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Yingluck pleads not guilty to all charges
Embattled former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra entered pleas of not guilty to charges of dereliction of duty and abuse of authority in administering her governments controversial rice-pledging scheme when she appeared before the Supreme Court yesterday morning (May 19).
Phuket Prays for Rain: Drought Will Become a Tap Water Crisis in 10 Days
Latest Phuket’s water shortage has finally been admitted as authorities confess that tap supplies will be rationed in parts of the island in 10 days if rain doesn’t fall in the meantime.
Boatpeople Being Ransomed Off Bangladesh as Traffickers' Pipeline is Severed
Latest Traffickers trading in people are now ransoming captives back to their families from boats anchored off Bangladesh - knowing that authorities further south will try to prevent them landing.
'Women Are Raped, Children Abused, Men Thrown Overboard'
Latest A joint release by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International organisation for Migration and the UN Secretary-General for International Migration and Development.
Save the Boatpeople, Says Urgent Plea to Asean from NGOs
Latest NGOs have combined to make a plea to Asean states to intervene to save thousand of refugees adrift in declining health on the seas off Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
PhuketWATCH UN Urges Mercy for Boatpeople; Yingluck Pleads Not Guilty; Phuket Lifeguards Return
Phuket Updating Digest UN agencies urge mercy and compassion upon Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia; Yingluck’s rice subsidies trial begins; Lifeguards to return on Phuket; Movenpick expands.
Asean Today: Haven Offered by Philippines; Refugee Crisis Talks Today; Burma Remains Key
Around the Region Talks in KL today between Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia target a solution to the boatpeople crisis; Even poor don’t want to share; 18 garment workers die in crash.
DSI asked to update probe into Philip Morris
A civic group has asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to update its stalled investigation into alleged tax evasion by tobacco giant Philip Morris (Thailand).
Coming to Phuket soon: Smartphone app to comment on taxi service
BANGKOK: In a bid to improve taxi service in Thailand, the Department of Land Transportation (DLT) has launched a smartphone application that will allow taxi passengers to lodge complaints.