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Bangkok police chief says initial investigation suggests a gunman was hired to carry out Tuesday’s shooting. Police in Thailand have issued an arrest warrant for a gunman suspected of shooting dead a Cambodian opposition politician in a brazen attack in downtown Bangkok on Tuesday. Chief of Bangkok Police Siam Boonsom told reporters on Wednesday that […]
Elephants at a sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand, await their food brought by a member of staff. (EPA Images pic) BANGKOK: A “panic-stricken” elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday. The 23-year-old woman was hit by the stressed animal’s trunk at […]
After a decade in a CBD carpark, the cult Melbourne favourite has got new digs and plenty of fresh ideas to unleash. But it hasn’t left behind the old magic. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add […]
ALBANY PARK — Arun’s Thai Restaurant in Albany Park will close Sunday, offering fans of the fine-dining spot one last chance to savor its menu before its award-winning chef and owner retires. Arun Sampanthavivat was born and raised in Thailand. He opened his eponymous restaurant in 1985, offering an upscale, elaborate take on his native […]
A drunken British woman currently languishing in a Thai prison cell after allegedly trying to have sex on a hotel glass table before fighting with police officers has been named as a 42-year-old mother from Devon, MailOnline can reveal. Mother-of-one Jude Hill, from Plymouth, who left the UK for Thailand a few months ago, is […]
A Thai court yesterday sentenced the human rights lawyer and political activist Arnon Nampa to an additional two years and eight months in prison for defaming the monarchy during a Harry Potter-themed protest in 2020. In a closed-door hearing, the Bangkok Criminal Court ruled that Arnon had made remarks that “were deemed to have insulted […]
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an “informal adviser” during Malaysia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year. Anwar made the announcement during a press conference in Putrajaya yesterday, alongside visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin’s youngest daughter and the fourth member […]
A man who attempted to rape a Thai disco singer in Singapore was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison and six strokes of the cane on Friday. Yeo Zhuo Ping, 28, was convicted after an earlier trial on two charges of attempted rape and one charge of attempted sexual assault in the early hours of […]
Trademark registration for marks composed of combinations of Roman letters and/or Arabic numerals has long been challenging in Thailand, particularly for those that are neither stylised nor pronounceable. There have been conflicting perspectives regarding the interpretation of “invented letter(s) and numeral(s)” under Section 7 of the Thai Trademark Act. The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) […]
On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) issued a circular clarifying reporting obligations in relation to listed company securities held by the company’s directors, executives, auditors, or persons related to them (“Key Persons”). The circular aimed to address growing concerns over transparency in shareholding, particularly when shares are used as […]