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Singapore police were looking into the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3329507/thailand-singapore-investigate-chen-zhis-cambodian-group-after-western-fraud-allegations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3329507/thailand-singapore-investigate-chen-zhis-cambodian-group-after-western-fraud-allegations?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Oct 2025 07:13:25 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand has been crowned Miss World 2025, marking a historic first for her country at the 72nd edition of the international pageant, held this year in Hyderabad, India. Chuangsri, a 22-year-old political-science student from Phuket, emerged victorious from a field of 108 contestants representing countries across the globe. She received the crown on Saturday from the reigning title-holder, Czech model Krystyna Pyszková. Chuangsri said she aimed to use the Miss World platform... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3312694/suchata-chuangsri-becomes-thailands-first-ever-miss-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3312694/suchata-chuangsri-becomes-thailands-first-ever-miss-world?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:09:31 +0000 A brawl involving students inside a popular mall in Bangkok has prompted condemnation from a Thai minister and calls for tougher security measures. In response to the incident at MBK Centre on Saturday night, Thailand’s higher education minister Supamas Isarabhakdi said security would be stepped up in high-risk areas and police would monitor rival student groups, according to the Bangkok Post. “The incident is unacceptable. It was aggression and caused trouble to general people. Of course, there... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3303662/bangkok-brawls-thai-minister-calls-tougher-mall-security-after-student-fights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3303662/bangkok-brawls-thai-minister-calls-tougher-mall-security-after-student-fights?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:11:34 +0000 Jeffie Lam,Danny Mok,Emily Hung Jeffie Lam,Danny Mok,Emily Hung Hong Kong police have arrested four people in connection with a knife attack in Yuen Long earlier this week that left one man dead and another injured. Acting senior superintendent Basil Tang Yick-kay of the New Territories North regional headquarters said on Thursday that the four suspects and others at large belonged to a triad group. Preliminary investigations suggested the attack stemmed from long-standing grievances and relationship entanglements. Tang said officers on Wednesday arrested a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295984/2-hongkongers-arrested-bangkok-over-fatal-knife-attack-yuen-long?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3295984/2-hongkongers-arrested-bangkok-over-fatal-knife-attack-yuen-long?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:22:33 +0000 Bangkok was set to announce a new work-from-home policy on Monday, as air pollution continued to hammer the city and other parts of Thailand. Schools would be closed and trucks with six wheels or more would be prohibited from entering the city’s inner core, the Bangkok Post reported. Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Sunday that strong winds and favourable conditions had caused the city’s air quality to improve, but cautioned that pollution levels were expected to rise again on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3294508/smog-shrouds-thailand-bangkok-tackles-toxic-air-remote-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3294508/smog-shrouds-thailand-bangkok-tackles-toxic-air-remote-work?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jan 2025 07:43:36 +0000 Police in Cambodia arrested a former Thai marine on Wednesday over the fatal shooting of a Cambodian opposition politician in a brazen attack in downtown Bangkok. Exiled Cambodian opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy accused the country’s powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering the killing of Lim Kimya, who was also a French citizen. Lim Kimya was shot dead on Tuesday by a gunman on a motorbike as he arrived in the Thai capital from the Cambodian city of Siem Reap by bus, accompanied by his... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293840/assassination-suspected-ex-cambodian-opposition-mp-shot-dead-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293840/assassination-suspected-ex-cambodian-opposition-mp-shot-dead-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2025 03:41:50 +0000 Southeast Asian online shopping giant Lazada Group has refuted a report that parent company Alibaba Group Holding is planning to sell its Thailand unit, as China’s largest e-commerce conglomerate eyes overseas expansion amid a domestic economic slowdown. “Lazada Group is not considering any divestment of our business in Thailand and is not in discussion with any investors on this topic,” the company said in a statement. “Any rumours stating otherwise are untrue.” The Bangkok Post on Thursday... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3267326/alibaba-denies-talks-sell-lazadas-thailand-unit-it-eyes-continued-global-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3267326/alibaba-denies-talks-sell-lazadas-thailand-unit-it-eyes-continued-global-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:00:09 +0000 A soldier killed two people and wounded one other in a shooting at a military facility in Thailand’s capital on Wednesday, police and army officials said. Sergeant Major Yongyuth Mungkornkim, a clerk at the Royal Thai Army War College in Bangkok, shot three other soldiers around 8.45am local time, the military said in a statement. The 59-year-old tried to flee the scene but surrendered himself at around 10am, deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phathanacharoen told reporters. “The army... