Thai mother jailed for trafficking daughter into prostitution in Japan
A Thai criminal court has sentenced a woman to seven-and-a-half years in prison for trafficking her underage daughter into sexual exploitation at a massage parlour in Tokyo.
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A Thai criminal court has sentenced a woman to seven-and-a-half years in prison for trafficking her underage daughter into sexual exploitation at a massage parlour in Tokyo.
I have often found exhibition openings to be somewhat lonely and disconnected places.
CCTV footage from the residence of a Thai Airways flight attendant arrested in Australia for allegedly attempting to smuggle heroin shows an unidentified man delivering a package before her departure, Justice Minister Rutthaphon Naowarat said today.
Violence continued in southern border provinces of Pattani and Yala last night as armed assailants attacked three petrol stations, leaving one person injured and causing extensive damages.
A female member of Thai Airways International’s cabin crew was arrested by the Australian Border Force (ABF) at Melbourne Airport, Australia, last Thursday for allegedly attempting to smuggle about one kilogram of heroin into the country.
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, who has been receiving cancer treatment in Beijing, is scheduled to return to Phnom Penh this Friday, the Khmer Times reports.
Two Malaysians travelling by a car were injured around noon after explosives hidden in a culvert beneath a road exploded in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district on Monday.
Agriculture Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said today that he will travel to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to meet his Malaysian counterpart in an effort to resolve the trade dispute over Thai shrimp exports to Malaysia and Malaysian sea bass imports to Thailand.
Chadchart Sittipunt cruised to a second four-year term as Bangkok governor, securing about 1.44 million votes in Sunday's gubernatorial election and eclipsing his previous record of 1.38 million votes, set when he was first elected in 2022, according to Thai PBS's real-time vote count.
The candidate of the ‘We Love Pattaya’ team, Paramet Ngampichet, was re-elected mayor of Pattaya City for a second 4-year term, garnering 20,184 votes in yesterday’s election, according an unofficial vote count released at about 10pm last night.
Finishing in second-place, Mallika Boonmeetrakool Mahasook has accepted the result of Sunday's Bangkok gubernatorial election, saying it fell short of her expectations but reflects the will of Bangkok’s voters.
Voters in the coastal city of Pattaya have been going to the polls since 8am this morning to elect a new mayor and 24 city councillors, who will serve four-year terms.
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Director-General Thiraphat Khatchamart has promised stiff legal action against an imposter caught taking the department's recruitment examination on behalf of another applicant.
The Australian man in police custody for the alleged murder of a 17-year-old woman in Pattaya has claimed that he acted in self-defence and had no intention of killing her.
The future of Bangkok for the next four years is in the hands of about 4.5 million eligible voters as they head to the polls today to elect their next governor.
Thai cocoa and chocolate products are expected to benefit from a growing but niche global market, particularly for high-value, environmentally friendly and health-focused products.