May 4, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON As a law school student, Jay Milbrandt found himself wandering in the middle of a desert a metaphorical wasteland, of course, although he’s visited a few actual deserts, too. He questioned what he was doing in law school, what he would do with a law degree once he achieved it and even the purpose of his existence on earth. Continue Reading
March 18, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Chaleo Yoovidhya founded T.C. Pharmaceuticals. In the 1970s, it formulated an energy drink prototype called Krathing Daeng, or Red Bull in English. It was popular among Thai truck drivers and laborers.
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February 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand’s top policeman said today in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting attacks in Thailand. Continue Reading
February 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Israeli officials ramped up accusations today that Iran was launching covert attack plots, saying “sticky” bombs found in a Thai house rented by Iranians were similar to devices used against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Continue Reading
February 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Police heightened their state of alert throughout Israel today following bomb attacks on diplomats in India and Georgia. Officials were also trying to determine whether Israelis were the intended target of an Iranian man carrying explosives who blew his own legs off in Bangkok.
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February 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Security forces found more explosives in the assailant’s rented house in the capital, but it was not known what targets they might have been meant for, Police Gen. Pansiri Prapawat said. Continue Reading
December 26, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON The plan for Smitty Ektnitphong was to obtain his tertiary education in the U.S. and return to Thailand to help with his father’s business. Continue Reading
December 8, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression. Continue Reading
October 27, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Clambering aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents fled waterlogged homes on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital today as floods that have engulfed a third of the country inched closer to downtown areas and foreign governments urged their citizens to avoid unessential travel to the threatened city.
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October 21, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Thailand’s prime minister urged Bangkok residents to get ready to move their belongings to higher ground today as the country’s worst floods in half a century began seeping into the capital’s outer districts. Continue Reading
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