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3192428/thailand-shooting-thai-soldier-kills-1-wounds-2-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3192428/thailand-shooting-thai-soldier-kills-1-wounds-2-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Sep 2022 05:35:43 +0000 By Soonthorn Phongpao A romance that started with an internet pickup line ended when her new boyfriend stole her real-life pickup truck - on the way to ‘meet his parents’. Police captured Apichart Kaewmanee, 28, in Uthai district after an assistant nurse from Chiang Mai lodged a complaint about her missing vehicle on Saturday. The woman, whose name was withheld, chatted with Mr Apichart for about a week on the Badoo website, according to Uthai police chief Pol Col Anusorn Wayakham. During the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2115549/man-thailand-picks-woman-online-then-steals-her-pickup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2115549/man-thailand-picks-woman-online-then-steals-her-pickup?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:00:30 +0000 Bangkok Post Bangkok Post Facebook, 7-Eleven and Lazada top the 10 best perceived brands among millennials in Thailand, according to a YouGov BrandIndex survey. The three brands achieved the highest word-of-mouth scores in the survey, a notch above Line and KFC, which rank fourth and fifth respectively. The ranking is dominated by fashion retail brands, with three out of the top 10 coming from this industry. However, social media and e-commerce brands are also popular with the younger cohort, with Facebook ranked first... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2115062/facebook-tops-brands-give-thai-millennials-buzz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2115062/facebook-tops-brands-give-thai-millennials-buzz?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Oct 2017 07:45:15 +0000 By Pichaya Svasti For almost 20 years, Khun Tongdaeng, the monarch’s favourite pet dog, stayed beside King Bhumibol Adulyadej as friend and guard. Khun Tongdaeng died nearly a year before the king’s passing on October 13 last year, but her love and loyalty is everlasting and is now reflected in her life-size sculpture, which has been placed at the royal crematorium at Sanam Luang. The sculpture is the work of Chin Prasong, who had created the bronze sculptures of Khun Tongdaeng and other dogs... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2114674/man-creates-life-sized-sculptures-late-thai-kings-dogs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2114674/man-creates-life-sized-sculptures-late-thai-kings-dogs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Oct 2017 05:45:30 +0000 Two men in Thailand were arrested and 400 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine seized by police after two vehicles were stopped at night on a back road near the border in Chiang Mai province. The suspects were identified as Niranddon Raothao, 29, and Santi Raothao, 23, who are brothers living in Mae Wang district of Chiang Mai, Thai media reported. They were detained at a narcotics suppression checkpoint set up about 11.30pm on Sunday on a road in Chiang Mai’s Mae Suay district connecting to... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2114001/thai-brothers-caught-400kg-crystal-meth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2114001/thai-brothers-caught-400kg-crystal-meth?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:30:00 +0000 The head of the monastic community in the north of Thailand has issued an order requiring monks and novices to strictly follow the law and code of conduct, and refrain from inappropriate use of social media. The order directs senior members of the monastic governing hierarchy in the region to deal with any misbehaviour, which includes activities out of keeping with the monk’s gender at birth. The order, issued by Phra Wisutthiwongsacharn, chief of the monastic committee for the northern region,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2113639/thai-monks-ordered-not-use-social-media-inappropriately?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2113639/thai-monks-ordered-not-use-social-media-inappropriately?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Oct 2017 04:15:15 +0000 By Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk Hedbot Co, a Bangkok-based open platform for chatbot makers, is offering free tools for business and individuals to build their own chatbots and cash in on the emerging popularity of this form of communication. Hedbot’s ultimate goal in the next six-seven years is to compete with Google by tapping advertising technology. “We spent 10 million baht (US$300,571) developing the free open tools for those businesses and individuals to create a chatbot within five minutes,”... https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2113001/thai-companys-free-software-lets-novice-users-build-chatbots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2113001/thai-companys-free-software-lets-novice-users-build-chatbots?