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Hotel construction report summarizing the pipeline for Asia Pacific, USA, Sth America and more regions around the world.

Mahidol Wittayanusorn School in Nakhon Pathom has become part of the exclusive German network "Schools: Partners for the Future" . There are 10 schools in Thailand in this prestigious network, an initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office.

A government handout photo shows Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, right, shaking hands with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong during the second Thai-Lao Joint Cabinetmeeting in Chiang Mai yesterday.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili discussed the issues of bilateral relations with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra.

Crime novelist Christopher Moore is a well-established and popular writer of dozens of books depicting Southeast Asia's vibrant underworld.

Six newly appointed assistant teachers in Nakhon Ratchasima accused of being involved in exam cheating will be dismissed - while the Department of Special Investigation has called for an ultimate total of 344 people allegedly involved in the scandal to lose their jobs as government officials.

The tragic death of two toddlers - 3-year-old Nong Oey in Samut Prakan and Nong Potter in Si Sa Ket - who were left forgotten in school vans for several hours after school, represent negligence at kindergartens, as these kids are unable to care or survive by themselves.

PHUKET: Two Australian tattoo parlor owners are now out of prison after mistakenly shooting two German tourists while trying to gun down alleged Danish mafioso Dennis Mark Knudsen on January 22.

Psychiatric Social Worker Dr Ruangsit Netnuanyai, 36, is a Phuket native who has been working at Vachira Phuket Hospital for 13 years.

Capt Nucharee Longkaew , the Phuket City Police specialist officer for interviewing victims of sex crimes, said the case is still under investigation.

Four suspects were arrested yesterday in connection with an explosion at a Narathiwat hotel in the morning that left six people injured.

PHUKET: Chico is a cream male poodle mix, so if you are looking for a low shedding dog that's intelligent, sociable with other dogs and affectionate towards children then this is your dog! Chico is about eight years old, and is a wise old dude, with a very relaxed temperament.

THE Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific announced it will begin direct flights from Manila to Phuket, Thailand, starting August 16, 2013.

Department of Special Investigation has confiscated the assets of a Swiss national who was arrested in Thailand for robbing a bank in his home country.

The laws governing the Board of Investment are set to be revised, in response to the agency's new strategies that will be implemented next year.

Hugo Swire, British minister of state for the Foreign Office, will visit the Kingdom between tomorrow and Tuesday to take part in the Thailand-UK Strategic Dialogue.

Many of your readers will not be aware of the despicable trade in dog meat from Thailand to neighbouring countries like Vietnam and Laos that has been going on for a number of years.

MICHAEL DEMOCKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Mayor Mitch Landrieu, at left, watch as the casket of Briana Allen, the 5-year-old girl who was killed by stray gunfire at a birthday party last week, is carried from New Star Baptist Church in Central City after her funeral on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

The spoon-billed sandpiper , seen here in Phetchaburi, Thailand, could be extinct within a decade.

Bangkok, Thailand , May 14, 2013 - The launch of new 3G data plans by all three Thai mobile operators will introduce broad changes to the competitive dynamics among mobile operators, particularly in how they deal with the mass market segment.