Sixty years on, Boonserm Koompuangpet and friends returned to a much different Thammasat University. Attending the Thai Peace Day celebration yesterday, they carried no weapons but wore a badge showing that they were members of the Free Thai Movement [Kabuankarn Seri Thai] that helped bring peace to the Kingdom at the end of World War II.

North braces for more torrential rain

Heavy downpours will pound several parts of the country, including flood-hit Chiang Mai, the northern weather bureau warned yesterday. Bureau meteorologist Santhani Chaichiangpin singled out Chiang Mai’s Hot district and all of Sukhothai as areas about to receive huge amounts of rain as the result of a low-pressure ridge hovering over the Gulf of Tonkin and a seasonal storm over Thailand.

Museum on road to discovery

A new museum in central Bangkok with a Bt2-billion budget plans to open its doors by the end of next year.

IN BRIEF: Constitution Court ruling on whether Chuwit can keep seat a few weeks away

The Constitution Court is set to rule in a few weeks on whether Chat Thai party-list MP Chuwit Kamolvisit should lose his seat, a senior court official said yesterday.

Boy electrocuted after stepping on chord at mall

Electricity Authority officials will help police investigate the circumstances of a three-year-old boy’s death by electrocution at the Fashion Island shopping centre Saturday evening.

Lawyer for Shin denies conflicts in Supinya case

A lawyer representing Shin Corp in a libel suit yesterday refuted conflicts of interest allegations against the company owned by the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Man dies in drug bust

Two Africans and a Thai were busted yesterday after trying to arrange a heroin sale at a Phya Thai luxury apartment, while a third African fell to his death trying to elude police.

BURNING ISSUE: PM MUST RESPOND TO ‘NO-WORK’ CAMPAIGN

‘Holy day holiday’ threat by separatists is an attempt to dilute govt’s power in South

Dam compensation for developer ‘too high’

Chat Thai Party deputy leader Anurak Jureemas yesterday accused a sitting Cabinet member and a former minister of being too hasty in paying compensation for the Pasak Jolasid Dam land appropriation before the exhaustion of a judicial review.

Students flee Klong Toei ammonia leak

students were evacuated yesterday after the acrid smell of ammonia drifted into their classrooms from a nearby ice-making plant in Klong Toei, an area notorious for chemical storage-factory leaks.

Govt will shut ‘rogue’ community radio stations

The government yesterday threatened to shut down all community radio stations that failed to comply with broadcasting regulations.

METRO BRIEFS: Embankments

BMA to sandbag Chao Phya

Senior-level appointments

Former Finance Ministry permanent secretary Somchainuk Engtrakul has been appointed vice minister under Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, sources said yesterday.

BANGKOK LOGJAMS: ‘Mr Fix-it’ to tackle the traffic

Newin latest in a long line assigned to city’s legendary snarls

Sathit jeers musical answer to poverty

The opposition yesterday dismissed the Interior Ministry’s “One Tambon One Singer’’ project as another gimmick to boost the government’s popularity, since it would do nothing to reduce poverty.

Court told to rush students’ treason case

A member of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) yesterday urged authorities to speed up the judicial process for six students charged with treason.

PM insists on unity for debate on decree

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday threatened to expel ruling party MPs who attack the State of Emergency decree when it is tabled for House scrutiny next Wednesday.

Speedboats set to ply canal route

The rise in fuel prices has interested a company in running express boats on a route connecting Phra Khanong and Ying Charoen Market, the Marine Department said yesterday.

IN BRIEF: ‘Post’ libel suit

Seapa condemns govt for ‘threat against press freedom’

STEM-CELL TRIALS: Doctors call for a new ethics panel

Regulatory body needed to monitor standards, they say

INDONESIAN FIRES: Haze lingers in South

Smoke has shifted from Yala and Songkhla northward to Phuket island

Six years on and no results in education reform

Recent official evaluations have concluded that after six years, education reform in the Kingdom remains far from achieving its goals.

Police raid accused loan shark’s homes

The Anti-Money Laundering Office yesterday raided the offices of a suspected loan shark and seized his assets, a senior official said yesterday.