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:00:45 +0000 By Terry Fredrickson Two passengers spotted an unattended mobile phone displaying the message “do not turn off” on a Jet Airways flight bound for Bangkok International Airport, prompting an emergency landing. An Indian-flagged Jet Airways plane made an emergency landing at the airport last night after two passengers spotted an unattended mobile phone displaying the message “do not turn off”. The discovery was reported to the captain of flight 9W 66, who took it for a bomb threat and immediately... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2112228/suspicious-mobile-phone-leads-emergency-landing-thai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2112228/suspicious-mobile-phone-leads-emergency-landing-thai?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:45:00 +0000 Suchit Leesa-nguansuk HP, the global maker of computers and printers, is joining forces with Metro Systems Corporation Plc to introduce HP’s first 3D printer in Thailand and capitalise on the Industry 4.0 initiative. “3D printers will play an integral role in the fourth industrial revolution, transforming analogue to digital manufacturing where automation and robotic technology are combined,” said Alex Lalumiere, head of HP’s client sales for 3D printers. In the past 10 years, 3D printer... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2111971/hp-deal-delivers-3d-printing-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2111971/hp-deal-delivers-3d-printing-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Sep 2017 04:30:30 +0000 By Methee Muangkaew Grandma Khlong is setting a fine example for others – that learning is not limited by age – and at 80 years-old has her eyes set on first completing her primary schooling and, eventually, maybe even getting a degree. ”Grandma” is Khlong Faikhao, a resident of Yan Ta Khao district in Thailand’s Trang province. She went to Thetsaban 2 School in Muang district on Sunday to sit her primary school exams, along with about 10 other (much younger) students. The 80-year-old has... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2111835/80-year-old-thai-primary-student-aims-high?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2111835/80-year-old-thai-primary-student-aims-high?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Sep 2017 06:15:45 +0000 A thief bombed a bank ATM outside a Tesco Lotus hypermarket in Bangkok’s Prawet district and made off with the cash box, containing 481,700 baht (US$14,561), early this morning. The explosion on Soi Krungthep Kreetha 35, off Srinakarin Road, was reported to Prawet police station around 4.30am. The ATM belongs to Bangkok Bank. The blast shattered the machine and left debris scattered over a radius of 30 metres.  Thongthew Chuenkham, 58, a security guard at a company opposite the hypermarket... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2110990/atm-blown-money-box-stolen-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2110990/atm-blown-money-box-stolen-bangkok?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Sep 2017 07:15:30 +0000 By Kanana Katharangsiporn Investors are on the march to cash in on Thailand’s ageing demographic, with two new retirement home projects worth a combined 10 billion baht (US$301 million) to be launched in the fourth quarter. One is Jin Wellbeing County, targeted towards senior people in Greater Bangkok in the middle- to upper-end segment, with the other a luxury senior village on Kamala Beach in Phuket, comprising 191 low-rise condo units and 29 villas for both Thai and foreign retirees, in the... https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/2110682/thailand-positioning-itself-haven-luxury-complexes-elderly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/2110682/thailand-positioning-itself-haven-luxury-complexes-elderly?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:00:45 +0000 By Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk Financial institutions should work with financial technology (fintech) start-ups in three main categories to complement each other’s know-how, says a global research firm. Payment, remittance and customer analytics are growing fintech areas in which banks and fintech startups can collaborate, as banks have customer skills and data, while start-ups offer innovative services and are dynamic, said Michael Araneta, associate vice-president of IDC Financial Insights, a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2110773/three-areas-tabbed-key-fintech-start-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2110773/three-areas-tabbed-key-fintech-start-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 By Yuthana Praiwan Although the government has not yet sent a clear signal for when it will start buying solar power generated from private buildings and households, the boom in solar rooftops in that segment has started, say industry officials. The number of households and buildings generating power for their own use is expected to rise sharply, fuelled by a new business model from renewable energy companies offering practical solar rooftop deals. Businesses ranging from small and medium-sized... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2110620/solar-future-bright-thailand-despite-hazy-backing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2110620/solar-future-bright-thailand-despite-hazy-backing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Sep 2017 05:15:30 +0000 By Yuthana Praiwan The Thai government will end the decade-long restriction on households and commercial buildings selling power generated by their solar rooftops to state utilities in the fourth quarter of the year. Deregulation will open the door for detached houses, warehouses, factories and offices to sell their leftover capacity to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). The buying rate is being fixed at below 2.6 baht (US$0.08) per kilowatt-hour, according to the Energy... