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Malaysian Muslim Woman’s Beer Drinking Punishment to be Reduced A Malaysian Muslim woman who is known as a model had faced a caning for drinking beer in a case that made headlines around the world has had her sentence diminished to community service, her father announced on Thursday. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 33, was sentenced [...]

Hacker to be Handed Over Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday chose to hand over a Malaysian computer hacker to the United States for prosecution. Gooi Kokseng, alias Delpiero, 44, is wanted by the US for being a part of a band of credit card data hackers which had engaged in computer crime in the US [...]

Exports Head Out and Up Thailand’s exports grew at their fastest rate for 18 months in January as the financial system of key markets gained force, helping lift orders for commodities from farm products to auto parts. Exports increased 30.8% from a year earlier to $13.72 billion, while increasing 26% in baht terms to 453.42 [...]

Teachers Fed Up With Killings Thailand’s Confederation of Teachers in the southern border provinces on Tuesday demanded that the government to increase security for teachers. The request was made after Samrit Panthadet, 52, an instructor of Bango Yimeng School in Kapho area of Pattani, was shot dead and his body set aflame. The homicide happened [...]

Committee May Pretend to Test Hoax Bomb Detector to Save Face for Big-Shot Suckers Thai Science and Technology Minister Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich, a name which may soon live in scientific infamy, and who has the power to actually scientifically test the GT200 dowsing rod and expose the deadly fraud, has chosen instead to set up [...]

Soldiers Hurt in Bomb Ambush Six Thai soldiers were wounded when insurgents exploded a roadside homemade bomb in a surprise ambush Sunday morning. The blast occurred around 8:10 am on the Kuchingluepa – Sipo road in Rangae district. Police announced that the six soldiers from the Narathiwat Taskforce 38 were on patrol in a pick-up [...]

Thailand’s Trains to Travel Faster Thailand’s Council of Economic Ministers has approved a plan to improve the rail system to the tune of about 100 billion baht as has been proposed by the Transport Ministry, according to Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu. The plan gives outlines for improvement of railway tracks all over the nation, [...]

Rail Service Resumes After Recent Work Stoppage The Hat Yai railway staff as well as its union members has decided to end their two-week long strike. South-bound trains have resumed full services as of Friday afternoon. Ten express trains and 16 local trains in service to and from southern Thailand left the stations on schedule. [...]

Greenpeace Bugs Bigshots in Hua Hin Greenpeace, the environmental group, assembled at the 15th Asean Summit on Saturday, insisting Asian principals to take a important action to stop climate change. The activist group hopes that positive steps will be taken by ASEAN member states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group grabbed attention by rolling [...]