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The country registered 74 more Covid-19 fatalities, a new record high of the latest wave, and 22,984 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning. This compared with the 69 coronavirus-related fatalit…

Today and this Saturday and Sunday, the world’s biggest boy band BTS will hold their first concert in their homeland, “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul”, after two-and-a-half years. The concert will take place at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium. Due…

Soon after the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine flashed across my computer screen, I received an email that seemed to mark another milestone in the dismantling of the old global order. Having tickets to attend a Vienna Philharmonic concert at New Y…

Thumbs at the ready for Mario Daypublished : 9 Mar 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) Gamers around the world are ready to celebrate Mario Day which falls tomorr…

Police arrested a Japanese man for allegedly stealing bullions worth about 2 million baht early Tuesday. Police said Shori Yamashita, 32, was arrested on the roadside of Siripong Road in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, at 12.45am. Police then searched t…

Chadchart Sittipunt, running run as an independent for the post of Bangkok governor in the forthcoming election, is still the overwhelming favourite, an opinion poll showed Sunday. The former Pheu Thai heavyweight is followed far behind by current gove…

The country registered 21,881 new Covid-19 cases and 59 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning. This compared with the 52 coronavirus-related fatalities and 22,818 new cases reported on Satu…

Brief killing interlude A young man addicted to drugs brutally killed his grandmother before returning to hand-washing his clothes as if nothing happened. Weluwan police in Khon Kaen last week nabbed Phumiphat “Chokul” Thasa, 18, after he attacked his …

Despite last week’s cautionary column about special supermarket offers which are often not so special, it will come as no surprise that a couple of days ago I succumbed to a “special offer”. There are mitigating circumstances however, for the item in q…

The Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) has hired three more coaches in an attempt to seek Olympic glory at Paris 2024. The trio are Indonesia’s Agus Dwi Santoso, South Korea’s Kim Ji-Hyun and Thailand’s Maneepong Jongjit. Santoso and Kim signed co…