Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
By Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal, AP, and published by Yahoo!News Chiang Saen, Thailand – Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing: […]
Read More2 Chinese men rob gold shop after running out of money while holidaying in Thailand
TWO young Chinese men who spent all their money while holidaying in Thailand were caught in Bangkok last evening (April 27) after robbing a gold shop in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), PPTVHD36 said today. The two suspects, identified as Mr. Zhou Qintao, 27, from Guangdong province, and Mr. Song Haolong, 19, from Sichuan province, were […]
Read MoreChina offers to mediate in Thai-Cambodian conflict
VISITING Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that his country is ready to mediate in the Thai-Cambodian conflict with Khmers no longer wanting to fight with Thailand, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (April 24). The Chinese minister, who had visited Cambodia before coming to Thailand, said the Khmer stance towards Thais […]
Read MoreIndian, Chinese tourists conned and robbed in Pattaya
AS THE global economy is in a shaky state thieves are more numerous than mosquitos with two tourists, one from India and the other from China, having been conned and robbed by seemingly the same group of perpetrators in Pattaya, TV Channel 7 said today (April 9). CCTV footage at this seaside city shows […]
Read MorePolice probing mysterious death of Chinese woman
THAI police are unravelling the mysterious death of a Chinese woman who was found dumped in a ditch at Ratchaburi after working as an entertainer at a pool villa party in Pattaya with her boyfriend having flown here from China to follow up on the case, TV Channel 7 and Workpoint News said today […]
Read MoreChinese men held for smuggling drugs in perfume bottles
SOLDIERS and police today (Mar. 5) arrested two Chinese men and their Thai driver at a petrol pump in Kanchanburi province just as they were getting ready to smuggle drugs hidden in luxury perfume bottles to Myanmar, Amarin TV said. Acting on a tipoff that the two Chinese men at a petrol pump in […]
Read MoreChinese man threatens to shoot influencer over placing containers at Thai-Cambodian border
TROUBLE flared up at Thai-Cambodian border in Trat province today (Feb. 7) after Thai troops placed containers supplied by a social media influencer with this enraging Cambodians and Chinese in the area with one of the latter threatening to shoot the influencer, PPTVHD36 said this evening. The “Army Military Force” Facebook page posted a […]
Read MoreChinese man threatens to shoot influencer over placing containers at Thai-Cambodian border
TROUBLE flared up at Thai-Cambodian border in Trat province today (Feb. 7) after Thai troops placed containers supplied by a social media influencer with this enraging Cambodians and Chinese in the area with one of the latter threatening to shoot the influencer, PPTVHD36 said this evening. The “Army Military Force” Facebook page posted a […]
Read MoreWanted murder suspect arrested 30+ years later in Thailand
A HONG KONG murder suspect wanted under an Interpol Red Notice and hid in Thailand for over three decades has now been arrested in Bangkok and will be deported, Naewna newspaper said last night (Feb. 4). Immigration police arrested Mr. Mui, 62, for the offence of being a “foreign national residing in Thailand without […]
Read MoreWanted murder suspect arrested 30+ years later in Thailand
A HONG KONG murder suspect wanted under an Interpol Red Notice and hid in Thailand for over three decades has now been arrested in Bangkok and will be deported, Naewna newspaper said last night (Feb. 4). Immigration police arrested Mr. Mui, 62, for the offence of being a “foreign national residing in Thailand without […]
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