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afp Myanmar on Thursday signed a limited ceasefire with rebel armies, in a step towards ending decades of civil war but diminished by continued battles with smaller groups.
bangkokpost.com The recent chairman of the Bank of Thailand says the country is in a 10-year ''vicious economic cycle'' and can't expect recovery before 2020.
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bangkokpost.com The Civil Court has ordered the confiscation of 49 million baht in assets from a former Treasury Department director-general found in October 2006 to be unusually rich.
channelnewsasia Health issues aside, food standards during the vegetarian festival are also largely unregulated. Six days before the festival began, the Food and Drug Administration found meat traces in 4.3 percent of packaged vegetarian food in Bangkok.
The Phuket Riot
Phuket Update Phuketwan understands dramatic measures are being considered by the military government to make sure any riot on Phuket can be stopped by armed intervention in far less time than the unacceptable 15 hours it took to end the anarchic uprising at the weekend.
bangkokpost.com Phuket's police chief says several people involved in the riot at Thalang police station had fled the tourist island as an investigation is wrapped up with plans to ask a court this week to issue arrest warrants for nine teenagers in the first group of wanted suspects. Rioters destroyed cars worth five million baht and caused 1.4 million baht in damage to the station.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/729984/police-station-rioters-flee-phuket
nationmultimedia.com As many as 17 policemen who were injured during a Phuket riot last weekend have come forward to lodge complaints against suspected rioters. National police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda said: ''Airlines and people living in the area, for example, may file complaints if they have suffered adverse impacts.''
Human Trafficking in Thailand
thediplomat.com This summer's boat abandonments made the world aware of the plight faced by the Rohingya. However, the Rohingya are not Myanmar's only refugees. Other ethnic groups are facing an increasingly difficult situation.
Phuket World of People
mirror.co.uk A weird Thai ritual sees willing participants insert sharp, metal skewers through their skin - to raise awareness for vegetarianism. It's not for the squeamish, put it that way.
bangkokpost.comThe number of travellers using Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport rose by 13 percent in the 2015 fiscal year and officials said it must be expanded quickly to relieve congestion.
AP The toll in the deadliest tragedy ever to strike the annual haj pilgrimage rose to at least 1621 people killed, with hundreds still missing. The Associated Press count is more than double Saudi Arabia's official tally of 769 killed and 934 injured in the September 24 disaster in Mina.
bangkokpost.com Existing bars and liquor outlets near schools will not be forced to close when the government finalises and enforces new zoning regulations, the justice minister says.
washingtonpost.com Steering a ship by the stars fell out of favor with the rise of radio-wave and GPS navigation. In fact, the US Naval Academy stopped teaching the skill nearly 20 years ago. But now this ancient navigation is making a comeback at the Annapolis school, thanks to cybersecurity fears, according to the Capital Gazette.
bangkokpost.com All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finally joined the long queue of foreign carriers operating through Thailand to introduce a Thai-friendly website.
afp Hillary Clinton bested her challengers in the campaign's first Democratic presidential debate, but her biggest accomplishment may have been to neutralize a potential rival who was not even on stage: Joe Biden.
bangkokpost.com The DSI recommended indictments against 12 people in the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative embezzlement scandal, accusing them of cheating the public out of about 6 billion baht.
forbes.com Just as Phulay Bay in Krabi took the Ritz-Carlton experience to ever-higher levels of luxury, the resort's pool raises the bar on visual appeal. Its infinity edge blurs the boundary between the swimming water and the impossibly blue Andaman Sea beyond it. The only giveaway is the gumdrop karst mountains rising from the saltwater of Phang Nga Bay.
Around the Region
channelnewsasia.com In a rebuff to China, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the United States military would sail and fly wherever international law allowed, including the disputed South China Sea. Carter spoke after a two-day meeting between US and Australian foreign and defence ministers at which the long-time allies agreed to expand defense cooperation and expressed ''strong concerns'' over Beijing's building on disputed islands.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
Phuket Update Phuket's Chinese shrines are taking part in the annual Vegetarian Festival with daily parades.
Until October 21 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
November Patong Festival
November 20 Laguna Phuket Triathlon
November 25 Loy Kratong festival
November 29 Challenge Laguna Phuket 2015
November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta
December 5 HM The King's Birthday
December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies
Coming Events on Phuket 2016
January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show
'Rioters destroyed cars worth five billion baht and caused 1.4 million baht in damage to the station.'
Err...I think that's meant to be 5 MILLION baht, not 5 billion. Even if you include motorbikes destroyed the number was only 14 vehicles=average value of over 357 million each! Mai kid wah! Sue, your expert analysis please.
Posted by Anonymous on October 15, 2015 13:03
Editor Comment:
million, yes.