Tag: Thailand
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Hackers steal personal details of 120,000 customers, Bank of Thailand says
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has confirmed that hackers have stolen information of more than 120,000 customers in a massive data breach into two major commercial banks. Cybersecurity operators at BOT has vowed to step up security measures and oversight after Kasikornbank and Krung Thai Bank reported cyber attacks during the Buddhist Lent holiday. However,…
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Thai Boys: Again, collective human spirit triumphs – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. A dozen boys, members of a youth football club with the intimidating name, The Wild Boars, ventured into the six-mile Tham Luang Cave. The cave is in the 1,275-kilometre long Doi Non Mountain Range in North Thailand. The boys are aged 11-16 with Wiboonrungrueng Chanin, being the youngest. With them was their…
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Thailand blames Nigeria for collapse of its rice mills
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh says Thailand has accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation from the country. The minister made this known at a meeting of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) and leadership of the Fertiliser Producers…
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Sad! Jealous man stabs wife to death for refusing him
Police in Chachoengsao, Thailand on Thursday, arrested a 38 year old man who murdered his estranged wife after she refused to get back together with him. The suspect, Norasingh Buakhiaw was detained by neighbors at a Sukprayoon Road condo after he committed the crime. His wife, 40 year old Arom Chamsawat, a local department store…
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Video: Girl asks taxi driver to livestream her committing suicide
A distressing footage showing an 18-year-old girl committing suicide has gone viral after it was livestreamed by her taxi driver. The teenager, whose name is given as Ms. Nittaya Sawatdiwan, took a taxi to the Rama 8 bridge then asked her taxi driver to stop and help livestream the suicide. The taxi driver, Pattharadanai Noomarinart…
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So sad! Schoolgirl crushed to death by truck (Graphic photos)
A little schoolgirl was knocked down and crushed to death under a truck’s wheel this morning at Nonthaburi province in Thailand. An eyewitness reports that the woman pictured wailing on the ground was taking her daughter to school on a motorcycle when a truck rammed into them from behind, knocking her off the bike. She…
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Crocodile bites woman while taking a selfie
A 46-year-old woman has been hospitalized after being bitten by a crocodile while trying to take a selfie with the animal. Benetulier Lesuffleur was visiting Kho Yai National Park in Thailand with her husband when they defied warning signs and went off the trail to try and take a photo with a crocodile. Lesuffleur reportedly…