Remote surgery 'successful' Thailand has performed its first remote robotic surgery for prostate cancer, with a surgical team in Bangkok operating on a patient about 250 kilometres away in Nakhon Ratchasima. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Cabinet to extend social security cover to farm, street, domestic workers The Labour Ministry will propose an expansion of social security coverage under Section 33 to include agricultural workers, street vendors and domestic workers. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Visas of troublemaking visitors to be revoked The Tourism Minister backs revoking the visas of foreigners who cause conflicts in Thailand, following recent disputes between Israelis and locals in Koh Samui and Phuket, while unrest in the far South should not affect the Malaysian market during next week's National Day holiday. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Police armed attack drill sends temple monks fleeing NAKHON RATCHASIMA – Monks and novices fled from a temple in terror and hundreds of children were hurredly evacuated from a kindergarten as police staged an unannounced emergency response drill simulating an armed intruder on Monday. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Far South violence continues, but reduced Dissidents struck again in the southern border province of Pattani late Sunday night, bombing and burning a municipal office, in the wake of a storm of violence in the far South on Saturday night.  Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Fuelling Thai energy with trash Thai energy authorities are stepping up efforts to promote a waste‑to‑energy idea that could transform plastic waste into oil through a process known as pyrolysis. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Rare B10 coin sells for B2.5m in first online auction Thailand's first electronic rare coin auction on Monday featured a 10-baht circulation coin from 1990 that went under the hammer for 2.5 million baht. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Army plays down attacks A coordinated wave of 51 attacks across Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala may have been launched to discredit state officials and retaliate against a crackdown on illicit trade, Fourth Army Area commander Lt Gen Norathip Phoynok says. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Chinese durian lovers rejoice as new rail routes bring supply surge and lower prices SHANGHAI – Not long ago, eating a whole durian was a splurge for many Chinese households, with the fruit's demanding storage and transport requirements helping to keep prices high. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

American faces attempted murder charge after drug-fuelled robbery An American man who allegedly stole beer from a convenience store in Bangkok while high on methamphetamine and later slashed a policeman's neck when he tried to arrest him will be charged with attempted murder. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Amnesty law takes effect Monday, excludes lese majeste offences   The Peaceful Society Promotion Act has been published in the Royal Gazette and will take effect on Monday, granting amnesty for a wide range of political offences committed over the past two decades, but excluding lese majeste cases.   Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more

Bombings and arson continue in South There were 51 violent incidents in the three southernmost border provinces on Saturday night, almost half of them occurring in Narathiwat. Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/rss/data/topstories.xml … read more