Quality of mother-child relations has dropped: poll
Bangkok women have become laxer in their attitudes to discipline over the past three generations, and their children admit feeling uneasy about having to say "Thank you" and "Sorry" to their mothers and grandmothers, a poll revealed yesterday.
Many trips to US, UK cancelled
On the second day of worldwide disturbance to air travel, Thais were starting to cancel trips to the US and the UK due to concerns over security and delays at airports, local travel agents said yesterday.
Senators' bloc 'opposed to three EC nominees'
Some senators are set on blocking three nominees for the Election Commission who they believe are "hostile" to caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his party, a senator said yesterday
No block vote for EC candidates : Suchon
Suchon Chaleekrue, speaker of the outgoing Senate, said on Saturday he has never heard of any kind of bloc voting among senators supposedly manipulated by the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party.
Media do not treat me fairly : Thaksin
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra criticised some print media on Saturday of not treating him fairly and asked for justice from columnists of those newspapers and magazines.
A man is in coma after jumping before moving Skytrain
A university student is in a coma after jumping in front of a moving train at Asoke Skytrain station on Saturday morning. The incident happened at about 8.10am.
