Mystery surrounds death of Korean man who fell from Pattaya apartment

PATTAYA:-- Mystery surrounds the death of a Korean man who fell to his death from a fourth floor room of an apartment building in Pattaya.

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Rainy season to come in mid May, weather chief says

BANGKOK: It's a good news now when the Meteorological Department says the current drought that has plagued many parts of the country and put it as the worst in 20 years will be over mid next month as the seasonal monsoon rains will start to come.

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Pattaya Hotel Owner Receives Mysterious Letter with Ice Lookalike Inside

PATTAYA: At 22.00hrs on Friday 29 April 2016 Pattaya Police Officers were informed by the owner of a hotel in Soi Dongtarn, Pattaya that there was a mysterious letter sent to an unknown person and that he couldn’t match it to any of the guests.

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Stiffer fines for repeat offenders who leave vehicle engines idling from June 1 in Singapore

Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) will increase the penalty for repeat offenders who leave their vehicle engines idling from June 1, as part of ongoing efforts to further improve ambient air quality and safeguard public health, according to The Straits Times.

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Over 167,000 jobs up for grabs in Labour Day job fairs in Philippines

MANILA: Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said on Friday that more than 167,000 vacancies will be available for job seekers in 54 job fair venues across the Philippines on Labour Day, May 1, 2016, according to Manila Bulletin.

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Government suffers budget deficit in six-month time

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Finance yesterday released a statistics for the first six months of the 2016 budget showing the country's expenditures have exceeded revenues by 500 billion baht.

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Anti-Rohingya demonstrators to be charged with unlawful protest, say police

RANGOON: Hundreds of protesters assembled to condemn the US embassy’s use of the word in an April 20 statement offering condolences and expressing concern after 18 internally displaced Rohingya Muslims died when their boat capsized near Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State. One of the protesters’ rallying cries was, “There are no Rohingya in Burma.”

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Nearly 17,000 officers to safeguard May Day rallies in Jakarta

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government will deploy a combined force of nearly 17,000 officers and security force members to safeguard mass rallies that are set to be held in Jakarta on Sunday to commemorate International Workers' Day, The Jakarta Globe reproted.

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Leaking Hua Hin attack footage "damaged the country" say authorities

HUA HIN:-- Authorities say they want to find those responsible for leaking CCTV footage of the attack on three British tourists in Hua Hin at Songkran.

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Thai teenager in lucky escape after harpooning his eyelid

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NAN:-- A Thai youth had a very lucky escape when he harpooned himself going fishing.

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Bike catches fire at pump after attendant filmed using mobile phone

SURIN:-- PTT have moved quickly to assure the public of petrol pump safety after a fire ignited a motorcycle being filled at a Surin gas station.

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Big Brother is watching you brush past your fellow man

Even some of the most suspicious people would accept that there are at least some benefits in the proliferation of CCTV cameras throughout the world. But the very tool that authorities cite as so useful in bringing offenders of all descriptions to justice is very much a double edged sword.

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