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2110147/sales-rooftop-solar-power-begin-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2110147/sales-rooftop-solar-power-begin-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Sep 2017 06:30:00 +0000 By Treenai Chansrichol An ambulance decorated with the famous Japanese cartoon character Doraemon is offering patients some welcome distraction on their way to hospitals in Thailand. Paew Yiang Tai Foundation, a non-profit rescue agency in Sri Racha district in Chon Buri, posted pictures of the ambulance on its Facebook account on Tuesday - and the media rapidly made the Doraemon-themed vehicle a star. “The ambulance of one of the volunteer rescuers is decorated so prettily that every patient... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2109121/doraemon-themed-ambulance-thailand-gives-patients-stress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2109121/doraemon-themed-ambulance-thailand-gives-patients-stress?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Aug 2017 06:15:45 +0000 By Chatrudee Theparat Thailand’s cabinet has approved a robotics development plan as the state pushes to enhance a 200-billion-baht (US$6 billion) investment scheme for the industry over the next five years. The cabinet also approved a slew of measures to support the development of robotics and other targeted industries to keep up with the Thailand 4.0 policy. Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana said the measures are aimed at encouraging the manufacturing and service sectors to increase... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2108938/development-plan-robotics-gets-nod-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2108938/development-plan-robotics-gets-nod-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Aug 2017 05:45:30 +0000 By Chatrudee Theparat The Thai government will let domestic and foreign investors collaborate with government agencies in developing housing projects through the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme for low-income earners and the lower-middle class under the Pracha Rat Home scheme. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has authorised the state-owned GH Bank and the National Housing Authority (NHA) to design the housing development plan for low-income and lower-middle earners... https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/2108674/thai-government-pushes-public-private-partnership-housing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/2108674/thai-government-pushes-public-private-partnership-housing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:30:45 +0000 By Supapong Chaolan An accident at traffic lights in Thailand’s Kanchanadit district has proved the salvation of 88 protected pangolins probably intended for use in traditional medicines, and by restaurants, in China. Kanchanadit police station received a report a crash involving three vehicles at traffic lights, with the driver at fault quickly fleeing the scene.  The drivers of the other two vehicles, a pickup truck and a sedan, said they had stopped at the intersection waiting for the lights... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2108656/road-accident-thailand-saves-88-pangolins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2108656/road-accident-thailand-saves-88-pangolins?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:45:00 +0000 By Cheewin Sattha Fragrant young coconuts are a popular drink with local people and tourists in the Thai city of Chiang Mai, but disposing of the emptied nuts has long been a costly problem - until the municipal office recently began recycling them as compost. About 10 tonnes of the shells and husks of young coconuts are discarded in the district every day after people enjoy the refreshing liquid inside them, usually through straws inserted in a hole cut at the top. It had been costing the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2108655/chiang-mai-turning-used-coconuts-compost?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2108655/chiang-mai-turning-used-coconuts-compost?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:30:30 +0000 Online reporters and Kanana Katharangsiporn A social media alert that a high-rise under construction near Bangkok’s Ploenchit intersection appeared to be leaning over stirred brief panic on Tuesday, but it was just the unusual design being revealed as the contractor removed the covering. A Twitter user posted photos of the Pathumwan building with a hashtag for JS100 traffic radio, saying that it appeared to be leaning towards the adjacent high-rise condominium building, Noble Ploenchit. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2107062/leaning-tower-bangkok-sparks-panic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2107062/leaning-tower-bangkok-sparks-panic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:30:00 +0000 By Prasit Tangprasert and Wassayog Ngamkham Police in a Thai city have said that a sergeant’s memo saying he had to miss a daily national anthem session in order to take his mistress on a business trip was a practical joke played by his colleagues. The memo, dated Sunday and written by Pol Sen Sgt Maj Amnuay Waifah of Soeng Sang police station in Nakhon Ratchasima to his boss, has been widely circulated on social media. It says he decided not to attend the morning gathering to observe the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2106748/thai-polices-joke-mistress-memo-goes-viral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2106748/thai-polices-joke-mistress-memo-goes-viral?