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Police officer and insurgent killed in Narathiwat clash
One police officer was killed and two paramilitary ranger volunteers injured in a clash with suspected insurgents in Sri Sakhon district of Narathiwat on Saturday. One suspected insurgent was also killed.
Chinese fugitive ‘oversaw mule accounts worth B2.5 billion’
Thai police have arrested a Chinese fugitive in Bangkok for allegedly managing mule accounts that circulated over 500 million yuan and arranging visas for members of transnational criminal gangs.
Questions mount over gambling site and MP’s husband
Former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopha is demanding a deeper investigation into the blocking of the crypto gambling website Shuffle.com and the role played in the business by the husband of Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap.
Restarting after Hamas terror
Ouijai Chaisri was hoping to mark her 44th birthday on Oct 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its attacks on Israel, reshaping the Middle East.
Asean climate monitor issues highest alert level over toxic haze
Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s climate and fire monitor. “Activation of Alert Level 3 for the Southern Asean region,” the Singapore Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) said on its website, seen on Saturday. Based near Singapore’s Changi Airport, the ASMC uses a four-tiered alert level system, from zero to three, with the highest triggered if there is a “high risk of...
THAI opens compensation site for flood-hit passengers
Thai Airways International has approved compensation measures for passengers affected by flight delays, cancellations and delayed baggage caused by heavy rain and flooding between Sept 26 and 30.
Ex-Malaysian minister Nik Nazmi admits lapse in judgment after ‘khalwat’ arrest
Former Malaysian minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has confirmed that he was one of two individuals detained by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) over an alleged khalwat case. Nik Nazmi, who helms Parti Bersama Malaysia, said he was at a residence in Petaling Jaya on Thursday with a woman after they decided to continue a discussion about a project there. “We had initially started the discussion with friends at a studio in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, before moving to Petaling Jaya to...
Promised China trip never booked, 45 students stranded at airport
An investigation has been ordered after 45 Thai students were stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport after being promised a field trip to China, only to learn there were no flight tickets for them on the departure date.
Flood woes test People’s Party
The devastating floods that paralysed large parts of Bangkok have revived a familiar but consequential question in Thai politics: What exactly do voters expect from their elected MPs when a crisis strikes?
Shunned in the West, Ye hands Indonesia a rare mega-tour coup
Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga each chose Singapore as their only Southeast Asian stop on recent world tours. Fellow American singer Olivia Rodrigo played Thailand and the Philippines, but likewise skipped Indonesia. Next weekend, however, Jakarta is finally getting the big international headline act it has been craving – in the form of Ye. The controversial American rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, is set to play Indonesia’s capital next Saturday, marking the only Southeast Asian appearance on...