Isaan News » Thailand News http://isaannews.com Your Daily News From Isaan Thailand Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:19 +0000 sv-SE hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New border post to help trade – or gamblers? http://isaannews.com/new-border-post-to-help-trade-or-gamblers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-border-post-to-help-trade-or-gamblers http://isaannews.com/new-border-post-to-help-trade-or-gamblers/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:19 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3299 The new Golden Triangle permanent border checkpoint in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Saen district – which has just been opened – is seen as having been established with political connections to benefit a large casino project on the Lao side. The checkpoint was opened on Sunday at the Sobruak village in Tambon Wiang. The government claims [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/new-border-post-to-help-trade-or-gamblers/feed/ 0 Yinglucks Office website hacked http://isaannews.com/yinglucks-office-website-hacked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yinglucks-office-website-hacked http://isaannews.com/yinglucks-office-website-hacked/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 08:59:29 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3238 The website of the Office of the Prime Minister was hacked on Wednesday, with an abusive message pasted next to an altered photograph of a laughing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The prime minister’s website was hacked to display a message and photo (inset) by the well-known Unlimited Hack Team. The message cast aspersions on the [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/yinglucks-office-website-hacked/feed/ 0 Health Ministry campaigns for end of squat toilet use to lessen arthritis risks http://isaannews.com/health-ministry-campaigns-for-end-of-squat-toilet-use-to-lessen-arthritis-risks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-ministry-campaigns-for-end-of-squat-toilet-use-to-lessen-arthritis-risks http://isaannews.com/health-ministry-campaigns-for-end-of-squat-toilet-use-to-lessen-arthritis-risks/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:23:36 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3188 (NNT) – The Health Ministry is continuing its campaign that calls on the whole country to give up the use of squat toilet to lessen risks of arthritis. Deputy Health Minister Cholanan Srikaew said on Monday that the Cabinet-approved 2013-2016 Public Toilet Development Master Plan is intended to encourage members of the public to realize [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/health-ministry-campaigns-for-end-of-squat-toilet-use-to-lessen-arthritis-risks/feed/ 0 5m boa caught eating rabbits http://isaannews.com/5m-boa-caught-eating-rabbits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5m-boa-caught-eating-rabbits http://isaannews.com/5m-boa-caught-eating-rabbits/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:01:55 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3130 A giant boa constrictor snake was found eating rabbits in a house in Pathum Thani province on Saturday. It took six men to carry the five-metre boa found in a rabbit cage in Pathum Thani on Saturday. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala) Thatree Krinta, 39, the owner of the house, called rescue officers after finding the [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/5m-boa-caught-eating-rabbits/feed/ 0 Old elephant killed in fight over female http://isaannews.com/old-elephant-killed-in-fight-over-female/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-elephant-killed-in-fight-over-female http://isaannews.com/old-elephant-killed-in-fight-over-female/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:13:56 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3118 Tourists and staff at an elephant centre in Chon Buri ran for their lives on Thursday morning as two male tuskers fought over a female, and the old one was killed by the younger one, ASTV Manager newspaper reported. Authorities called to Khao Chi Chan Pattaya Elephant Centre in Sattahip district found the severely gored body of 69-year-old [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/old-elephant-killed-in-fight-over-female/feed/ 0 Thai jailed for prostituting daughter 9yo http://isaannews.com/thai-jailed-for-prostituting-daughter-9yo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thai-jailed-for-prostituting-daughter-9yo http://isaannews.com/thai-jailed-for-prostituting-daughter-9yo/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:29:05 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3090 SYDNEY – A Thai-born woman was jailed in Australia Tuesday for prostituting her daughter from the age of nine, marketing her to clients as the ”new girl” in crimes condemned as ”despicable”. The woman, 41, was jailed for nine years in the Brisbane Supreme Court after pleading guilty to 20 offences including child trafficking and [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/thai-jailed-for-prostituting-daughter-9yo/feed/ 0 Songkran road toll continues to rise http://isaannews.com/songkran-road-toll-continues-to-rise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songkran-road-toll-continues-to-rise http://isaannews.com/songkran-road-toll-continues-to-rise/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:15 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3086 Thirty-seven people were killed and 419 injured in 393 accidents on Monday, the fifth of the ”seven dangerous days” of Songkran (April 11-17), the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported Tuesday. In the first five days of the holiday period there were 2,290 road accidents which caused 255 deaths and 2,439 injuries. The road accidents [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/songkran-road-toll-continues-to-rise/feed/ 0 Songkran road death toll 173 http://isaannews.com/songkran-road-death-toll-173/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songkran-road-death-toll-173 http://isaannews.com/songkran-road-death-toll-173/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:18:37 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3046 Seventy-two people were killed and 688 injured in 656 accidents on Saturday, the third of the ”seven dangerous days” of Songkran (April 11-17), the Interior Ministry’s road safety centre said Sunday. In the first three days of the holiday there were 1,447 road accidents which caused 173 deaths and 1,526 injuries. Nakhon Si Thammarat province had [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/songkran-road-death-toll-173/feed/ 0 Revellers soak in Songkran festivities http://isaannews.com/revellers-soak-in-songkran-festivities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revellers-soak-in-songkran-festivities http://isaannews.com/revellers-soak-in-songkran-festivities/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:08:25 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3042 People in all provinces across the country began enjoying festivities in the water-splashing festival yesterday, the first day of Songkran. Even drought and violence in some provinces did not deter people from having fun in the annual water celebrations. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday presided over a ceremony to mark the beginning of Songkran celebrations [...]

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]]> http://isaannews.com/revellers-soak-in-songkran-festivities/feed/ 0 Songkran first day road toll 39 http://isaannews.com/songkran-first-day-road-toll-39/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songkran-first-day-road-toll-39 http://isaannews.com/songkran-first-day-road-toll-39/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:05:19 +0000 IsaanNews http://isaannews.com/?p=3021 A total of 39 people were killed and 342 injured in 326 road accidents throughout the country on Thursday, the first of the “seven dangerous days” (April 11-17) of Songkran, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Friday. Anusorn Kaewkangwan, deputy director general of the department, said the number of road accidents was down [...]

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