Inside Thailand's school shooter drills following recent attacks
Police say they hope the drill will help prepare students, as concern grows over the increase in school shootings in South East Asia.
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Police say they hope the drill will help prepare students, as concern grows over the increase in school shootings in South East Asia.
A gunman shot and killed a kindergarten teacher on Wednesday inside a school building in eastern Thailand, where 44 children and three other teachers were evacuated safely, authorities said. The shooting took place about 11am inside a building at the Nongplalai Municipal Kindergarten in Chonburi province, about 150km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Bangkok. All 44 students were unharmed and evacuated along with the other teachers after the shooting, according to the Chonburi provincial...
Two sailors from the US aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken altercation, Thai police said on Friday. Police were alerted to a “small scuffle” involving the sailors in the early hours of Thursday near Pattaya’s nightlife hotspot Walking Street, city police chief Colonel Anek Srathongyoo said. “The sailors were drunk and they were fighting, making loud noise,” he said. He described the incident as “trivial” and said local residents had only...
US sailors and Marines streamed into the Thai resort city of Pattaya Thursday after a record-breaking nine months at sea. Local police said there had so far been no major incidents connected to the 5,000-strong contingent of US service members, though two sailors were sent back to the ship after a drunken bar brawl.
“Friend-for-hire” services have started taking off in Thailand as the country’s social landscape changes with an ageing population and a rise in the number of unmarried people. The service is a new type of gig work in which people are paid to act as companions, for instance accompanying someone on a trip to take photos or even joining them in indoor rock climbing. Although no official figures are available, industry players say demand for professional companions has increased in recent years due...