NIETS head quits over test scoring debacle
The chief of the executive board of the National Institute of Educa-tional Testing Service (NIETS), Khunying Sumontha Promboon, resigned yesterday as a gesture of responsibility for the O-Net and A-Net scores fiasco, which has left about 300,000 12th-grade students in limbo.
UN to honour HM the King
HM the King has won this year's United Nations Development Programme Award for his decades-long dedication to the country's development through royal works and many royally initiated projects.
Southern violence continue as two men killed
Two men were shot dead and a team of security details assigned to guard election officials was ambushed on Tuesday as 300-strong security forces raided a village and arrested three suspected militants believed to be behind the ongoing violence in the restive south.
Libel suit against PAD is a political tactic : Somkiart
One of the People's Alliance for Democracy leaders, Somkiart Pongpaiboon, on Tuesday said malicious law enforcement was the real reason he had not reported to police for questioning about allegations that the PAD was looking to overthrow democratic rule.
"Daewoo Out of Burma" : Burmese protesters
A group of 30 Burmese staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday outside South Korean Embassy in Bangkok, calling on Daewoo International Corp to halt its multimillion baht exploration and production of natural gas in Burma.
