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Booze tax cuts approved to boost tourism

The cabinet has approved tax cuts on alcoholic beverages, with wine prices set to fall significantly, in order to boost tourism.

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Former pawnshop employee caught for B170m theft

A former pawnshop employee has been arrested at a border checkpoint in Nong Khai for allegedly stealing gold items from the shop worth about 170 million baht over the past two years.

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New Year traffic accidents claim 256 lives

During New Year from Dec 29 to Jan 3, a total of 2,083 traffic accidents occurred nationwide, resulting in 256 fatalities and 2,106 injuries.

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Graduates struggling to find work

The National Statistical Office (NSO) expressed concern on Wednesday over the high rate of unemployment among new graduates -- now representing the biggest portion of the nation's jobless, according to a survey.

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203 abandoned cars removed from Bangkok roads

City Hall has removed more than 200 abandoned cars from Bangkok roads after no owners showed up to claim them.

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Passenger killed, 15 injured in van crash

A woman passenger was killed and 15 others injured when a van taking them from Nakhon Phanom to Bangkok hit a roadside tree in Ayutthaya province early on Wednesday.

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Monorail train wheel hits taxi

A wheel fell off a Yellow Line monorail train and hit a taxi in Samut Prakan on Tuesday evening. No casualties were reported.

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Fire destroys jet after collision in Tokyo

All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 escaped from a fire following a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday, but local media said most of the coast guard plane crew had died.

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Thailand, China to share permanent visa-free scheme

Thailand and China will implement a reciprocal visa-free scheme for their citizens, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday.

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At least 6 die as earthquake hits Japan

An earthquake rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast Monday, with a tsunami warning issued for the central prefecture of Ishikawa.

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Phuket speedboat crash kills Russian girl

Officials are waiting for the results of drug tests on the driver and assistant of a speedboat that hit rocks off Phuket on Sunday afternoon, killing a Russian girl and injuring nine others.

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PM Srettha worth B1bn and a James Bond car

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and his wife have declared wealth of 1.02 billion baht, including a James Bond Aston Martin DB5, 314 million baht in property and 131.05 million baht in gems and jewellery.

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Airfares expected to fall

Airfares are expected to gradually fall next year due to an increase in licensed airlines and a higher number of aircraft, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).

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Delayed flights cause congestion at Suvarnabhumi

The arrival of delayed flights was the cause of the long queues for incoming passengers at Suvarnabhumi airport early Monday morning, according to the Immigration Bureau.

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Taxi driver stole B1m watch from drunk passenger

A 44-year-old taxi driver was arrested on Monday morning for allegedly driving around for hours waiting for a drunk Japanese passenger to fall asleep, and then stealing his million baht watch.

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Pink Line conductor rail collapses in Nonthaburi

Several kilometres of an aluminium conductor rail on the elevated Pink Line monorail system fell onto a street in Nonthaburi early Sunday morning. Three vehicles were damaged, but no casualties were reported.

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Koh Tao ferry sinks, all passengers rescued

All passengers, mainly foreign tourists, and crew were safely rescued after a night ferry to Koh Tao was hit by high waves before it sank on Friday morning.

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Youtuber's house raided, 87 guns seized

Large quantities of guns and ammunition were found during a police search of a house of a Youtuber in Phitsanulok on Friday.

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Pattaya Floating Market laments slowdown of tour groups

The operator of Pattaya Floating Market says attracting a large numbers of tourists is still needed as it urges the authorities to reverse the image of Thailand as an unsafe destination.

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Dept faces grilling over Thaksin privilege

Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong has distanced himself from a Department of Corrections (DoC) decision to allow convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to receive VIP medical treatment outside of prison.

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Gang of young procurers smashed

Police have arrested seven young women, five of them under 18, for allegedly procuring underage girls who were still virgins for Chinese customers.

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Indian man arrested after 6 years of overstaying

NONTHABURI: Immigration police on Wednesday arrested an Indian man who was alleged to have operated as an illegal money lender and discovered he had overstayed in the country for more than six years.

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Weed for wellness touted

Thailand is in need of a "holistic wellness" approach to capitalise on the use of cannabis to boost tourism, according to Dr Kampon Sriwatanakul, chairman of the Thailand National Charter of Health.

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Deepfake AI scams expected to surge in 2024

The public is being advised by the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to brace for more widespread crime involving deepfake AI technology in the year to come.

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Nine rescued from call centre ‘hell’

SA KAEO: Nine Thai nationals victimised by a Chinese trafficking scheme in Cambodia have been rescued but they say 200 of their compatriots are still trapped.

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