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Srisaket puts aside favourite meal until bout
Srisaket puts aside favourite meal until bout
BANGKOK: WBC super-flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai may be the hardest puncher in today’s well-entrenched boxing scene of Thailand, but his angst inside the ring melts when his favourite food becomes the topic.
Perseid meteor shower on Mother’s Day night
Perseid meteor shower on Mother’s Day night
NATIONWIDE: Stargazers will be able to see a perseid meteor shower after midnight Mother’s Day tonight (Aug 12) until early tomorrow morning, said Voravit Tanwuthibundhit, a local astronomer and adviser to the Chalerm Phra Kiat Observatory 7 in Chachoengsao province.
Document faker ‘earned up to B400,000 a month’
Document faker ‘earned up to B400,000 a month’
BANGKOK: A 32-year-old man who claimed to have earned 200,000-4000,000 baht a month falsifying official documents for over 10 years has been arrested in Lampang province.
Phuket-bound foreign divers rescued from canal
Phuket-bound foreign divers rescued from canal
PHUKET: Two foreign divers relying on a GPS to guide them back to Phuket took an unplanned plunge when a flash flood swept their vehicle off a back road in Thung Yai district and into a canal on yesterday afternoon (Aug 9).
Srisaket to take on Diaz in title defence
Srisaket to take on Diaz in title defence
BOXING: WBC super-flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will defend his title against Mexican challenger Iran ‘MagnifiKO’ Diaz on Oct 6.
‘X-Ray Outlaw’ clampdown nets 72 more illegals
‘X-Ray Outlaw’ clampdown nets 72 more illegals
NATIONWIDE: A total of 72 people, including three Thais, were arrested during coordinated police raids at 75 locations nationwide frequented by foreigners in the early hours of today (Aug 10).
After Phuket boat disaster, Thailand sets up National Tourism Safety and Security Committee
After Phuket boat disaster, Thailand sets up National Tourism Safety and Security Committee
BANGKOK: Thailand has set up the National Tourism Safety and Security Committee to oversee safety measures related to tourism, the latest attempt to restore tourist confidence after the Phoenix boat disaster off Phuket last month.
Activists call on Laos dam operator to own up
Activists call on Laos dam operator to own up
BANGKOK: Activists and regional development experts yesterday (Aug 9) demanded the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Company (PNPC) to take responsibility for all damages caused by the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam, which collapsed in Laos on July 25.
Actor arrested for alleged B797mn bitcoin investment fraud
Actor arrested for alleged B797mn bitcoin investment fraud
BANGKOK: Police arrested actor Jiratpisit ‘Boom’ Jaravijit, 27, in Chatuchak district on Wednesday (Aug 8) for alleged money-laundering following a complaint that he fraudulently lured a foreigner into investing B797 million in digital currency.
Latest NLA push ‘could delay poll’
Latest NLA push ‘could delay poll’
BANGKOK: The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is considering asking the outgoing Election Commission (EC) to delay appointing poll inspectors and let the new commissioners who are pending royal endorsement take over the selection process.
Dusit Zoo to close for good at the end of this month
Dusit Zoo to close for good at the end of this month
BANGKOK: The end is nigh for Bangkok’s famous Dusit Zoo, which will close its gates for good at the end of this month and begin the slow move to its new home in Pathum Thani.
Gunman implicates Phuket bar owner in Sattahip murders
Gunman implicates Phuket bar owner in Sattahip murders
PHUKET: The accused gunman in the murder of a two young people at Buddha Mountain has told police that the owner of Pum Pui bar on Patong’s famed Bangla Rd opened fire first, using two pistols, then he followed suit by firing seven shots at the pair.
Thai footballers face herculean task in Asian Games
Thai footballers face herculean task in Asian Games
ASIAN GAMES: The Thai U23 football team will face an uphill battle in the upcoming Asian Games, officials said yesterday (Aug 7).
Flood fears subside but risk remains
Flood fears subside but risk remains
PHETCHABURI: Excess water in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan dam had crossed the spillway as of press time last night but the central municipality was not expected to be flooded due to the province’s comprehensive flood-drainage and management plan.
Lecturer, probation official among alleged paedophiles
Lecturer, probation official among alleged paedophiles
NATIONWIDE: Eight suspects, including a well-known university lecturer and a probation official, have been arrested for buying online sex services from underage boys, but senior figures asked that their names not be disclosed, said a police commander.
‘Mor Nim’ acquitted, mother gets death in shooter murder case
‘Mor Nim’ acquitted, mother gets death in shooter murder case
BANGKOK: The Appeal Court has acquitted Dr Nitiwadee Pucharoenyos of masterminding the murder of her national sports shooter husband five years ago and handed down a death sentence on her mother instead.
Prayut gives moral support to Asian Games athletes
Prayut gives moral support to Asian Games athletes
ASIAN GAMES: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has told Thai athletes and officials, who will be participating in the upcoming Asian Games, to uphold sportsmanship and strengthen friendship with participants from other countries.
DNP readies for purge of plastic waste
DNP readies for purge of plastic waste
NATIONWIDE: The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) will launch a campaign to ban plastic bags and styrofoam food boxes in all national parks from Aug 12 to reduce rubbish that pollutes the nature reserves and threatens wildlife.
Locals brace for brutal floods
Locals brace for brutal floods
PHETCHABURI: As people in Phetchaburi brace for devastating floods tonight (Aug 7) at around 10pm, after a massive volume of water was released from a major dam to the Phetchaburi River, residents were using sandbags and even cement to wall off the front of their homes and businesses yesterday (Aug 6) so as not to be inundated.
Phetchaburi braces for dam spillover
Phetchaburi braces for dam spillover
PHETCHABURI: Residents in Muang district are scrambling to put up sandbags and build concrete barriers to brace for floods which could happen today (Aug 6) or tomorrow (Aug 7) from the Kaeng Krachan Dam spillover, while authorities are racing to reduce the impact from possible flooding.