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The UN says Rohingya Muslims have faced four of five prohibited acts defined as genocide at the hands of Myanmar’s military. The findings were part of a final report released by UN investigators. Myanmar’s powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said Tuesday, as they released the final part of a damning report
South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, welcomed by a crowd of North Koreans that included leader Kim Jong-un and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, Yonhap news agency reported. It said the surprise appearance of the reclusive North Korean leader at Pyongyang’s Sunan International Airport was broadcast live in South Korea. The meeting
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has shelved a proposal for the construction of a cable car for Phu Kradueng mountain resort in the northeastern province of Loei. Government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Tuesday that the cabinet did not consider the cable car project because the prime minister felt that it was proposed by just a
Prime Minister Prayut Chana-o-cha has urged Thai people to plant 400 precious trees for each household so that, in the next ten years, there will be 1,000 million trees covering 26 million rai of land across the country, generating economic value worth about 100 billion baht. The prime minister’s remark followed the cabinet’s approval in
Japanese billionaire businessman, online fashion tycoon and art collector Yusaku Maezawa was revealed Monday as the first tourist who will fly on a SpaceX rocket around the Moon. “I choose to go to the Moon,” the 42-year-old said to cheers and applause at SpaceX headquarters in California, after being introduced by the aerospace company’s CEO
The Third Army Region has sent out a search and rescue team to look for seven missing people after a refugee camp in Sob Moei district of the northern province of Mae Hong Son was struck by flash flood and mud-slide on Sunday night. A field medical team from Vachiraprakan hospital in Tak province has
The race for the Democrat party leadership between former Phitsanuloke MP Warong Dejkitvigrom and incumbent leader Abhisit Vejjajiva will be a competition between “brothers” without subsequent hard feelings no matter what the result, said Democrat secretary-general Chuti Krairiksh on Tuesday. He disclosed that Warong and his key supporter, deputy leader Thavorn Senniam, had discussed with
The amended copyright law will provide better protection to owners of copyrights by empowering them to notify internet service providers to “take down” their works such as music, films, books from websites without going through the court. Ms Nusara Kanchanakul, deputy director-general of the Department of Intellectual Property Rights, said Monday the amended copyright act
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The financial hub of Hong Kong began clearing up on Monday after being battered by one of the strongest typhoons in recent years, with financial markets and offices operating as normal. Super typhoon Mangkhut, with hurricane-force winds well over 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles/h), had barreled past the northern tip of
A Bangkok taxi driver was fined 3,000 baht on Monday and given a lecture on good manners and proper conduct for three hours for chasing two passengers out of his car, claiming he was “too lazy” to send them to their destination. Mr Sukree Charupoom, director of land transport inspection division, said his office quickly
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc, was sued for defamation on Monday for falsely suggesting that a British caver who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave in July was a pedophile and child rapist. Reuters reported that Vernon Unsworth, who lives north of London, sued over Musk’s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will impose 10 percent US tariffs on about $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, but he spared smart watches from Apple and Fitbit Inc and other consumer products, such as bicycle helmets and baby car seats. Trump, in a statement announcing the new round
Bangkokians, especially children, have been warned to protect themselves from dengue fever which has since the beginning of this year infected more than 5,800 people in Bangkok with five fatalities so far. Bangkok Governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang said Monday that dengue fever which is transmitted by Aedes Aegpti mosquito bites is spreading widely during
Thailand will be spared the wrath of Typhoon Mangkhut which continues to wreak havoc in southern China where three million people have been moved to safety, the Meteorological Department reported today. The powerful typhoon made landfall in Guangdong, China’s most populous province, late afternoon Sunday, killing four people before heading west into neighboring Guangxi province
A huge drug haul of ten million meth pills and 35 kilogrammes of heroin believed bound for a third country was intercepted in the northern province of Sukhothai on Monday. Narcotic police stopped a pick-up truck on Sukhothai-Tak detour road in Tambon Ban Kluay, Muang district of Sukhothai and found the drugs hidden beneath sacks
Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram, better known as Wat Pho, in Tha Tian area of Bangkok’s old town, has beaten the Great Wall of China in the 2018 world’s top 25 landmarks by TripAdvisor. Also known as Temple of the Reclining Buddha, the Buddhist temple is ranked 17th this year, a jump from 24th last
