Teenage Refugees from Burma Die in Thailand
Two teenage Rohingya refugees from Burma held in the Ranong detention center for seven months have died after they starved themselves to death since becoming dispirited and refusing to eat. The two teens Abdul Salam, 18, and Hammatula, 15, bodies were covered in wounds, after apparently being tortured by [...]
Aug
23
Teenage Refugees from Burma Die in Thailand
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Aug
23
Cloud Seeding Underway in Central Thailand
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Cloud Seeding Underway in Central Thailand
Thailand’s government has turned to Cloud-seeding operations to help fill the Thap Salao dam in the Udon Thani area which is currently running low on water.
Arkhanay Boonlert, head of the artificial rain-making centre for the central region, stated that the reservoir’s water was down about 21% from its capacity of [...]
Aug
23
Economic Stimulus for Villages Still Rife With Graft
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Economic Stimulus for Villages Still Rife With Graft
New inquiries by Thailand’s Office of the Auditor-General expose a similar model of alleged dishonesty in the Democrat-led government’s community sufficiency economy system and in the former Thaksin administration’s village development fund.
In a recent interview with the Bangkok Post, Auditor-General Jaruvan Maintaka said money has been skimmed from [...]