Pandemics focus of global security meet
Devising ways to prevent a transnational pandemic dominated a conference on global security held by the world's largest regional security organisation in Bangkok yesterday.
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Oil crisis: Mass layoffs feared
Crewmembers of fishing trawlers and petrol-station attendants will likely take the brunt of a wave of layoffs coming soon, as high oil prices slam fuel-sensitive sectors, a seminar was told yesterday.
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Healthy skin starts with sunscreen, experts say
As Thais shell out more and more money on corrective treatments for their skin, they have seemingly neglected the number-one rule: protecting themselves from the sun.
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Live sex raid
The Pattaya police chief was transferred yesterday to an inactive post following Monday's arrest of a German couple that allegedly hired three Thai people to perform live and recorded sex acts on an Internet website.
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Bt30m libel case chucked out
The Criminal Court yesterday threw out a Bt30-million libel lawsuit, saying there was no cause for columnist Wanich Jarungidanan to sue Matichon newspaper, for which he worked.
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Road funds earmarked for Skytrain extension
Money will be taken from 16 controversial road projects worth about Bt20 billion to help fund the Bt24-billion extension of the Skytrain routes, Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin said yesterday.
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Bt50 coin to honour baby prince
The Cabinet yesterday approved a plan to manufacture Bt50 commemorative coins to celebrate HRH Prince Teepangkorn Rasmichoti's first birthday.
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Inmates get another chance to break free through art
Following the success of its first event last year, the "Art for All" project launched its second arts camp on Monday, for 120 inmates in Bangkok's Thon Buri Special Prison.
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Burma says 13m speed pills seized from Wa state army
Military and narcotics officials along the northern border are upbeat over unconfirmed reports their Burmese counterparts intercepted 13 million methamphetamine tablets bound for Thailand, an army source said yesterday.
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Animals get a hose down at Chiang Mai Zoo
Chiang Mai zookeepers hosed down cages and handed out ice cream and frozen meat to animals yesterday as the mercury topped 40 degrees Celsius in the northern capital.
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