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:45:30 +0000 An obese long-tailed macaque rescued from a lazy gluttonous life of limitless food from over-generous tourists to Thailand has shed over two kilogrammes since being placed on a diet and is now ready for release back into the wild. Officials of the Wildlife Conservation Office were on Thursday preparing to return the 15-year-old primate to Khun Kala Monument, an attraction known for its horde of long-tailed macaques, in Bangkok’s seaside district of Bang Khun Thian, Thai media reported.  The... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2106278/lazy-fat-macaque-thailand-release-after-strict-diet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2106278/lazy-fat-macaque-thailand-release-after-strict-diet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:45:00 +0000 Myanmar authorities have seized 30 million methamphetamine pills and arrested four suspects in the border town of Tachileik in Shan State, opposite Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai. The three men and a teenage girl were arrested when narcotics suppression officers searched a building in the town on Tuesday afternoon. They found 85 sacks containing a total of 30 million speed pills, according to a source at the Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau.  They also sized three pickup trucks, three shotguns,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2106080/myanmar-police-seize-30-million-speed-pills?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2106080/myanmar-police-seize-30-million-speed-pills?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Aug 2017 07:00:30 +0000 By Kosman Tortermvasana Facebook and YouTube have confirmed that all web pages ruled as illicit by the Thai Criminal Court have been removed from their platforms. From May 1 to July 16, 1,835 pages were removed. The removal of the remaining 1,786 pages has not been ordered by the court because of coordination errors among government agencies. The mistake involving coordination has led to an inaccurate number of illicit pages, said Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the National Broadcasting... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2105911/thailand-removes-illicit-webpages?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2105911/thailand-removes-illicit-webpages?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2017 05:45:30 +0000 Drugs with a combined street value of more than 100 million baht (US$2.99 million) were seized and a suspected dealer was detained for questioning in a raid carried out at a luxury rental house in Ramkhamhaeng area of Bangkok late Monday night, local police said. The joint operation by the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) and the Patrol and Special Operation Division (PSOD) - also known as the 191 police - took place at about 11.30pm on Monday at a rental house on Ramkhamhaeng Road in Min Buri... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2103989/42m-meth-tabs-26kg-crystal-meth-40kg-ketamine-seized-thai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2103989/42m-meth-tabs-26kg-crystal-meth-40kg-ketamine-seized-thai?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Jul 2017 05:00:30 +0000 Police in Thailand will charge online prankster Nathan Bartling, 24, over putting coins on the rail tracks for trains to run over and making a cat fight a scorpion on his YouTube channel “My Mate Nate”. Police Colonel Alongkorn Sirisongkram, chief of the Prawet police, said on Tuesday Mr Bartling would be charged with trespassing under a 1921 law on railways and highways and with cruelty to animals. Mr Bartling has been told to report to Prawet police to acknowledge the charges, the station... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2103128/thai-police-charge-prankster-my-mate-nate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2103128/thai-police-charge-prankster-my-mate-nate?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:00:15 +0000 Disgraced former monk Nen Kham, wanted in Thailand on arrest warrants for public fraud and sex with underage girls, will be escorted back from the US to Thailand, arriving on Wednesday night, to face charges. Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Paisit Wongmuang said on Tuesday that Wirapol Sukphol, 38, formerly Nen Kham, had not filed an appeal after a California court approved his extradition. A team of prosecutors and DSI officials were dispatched to the US to bring Mr Wirapol back... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2103091/jet-setting-monk-being-brought-back-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2103091/jet-setting-monk-being-brought-back-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jul 2017 06:30:45 +0000 Police raided a drug party in the southern Thailand business hub of Hat Yai and arrested six partygoers, including a man who had his baby son with him. Police Capt Thanarak Borriraknarakul, chief of the anti-drug operation, said methamphetamine pills and crystal meth were found in the room at the Pink Resort, in the municipal area, during the pre-dawn raid. Police detained six people after their urine samples tested positive for the drugs. They were charged with possession of illegal drugs, he... