Report slams violation of laws over controversial purchase for new airport.

Bitter lesson for ‘prison beauty’

Poor Isaan women fall for offer of quick cash as drug mules, land in Peru prison. For a brief moment, Orn-uma Choomsri, 25, a native of the northeastern province of Buri Ram, felt like she was sitting on top of the world when she was crowned Miss Spring at Santa Monica Women’s Prison here early this month. But her joy did not last long as the harsh reality of prison life set in.

Polanski on ‘Oliver Twist’, children and Bangkok

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has delivered a strong message about the dilemma between loyalty and virtue with his adaptation of “Oliver Twist”, the story of an orphan boy who falls in with a gang of pickpockets. The film opened the Third World Film Festival on Friday night at the Royal Chalermkrung Theatre.