkorn Wannarot today (Oct. 7). ACM Alongkorn said the 50:50 chance of procuring the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II jets would more or less depend on an international […]
Read MoreShopkeeper arrested for bashing up foreign tourist with skateboard
THE owner of a shop selling cannabis infused craft sodas on Khao San road was arrested today (Oct. 7) after using a skateboard to hit a foreign tourist on the head and face before dawn yesterday, Sanook.com said. Mr. Phawit (surname withheld), or Ken, 33, admitted that at 5 a.m. yesterday morning just as […]
Read MoreNo drugs found in ex-cop killer’s body
THE team of doctors checking the body of a former policeman who killed 37 children and adults at a child care centre yesterday for narcotics have not found any such substances in his system, Naewna newspaper and Tnews.co.th said this afternoon (Oct. 7). It was previously mentioned that Pol. Lt. Col. Panya Khamrab, a […]
Read MoreShooting spree: ‘Not just drugs to blame but problems in military, police systems too’
A PROMINENT academic said today (Oct. 7) that the massacre at a child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province yesterday that left 38 small children and adults dead and 10 others injured was not just due the former policeman being addicted to a drug but also stemmed from problems in the Thai military and […]
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