Three measures to alleviate drugs and crimes

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BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - A recent survey on drug use among children and teenagers in Greater Bangkok found that between 202,000 and 327,000 children and teenagers, or 13.4 per cent of the total T

Sizeable donations reach 1,000 rescued dogs

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BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - Substantial donation has been raised for at least 1,000 dogs rescued by police in Nakhon Phanom Province, before they were brought across the border to be sold in Vietnam

Thailand’s southern violence links to drugs

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BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - A Thai expert says examinations of forensic evidence of insurgency cases in Thailand’s far south have found that most of them were related to illegal activities, namely n

BMA prepares flood shelters for riverside people

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BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) are preparing temporary shelters for riverside people whose households are located in areas beyond flood-prevention dykes, a

New Thai Cabinet to heed royal advice

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BANGKOK, August 17 (TNA) - Thailand's first female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called on her Cabinet to heed royal advice given by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit last Thursday, at a public au

MCOT foreseen over 10% rise in revenues

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BANGKOK, August 16 (TNA) - MCOT Public Company Limited (MCOT), one of Thailand's largest media firms and the operator of the established Thai News Agency (TNA), Modernine TV and Modern Radio Networ

Deputy Navy chief visits Thai anti-piracy fleet

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BANGKOK, August 16 (TNA) - Thailand's Deputy Supreme Commander Admiral Wanlop Kerdpol, on behalf of Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jakkabatr, and Deputy Thai Navy Chief Admiral Niphon Jaksudul

Southern rail services resume after derailment

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NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, August 16 (TNA) - Rail services on Thailand’s southern routes resumed on Tuesday, after a suspension overnight caused by a derailment of a train carriage in Nakhon Si Thammarat

Former Thai PM meets US senator

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BANGKOK, August 16 (TNA) - New US ambassador to Thailand Kristie Kenney led US Senator Jim Webb, who is also the chairman of the US Senate’s Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

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