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Day: April 26, 2022

Adventure in new lands

Published by The Bangkok Post British-Sudanese writer Jamal Mahjoub’s latest novel The Fugitives is a delightful tale of a fictional Sudanese dance band, the Kamanga Kings, and how the son of one of the founders, an English teacher called Rushdy,…

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Deadline for airport link talks extended

Published by The Bangkok Post The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to extend a time frame to which it had previously agreed with two other parties as attempts to negotiate and finish amending the agreement for their joint…

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Sex scandal casts a shadow over Jurin

Published by The Bangkok Post ‘Taking more responsibility than necessary can amount to an act of irresponsibility.” This is not Peter Parker speaking. This is Jurin Laksanawisit, leader of the Democrat Party, embroiled in a scandal about the alleged sexual…

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Legal

A decade after activist’s death, rights groups in Cambodia press for answers

Cambodian environmentalists called for authorities to reinvestigate the 2012 murder of a forestry activist, who was slain while campaigning against illegal logging, a problem that has gotten worse in the decade since his killing. Chut Wutty was shot to…

Internal Affairs

Thailand’s opposition parties agree to censure PM, ministers in June

Opposition parties in Thailand have decided to launch another censure debate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and other ministers individually, tentatively in June, after the passage of two organic laws regarding elections, said opposition and …

Market

Beijing’s zero-COVID policy snags Lao exports to China via new railway

Costly and time-consuming customs-clearing procedures put in place as part of China’s zero-COVID-19 restrictions are making it difficult for Lao traders to export products via the new Laos-China Railway, Lao officials and people involved in cross-borde…

Internal Affairs

DPM Prawit, police, military deny interference in Rohingya trafficking probe

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, as well as spokespeople for the police and Defence Ministry, have dismissed an allegation, by exiled Pol Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin, former deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, claiming that Gen Prawi…

Market

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and will take it private

Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the social media platform where he — the world’s richest person — promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines …

General

Israel Ambassador to Thailand visits KKU to develop KKU-Israel collaboration

April 25, 2022 from 16:00 p.m. at Sirikunakorn Room 5, 6th Floor, Sirikunakorn Building, Khon Kaen University – H.E. Ms. Orna Sagiv, the Ambassador of Israel to Thailand and the delegation from the Israel Embassy made an official visit to Khon Kaen Uni…

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Labour Minister Awards Plaques of Honour to 31 Organizations in the Skills Development Network

Ministry of Labour’s Department of Skill Development awards plaques of honour in skill development networks to 31 organizations in thanks for developing the industry’s workforce amid the COVID-19 situation. On April 22, 2022, at 11.00 hours, L…