Deadline set for reporting loan shark debts
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE WHO MAY OWE debt to loan sharks but have not yet reported it to the authorities were today (Feb.11) encouraged to do so until the end of this month. The Ministry of Interior’s undersecretary Sutthipong Chulcharoen recommended those who may still have their illicit debt unsettled and unreported promptly […]
Read MoreMost Bangkokians would prefer old bus numbers: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST BANGKOKIANS WOULD prefer all public buses plying the capital city use the old numbers which they have already remembered and find the new ones quite confusing, says the latest NIDA Poll. According to the NIDA Poll recently conducted among a total of 708 Bangkokians who regularly commute on city […]
Read MoreBoat carrying Chinese tourists capsizes, all safely rescued
A LONG-TAIL boat carrying seven Chinese tourists plus the vessel’s crew members capsized off Krabi today (Feb. 11) but fortunately all were safely rescued by a passing boat, Amarin TV said. The accident occurred near Koh Lao Lading island, around 300 metres from Koh Hong with the two islands being part of Krabi’s Than […]
Read MoreDeath threats against activist posted online
FOLLOWING A brawl between royalists and activists conducting a poll on royal motorcades at BTS Siam’s skywalk yesterday (Feb. 10), a young man posted images of two flyers thrown down from this station with death threats against key activist Ms. Tantawan Tuatulanond, Matichon newspaper said this morning. This occurred after an incident on Feb. […]
Read MoreFacing battlefield setbacks, Myanmar’s junta activates conscription law
By AP and published by ABC News MYANMAR’S military government on Saturday (Feb. 10) activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The announcement of the measure on state television amounts to a […]
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