Elderly will make up 25% of the population within 30 years, institute predicts
The government must start now to plan social-welfare programmes for the elderly, who will number 16 million - or 25 per cent of the population - within the next three decades, according to Mahidol University's Population and Social Research Institute.
Senior Army officer hit with abduction charge
Influential Army officer Khattiya Sawasdiphol and nine people met yesterday with the public prosecutors in Chon Buri to acknowledge an abduction charge filed against him in relation to a secret meeting he helped "mediate" with a businessman in January.
Medallists to pay homage
Four senior high-school students who won chemistry medals at the Academic Olympics this week will present their awards to His Majesty the King.
Documents for stateless teacher
A music lecturer who has no citizenship has obtained the travel documents and special visa she needed to take her Thai students to the Choir Olympics in China.
Crackdown targets game addiction
The Interior Ministry has issued a regulation to tackle computer game addiction and control hard disks, especially those used for playing games at cafes, police spokesman Lt-General Achirawit Suphanphesat said yesterday.
Daughter of 'Kamnan Poh' battles Amlo for property
The daughter of Chon Buri godfather Somchai "Kamnan Poh" Kunplome yesterday filed another lawsuit against Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) acting secretary-general Yutthabul Dissamarn at the coastal town's court for allegedly seizing property worth Bt30 million without authority.
Ruling today on demolition of Sukhumvit Square beer bars
The Criminal Court will today issue a verdict on massage parlour tycoon turned politician Chuwit Kamolvisit and his accomplices, who are accused of demolishing numerous businesses.
Land ownership on Samui being checked
Land ownership on Samui and Pha Ngan islands is to be scrutinised following complaints of encroachment onto forest reserve land and other illegal ownership.
