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Divers enter flooded cave in search of missing students
Divers enter flooded cave in search of missing students
CHIANG RAI: A team from the navy’s Underwater Demolition Assault Unit today began searching a flooded cave in Mae Sai district for 12 student footballers and their coach who have been missing since Saturday afternoon (June 23).
Horrific cadet skydiving deaths blamed on police
Horrific cadet skydiving deaths blamed on police
BANGKOK: On March 31, 2014, a group of nine police cadets were preparing for skydiving training at the Naresuan camp in Phetchaburi’s Cha-am district. The drill was part of a mandatory course for the young cadets, who were in their second year.
Jealousy drove man to ‘kill, dismember’ girlfriend
Jealousy drove man to ‘kill, dismember’ girlfriend
BANGKOK: The man who allegedly killed his girlfriend and then dismembered her body, hid her severed head in a backpack and dumped it in the bushes was jealous after she decided to reunite with her ex-husband, police said yesterday (June 24).
Frustrated farmers give away pineapples to animals
Frustrated farmers give away pineapples to animals
RATCHABURI: Frustrated by the plunging price of pineapples, two local growers have found a way to ease their desperation – by giving the fruit away to animals.
More foreigners rounded up for visa offences
More foreigners rounded up for visa offences
NATIONWIDE: Police arrested 107 foreigners for visa offences and illegal entry during coordinated raids at 83 locations across the country early today (June 22).
Badminton big guns to blaze at Thailand Open
Badminton big guns to blaze at Thailand Open
BADMINTON: Badminton’s Olympic champion Chen Long of China and world No.2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan will lead a star-studded line-up at next month’s Toyota Thailand Open at Bangkok’s Nimibutr Stadium, organisers said yesterday (June 21).
Two Pakistani men arrested for gold bracelet theft
Two Pakistani men arrested for gold bracelet theft
SURAT THANI: Two Pakistani nationals have been arrested in Bangkok and charged with the theft of a bracelet worth B102,000 from a gold shop in Surat Thani on Wednesday (June 20).
Thailand threatens to quit Pisa test
Thailand threatens to quit Pisa test
BANGKOK: Thailand may boycott the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) this August if the test organiser refuses to allow the Education Ministry to proof-read the translated examination papers in advance.
Yingluck returns to Facebook for birthday
Yingluck returns to Facebook for birthday
BANGKOK: Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has returned to Facebook after almost a year to thank her brother and supporters on her birthday yesterday (June 21).
Drugs worth B13bn to get torched
Drugs worth B13bn to get torched
BANGKOK: The door of the narcotic treasury room at the Food and Drug Administration office is made of heavy steel with a combination lock, like the ones used to store valuables at a bank deposit room.
Hunt for foreigners videoed stealing gold bracelet
Hunt for foreigners videoed stealing gold bracelet
SURAT THANI: Police are hunting two foreign men who stole a bracelet worth B102,000 from a gold shop in Muang district of Surat Thani province yesterday (June 20).
Pattaya vendor fined for threatening to shoot Chinese tourists
Pattaya vendor fined for threatening to shoot Chinese tourists
CHONBURI: A hot-tempered vendor of crocodile leather goods at a beach in Pattaya was seen on video threatening to shoot Chinese tourists for refusing to pay for a wallet after agreeing to a bargained price.
Thai man, 33, beaten, dumped dead in Sydney ditch
Thai man, 33, beaten, dumped dead in Sydney ditch
BANGKOK: The family of a Thai man whose body was found dumped on the side of a busy Sydney road this month is asking the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to send Australian police his fingerprints so they can receive the body for funeral rites.
Surapong gets two years for issuing Thaksin’s passport
Surapong gets two years for issuing Thaksin’s passport
BANGKOK: Former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has been sentenced to two years in prison for issuing a passport for Thaksin Shinawatra.
Coronation to be held before poll next year
Coronation to be held before poll next year
BANGKOK: The coronation of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will take place before the election, according to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
3,000 people arrested for gambling on World Cup
3,000 people arrested for gambling on World Cup
NATIONWIDE: Police have arrested about 3,000 football gamblers and bookies nationwide in the four days since the World Cup started, with financial institutions and phone service operators helping shut down online gambling, according to law enforcement authorities.
Killer put to death in first execution in nine years
Killer put to death in first execution in nine years
BANGKOK: A 26-year-old convicted killer was executed by lethal injection yesteday (June 18), the seventh person to be put to death since the method was introduced and the first since 2009, Corrections Department chief Pol Col Naras Savestanan said.
Grand Palace touts nabbed
Grand Palace touts nabbed
BANGKOK: Almost 90 people have been rounded up in a joint operation to restore law and order around the Grand Palace following complaints about foreign visitors being pressured to purchase services they do not require.
Doi Suthep activists vow protest
Doi Suthep activists vow protest
CHIANG MAI: An activist network in Chiang Mai called on judicial members to move out of the controversial housing estate at the foot of Doi Suthep within 10 days if they want to avoid a big protest.
Killer of wife, father-in-law in hospital shooting dies
Killer of wife, father-in-law in hospital shooting dies
NAKHON PATHOM: The man who killed his wife and father-in-law before shooting himself in Nakhon Pathom Hospital on Friday succumbed to serious injuries this morning (June 17), according to media reports.