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Your horoscope for Sept 26 – Oct 2
Read more: Your horoscope for Sept 26 – Oct 2Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post’s famously accurate fortune teller. Let’s see how you will fare this week and beyond.
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‘Khon La Khrueng’ co-payment scheme will cover 33m recipients in first phase
Read more: ‘Khon La Khrueng’ co-payment scheme will cover 33m recipients in first phaseKey government figures confirmed that the Khon La Khrueng (half-half) co-payment stimulus programme will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase set to roll out between December and January, covering 33 million people.
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Landmines inside Thai territory newly laid, probe finds
Read more: Landmines inside Thai territory newly laid, probe findsThailand is now pursuing retaliatory measures against Cambodia after a probe showed the landmines responsible for Wednesday’s mine explosion in the Chok Bok border area in Ubon Ratchathani were newly planted, army commander Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk said on Saturday.
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Thaksin has ‘nothing to lose’
Read more: Thaksin has ‘nothing to lose’Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has stepped back into the political spotlight as the ruling Pheu Thai Party and his daughter, suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, find themselves on increasingly shaky ground.
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Poll: Most Thais believe some monks have misbehaved, should be punished
Read more: Poll: Most Thais believe some monks have misbehaved, should be punishedThe National Institute of Development Administration found in a recent opinion survey that most respondents believe that some Buddhist monks have violated monastic rules and should be punished.
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At least 27 dead as tour boat capsizes in Halong Bay
Read more: At least 27 dead as tour boat capsizes in Halong BayHANOI – At least 27 people died after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Halong Bay on Saturday, Vietnamese state media reported.
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China starts building mega-dam in Tibet
Read more: China starts building mega-dam in TibetChinese Premier Li Qiang launched construction of a mega-dam project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet on Saturday, with a total planned investment of 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 billion), according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
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Senior monk linked to new scandal not from Bangkok, say police
Read more: Senior monk linked to new scandal not from Bangkok, say policeA prominent monk implicated in an alleged embezzlement case involving temple funds and affairs with a woman is based outside of Bangkok, a senior police officer said on Saturday.
