Urban youth like reading: poll
Youngsters in Bangkok and other major cities spend nearly an hour each day reading, although chatting on the phone and surfing the Internet still take up the greater part of their leisure time, the president of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand said yesterday.
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Muslim men to be 're-educated'
Narathiwat governor Pracha Therat has announced that 65 Muslims from the deep South who are believed to be militant sympathisers will be sent to re-education camps in a bid to change their attitude towards the government.
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WORLD CUP
'One in five football gamblers will default'
Survey predicts Bt6 billion worth of unpaid debts
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Senator to be charged
Police yesterday summoned outgoing Ratchaburi Senator Napintorn Srisunpang to acknowledge criminal charges against him over the May murder of former MP Kobkul Nopamornbodee.
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Bus firms seek fare hike; threaten strike
Bus operators have threatened to stop services after August 5 if the Transport Ministry fails to comply with its request for a 9-satang-per-kilometre fare hike.
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Villagers in hiding as suspect gets bail
There was anger and controversy in Sa Kaew yesterday after the local court allowed the nephew of politician Snoh Thienthong to be freed on bail of Bt300,000 following his arrest on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to kill a village headman.
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