The heavy rain earlier forecast for the upper northeastern region eased off on Friday as storm Kompasu lost strength over Vietnam and was downgraded to a low-pressure system.
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A fraught year in politics
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published : 30 Dec 2020 at 11:02
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It is often said that Thailand resolves around political events. Here are the five most dynamic and attention-grabbing stories the youth-led, anti-government protests, the Future Forward Party’s spectacular fall, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha surviving the Constitutional Court’s rulings that threatened to deliver the death warrant on his premiership, the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections held for the first time in six years and the internal turbulence experienced by the main opposition Pheu Thai Party which have left their mark this year.
1. Anti-government protests
Anti-government protesters, most of whom were students, fill Ngam Wong Wan and Phahon Yothin roads at Kasetsart intersection in Bangkok on Oct 19. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Sia Po s T-shirt row, gold thief hits the casino, ghostly tales
published : 20 Dec 2020 at 04:00
Gambler, ex-cop on warpath
A net idol and gambler has found himself an unwitting accomplice after a disgraced senior policeman accused a well-known rescue worker of helping himself to public funds.
Apirak Sia Po Anon
Net idol and former boxer Apirak Sia Po Anon, a colourful character who is facing charges of attempting to kill in relation to a shooting outside a city massage parlour in late October, found himself ensnared in another legal dispute last week after his attempt to make merit by donating funds to a public cause went awry.