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TWO women tourists, one French and the other American, were hit by a sedan while riding their bicycles across an intersection in Ayutthaya city last night (May 25) with the former dying in the hospital while the latter survived her injuries and the accident blamed on a confusion over the traffic light signals, Matichon …
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AFTER a video clip of a debt collector violently beating up a young woman who failed to pay up went viral on social media Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) provincial police last evening (May 24) arrested and filed three charges against him, Naewna newspaper said. In the video clip the debt collector, Mr. Supachai (surname withheld), or …
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CHONBURI police have arrested a Thai man on the charges of hitting and wounding a Russian woman tourist on the head and dragging into a forest at a reservoir while she was jogging on Thursday night, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 20). Ms. Elena Yzulkova, 38, came out from Map Prachan Reservoir forest soaking …
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A LARGE search team in Phuket found the elderly German woman tourist missing for seven days lying by a creek in a forest within Sirinat National Park today (May, 16), Thai Rath newspaper and Amarin TV said. Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, who is said to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease and disappeared …
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THE HUNT for an elderly German woman said to be suffering from Alzheimer's and missing in Phuket since May 9 intensified this morning (May 15) with an army helicopter and a national park boat joining the search, Amarin TV said. Twenty policemen are searching for Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, on foot at …
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A YOUNG Australian woman who climbed high up Koh Samui's Na Muang Waterfall 2 with two male friends fell off the cliff and later died with rescuers still trying to bring her body down from that high point, Sanook.com said this evening (May 14). At 3 p.m. today Koh Samui police station was notified that …
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PHUKET police and officials are searching for an elderly German woman tourist who disappeared from her hotel six days ago, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said today (May 14). The tourist, identified as Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, had been staying at Maikhao Palm Beach Resort with relatives but had not returned …
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AN INSTRUCTOR was shot dead by his student and at a shooting range in Pathum Thani province after she mistook a live bullet lying on the ground for a dummy and loaded it into her firearm then later upon firing at a target hit him, Sanook.com said this afternoon (May 13). Pol. Lt. Col. Somboon …
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BEING shared rapidly on Thai social media is a video clip of a kind-hearted man who parked his car and waited for a disabled lottery vendor to reach him and then helped out by buying all 250 tickets he was selling for a total of 30,000 baht, Sanook.com said today (May 12). This benevolent …
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THERE were terrible traffic jams at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection early this morning (May 11) after some steel beams fell off a truck and hit a sedan following behind but fortunately no one was injured, Thai Rath and Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Col. Thanawat Wiphatothai, a deputy inspector at Makkasan police station, was alerted of this …
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A 14-YEAR-OLD boy died while playing with his father's muzzle-loading rifle with his younger brother and accidently set it off in Phitsanulok province this afternoon (May 9), Sanook.com said. At 1.30 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Sanae Phomrat, an inspector at Nakhon Thai police station, quickly went to a house in Noen Phoem subdistrict together …
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AFTER BEING unemployed for over two years due to the Covid pandemic now that the situation is improving with businesses returning to normal it is expected that musicians will start working normally again even if they might not earn as much as they used to, Thansettakij newspaper said today (May 7). However a Facebook user …
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BEING rapidly shared on Thai social media today (May 3) is an account of a fight for a parking spot at the Education Ministry with a Facebook user giving details of notes written to each other by two officials, Naewna newspaper said today (May 3). According to Facebook user Sukanya Ch, the first note said, …
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A THAI AIRWAYS International's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner landed safely at Bengaluru airport in India despite a rear tyre having burst with all 150 passengers and crew unharmed, Thansettakij newspaper said today (Apr. 29). The malfunction that struck Flight TG325 occurred at 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday Apr. 26 just as the airplane touched down after …
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WITH the Thai dessert mango and sticky rice grabbing international attention after rapper Milli ate some of it while performing at Coachella music festival in the US, a creperie in Uthai Thani province has innovatively come up with a crepe that is topped with this much-loved Thai treat, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 25). Milli, …
PUZZLED by the disappearance of a 22-wheel trailer-truck was its driver who was later informed by local residents that it had flipped over by the roadside a kilometre away but he insists he pulled the handbrake before stepping out, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 23). Mr. Singto Khlainoi, 20, a native of Nakhon Ratchasima …
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RESIDENTS of northern Phayao province turned the heavy flooding from two days of torrential rain into an opportunity as they enthusiastically caught balloon frogs for sale, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 20). Despite infrastructure in this province being badly flooded the residents waded in the floodwater to catch the balloon frog, also known as blunt-headed …
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THE Natural Resources and Environment Ministry issued a warning at noon today (Apr. 10) that dangerous particles in the air known as PM 2.5 has risen across Bangkok and and its vicinities as well as many other areas of this country with the capital logging 50-92 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³), Matichon newspaper said. …
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TEENAGE parents of a 28-day-old newborn baby boy are heartbroken after he died of suffocation while sleeping with them last night, Sanook.com said today (Apr. 6). Pol. Col. Banjob Joysriket, duty officer at Wiset Chai Chan police station in Ang Thong province, got a call early in the morning from Wiset Chai Chan Hospital to …
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http:// A VIDEO CLIP of a young foreign couple dancing while waiting to cross Rin Kham intersection in Chiang Mai city has gone viral with the couple also getting in touch with the videographer to get the original copy, Sanook.com said this evening (Apr. 5). Facebook member Kliaojai Chaisunan had shared the clip of the …
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THERE was chaos at a downtown shopping complex this morning (Mar. 26) with sale of MoonSwatch jointly designed between Swatch and Omega cancelled after buyers queuing up for hours started quarrelling, Matichon newspaper said. Today is the first day the budget version of the iconic Speedmaster Moonwatch, an astronaut-inspired piece that usually retails for …
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GOING viral on Thai social media is the promotion of a new ghost movie "Term 2 Sayong- Kwan" (Second Semester Horror) with a ghost cosplayer hired to stand by the roadside, sit at bus stops and walk across pedestrian bridges to draw attention to it with most netizens saying this is not funny, Matichon …
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