Japanese scholar to be honoured

Princess Sirindhorn to confer an honorary arts doctorate on scholar Ishii Yoneo, 78, at Chulalongkorn

Students want clean toilets, poll findsn
Nearly 70 per cent of Bangkok students hold their bladders to avoid going to dirty toilets at schools, a....

Thai team; Independent, wins RoboCup 2007 in US
Independent, one of three Thai teams in the final of the RoboCup 2007 in the US, retains its championship for....

Extra pays proposed as incentive for interrogators
A police committee yesterday proposed raising extra pays to police interrogators to the same level received....

Pulo's open letter to Gen Sonthi
The foreign affairs chief of the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), Kasturi Mahkota, criticised....
Big central fund includes agency costs: Sommai
Deputy Finance Minister Sommai Phasee yesterday defended the lavish central fund proposed in the 2008 budget....
Angered by 'temple' design
Sumet Jumsai na Ayuthaya, the well-known architect and historian, yesterday submitted a letter to Culture....
Most kids exposed to TV violence, poll finds
Most children have been exposed to TV scenes featuring verbal abuse, rape, fights and physical attacks,....

Environment

His Majesty concerned
His Majesty the King was concerned about global warming and had urged local communities and state agencies to....

Health&Science

A patient receives treatment from a chiropractor.
Thailand has become the second place in Asia to offi¬cially recognise chiropractic treatment.

Education

About 79,000 second graders are illiterate
About 79,000 second graders were illiterate, according to the students' scores in the national test.

Metro/Crimes

End in sight for residents in battle against building noise
Lee Klein does not need an alarm clock. He has been waking at 6am every day for the past several months.