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2102535/father-arrested-thailand-drug-party-year-old-son?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2102535/father-arrested-thailand-drug-party-year-old-son?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:30:00 +0000 By Phubet Faithes A 14-year-old girl taught Muay Thai by her father is boxing successfully in competitions in her home province and nearby, helping support her grandmother and pay off the family house. Wijitra “Ann” Boon-in, a student at Ban Dan Lan Hoi Wittaya School in Ban Dan Lan Hoi district, said on Wednesday her late father was a Muay Thai boxer. He had passed his love of the sport on to her and began training her when she was in Grade six. She started fighting in the ring when she entered... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2102357/young-thai-teen-boxes-support-her-grandmother?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2102357/young-thai-teen-boxes-support-her-grandmother?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jul 2017 07:45:45 +0000 By Nillapat Sanchaichana In the face of impending food scarcity, edible insects are a newfangled protein alternative. Modern food science and technology allows culinary creativity for bug-eating beyond what one can imagine. From the creepy crawly that may not seem appetising, today we have chocolate-coated crickets, scorpion vodka, crispy silkworms and cricket snacks in myriad flavours ranging from seaweed to barbecue to cheese. These products are increasingly crawling up the shelves. To create... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2102137/better-munching-insects?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2102137/better-munching-insects?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:00:15 +0000 The Customs Department in Thailand went ahead with the auctioning of 300 confiscated cars and motorcycles on Thursday, a week after the original auction was abruptly cancelled due to issues over registration of the vehicles raised by the country’s Department of Land Transport (DLT). The department last week cancelled the auction after the DLT raised fears it could be used to launder illegally imported cars. It also asked if any of the vehicles were still subject to court cases. Chuchai Udompote,... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2101539/thai-customs-puts-300-vehicles-auction-block?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2101539/thai-customs-puts-300-vehicles-auction-block?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:45:30 +0000 A toughened tobacco control law takes effect in Thailand Today, raising the legal age to buy cigarettes to 20 and barring tobacco firms from indirect advertisements via corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Welcoming the amended law regulating tobacco consumption, Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said yesterday the 2017 Tobacco Control Act was designed to cut the number of teenage smokers while protecting non-smokers’ health. The stricter law was necessary to keep... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2101158/cigarette-buying-age-thailand-raised-20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2101158/cigarette-buying-age-thailand-raised-20?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2017 03:45:30 +0000 By Prasit Tangprasert A groom in the who on Saturday walked away with his relatives from a wedding following a dispute over the dowry, has agreed to pay for the expenses incurred and return to marry his girlfriend after the embarrassment has died down, said the bride’s father Boonsuan Wareesri. The planned wedding at Ban Phutsa village in tambon Rangkayai in Thailand’s Phimai district turned into an embarrassment after the groom, Adirek Chadachan, and his relatives arrived from Phichit province... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2100032/wedding-then-thailand-again-dowry-dispute-ends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2100032/wedding-then-thailand-again-dowry-dispute-ends?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:00:30 +0000 Youth in Thailand rank artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) as the most exciting technology innovations that will affect their lives, according to recent survey findings by Microsoft. Thai youths also expressed a number of concerns involving the impact of technology on everyday life — namely the loss in job opportunities, relationships growing impersonal and the rising threat to security and privacy in the digital world, said the report. In the Microsoft Asia Digital... https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2099282/ai-will-have-biggest-impact-us-say-thai-youths?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2099282/ai-will-have-biggest-impact-us-say-thai-youths?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:45:15 +0000 By Apipar Norapoompipat Pattanadon Taesakul didn’t know what he was getting himself into when he had the bright idea of buying a miniature piglet. After coming across a booth selling baby pigs at an electronics expo in the Muang Thong Thani suburb north of Bangkok, the 25-year-old tool shop owner was smitten by their cute and cuddly appearance. Promised that they wouldn’t grow any larger, he bought one for 3,000 baht (US$88) and named her Junior. Raising her in his home and tool shop in... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2098935/unlikely-star-born-thailands-pig-problem?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2098935/unlikely-star-born-thailands-pig-problem?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jun 2017 04:30:15 +0000 By Komsan Tortermvasana Thailand is facing a big shortage of information security professionals, with fewer than 1,000 Thais working in the cybersecurity field. Of the total, only 198 Thais have Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) qualifications, a worldwide standard for digital security literacy — 13 times less than South Korea — according to Surangkana Wayuparb, chief executive of the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA). To successfully deal with growing... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2098486/cybersecurity-pros-lacking-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2098486/cybersecurity-pros-lacking-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:30:15 +0000 By Chinnawat Singha A 10-year-old student’s letter describing her family’s poverty and fear their ramshackle home would fall down in a strong wind has touched the heart of the governor in central Thailand, and help is forthcoming. Siriporn Suthinphueak, a student of Prathom 5 in Wat Mahavanaram School in tambon Hua Ror of Muang district, addressed her handwritten plea to governor Supachai Iamsuwant. She has two younger brothers, aged eight and four, and they live mostly with her mother, a dish... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2098052/ten-year-old-thailand-asks-provincial-governor-help-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2098052/ten-year-old-thailand-asks-provincial-governor-help-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jun 2017 03:45:30 +0000 By Suchit Leesa-nguansuk The Internet of Things (IoT) and digital transformation have driven the adoption of cloud computing technology in business organisations, says a US-based enterprise cloud infrastructure firm Nutanix. “Thailand and Singapore are the top two strategic countries in the Asean market that can leapfrog the adoption of private cloud data centres,” said Sudheesh Nair, president of Nutanix. Compared to Europe and the US where the enterprise infrastructure has been established,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2097918/digital-adoption-clouds-blow-towards-thailand-and-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2097918/digital-adoption-clouds-blow-towards-thailand-and-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:30:30 +0000 By Manit Sanubboon A man was electrocuted while trying to recover a bag of money tied to a balloon snagged on high-voltage power lines on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred beside Suwansorn Road near Phra Prong village in Kabin Buri district. After rushing to the scene, Kabin Buri police found a man, identified as Ratthawut Phanompha, 20, lying unconscious near a 20-metre-high power pole opposite a local shrine. A 10-metre long bamboo stick with a sickle tied around one end, and a crane... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2097484/man-electrocuted-grabbing-bag-cash-power-lines-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2097484/man-electrocuted-grabbing-bag-cash-power-lines-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:33:54 +0000 By Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud service provider under Amazon, is optimistic about cloud services in Thailand’s enterprise market. Positive factors include speed to market, strong security and low investment costs, according to Nick Walton, head of Asean at Amazon Web Services (AWS). “Over the next six months, there will be more big enterprises in Thailand moving to use public cloud services more apart from previously its dominant in startup,” he... https://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/2097076/amazon-executive-buoyant-thailands-cloud?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/2097076/amazon-executive-buoyant-thailands-cloud?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jun 2017 04:30:00 +0000 By Suchit Leesa-nguansuk Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Thailand is moving forward at full steam, thanks to the development of smart algorithms that can replicate, assist and enhance human tasks in predictable and automatic ways. Jarit Sidhu, research manager at IDC Asia Pacific, a leading global research firm, says: “Thailand is moving forward at the right pace to integrate emerging technologies like AI into business and daily life.” There are two types of AI: applied and general. Applied AI... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2096901/ai-making-its-way-both-business-and-daily-life-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2096901/ai-making-its-way-both-business-and-daily-life-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jun 2017 04:30:45 +0000 By PATHOM SANGWONGWANICH E-commerce in Southeast Asia is ripe for fast-paced growth scenario given the region’s huge population and growing middle class, but countries need to address existing challenges to help the business reach its full potential, says a Google executive. Southeast Asia is a “hotbed” for mobile internet with about 130 million people now using smartphones out of a total population of around 630 million, said Marc Woo, industry head for e-commerce, travel and financial services... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2094393/asean-next-frontier-e-commerce-boom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2094393/asean-next-frontier-e-commerce-boom?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 May 2017 08:28:12 +0000