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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The law schools of the University of Chicago and Cornell University have announced their intention to continue participating in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, despite the recent departures of Yale, Harvard and other top law schools. In a message to current students, University of Chicago Law School Dean Thomas J. Miles said that while “the essential features” of his institution are not captured in any ranking, most of the data supplied to U.S. News was already public and the rest of the information “we have no reason to withhold.” “The rankings of academic institutions clearly have a readership, and we wish to prevent the use of inaccurate information,” Miles said. Similarly, in a statement , Cornell Law School Dean Jens David Ohlin voiced similar sentiment. “U.S. News has said it will continue to rank all law schools regardless of their level of participation,” Ohlin said, adding that “all law … [Read more...] about University Of Chicago, Cornell Law Schools To Continue With U.S. News Rankings

The Tourism Authority of Thailand ( TAT ) launched a travel package called ‘Amazing New Chapters: Discover Luxperience in Thailand’ aimed at high-end South Korean travellers. The deal combines business class tickets to Bangkok on Asiana Airlines and a stay at the five-star Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, which costs around 12,000 baht per night. The TAT hopes to make Thailand a desirable destination for South Koreans by targeting luxury tourists, long-stayers, honeymooners, couples, millennials, and families with the campaign. Discover Luxperience is part of the TAT’s wider campaign Visit Thailand Year 2022-23: Amazing New Chapters, featuring five-star hotels, premium rooftop bars, Michelin-starred restaurants, cruises, fancy car rentals, and private yachts and helicopters. Director of TAT Seoul Office Jiranee Poonnayom said… “This new initiative is designed to appeal to affluent and luxury travellers from South Korea who are interested in experiencing Thailand’s new and … [Read more...] about TAT launches luxury travel package to Thailand for rich South Korean tourists

Chinese gangs in Thailand are in more trouble as police arrested another suspected gang boss in Bangkok Wednesday. Teams of police raided 34 locations in eight provinces, at the behest of deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn. Big Joke, as Surachate is playfully known, said that in Samut Prakan, a company was identified as owning a private aircraft connected with Chinese businessman Chaiyanat “Tuhao” Kornchayanant. According to the Bangkok Post, the company also owns more than 80 tour buses and a hotel worth 700 million baht. Tuhao turned himself in to the police last week over his alleged involvement in the drug trade. During Wednesday’s operation, police raided three companies in Huai Kwang district of Bangkok and detained a Chinese national Chen Zhaohui – known as Tony – at Belle Condominium on Rama 9 road on charges of supporting or colluding in running a business operated illegally by foreign nationals. The arrest of Tony followed the raid on a … [Read more...] about Chinese gangs in Thailand take another hit as “Tony” falls

Police launched a murder investigation after finding the body of a missing woman tied to a water pump inside a lake in Prachuap Khiri Khan province in western Thailand . Last night, police found the body of a woman estimated to be around 30 years old submerged in a lake in Moo 4, Ang Thong subdistrict, Thap Sakae district. Her body was tied to a water pump with blankets to keep it weighed down. Police suspected the victim could be Supaporn “Peg” Bootket, a local woman who went missing two weeks ago. Peg’s aunt Jaran Muennin went to see the corpse in the middle of the night and confirmed it was her sister’s daughter, identifying her by a tattoo she has on the middle of her back. While relatives have confirmed her identity, police say that her identity has not yet been officially confirmed. This morning, Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Police and officers from Thap Sakae Police Station took a 25 year old man who lives 50 metres away from the lake into custody for … [Read more...] about Body of missing woman found tied to water pump in western Thailand

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 280. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation. By Daria Dzysiuk. Regional. The Odesa City Council voted in favor of the dismantling the monuments of “Founders of Odesa,” Catherine II and Alexandr Suvorov, situated in the city center. The decision was made after a petition on the official online mission of the President of Ukraine polled users on whether to demolish the monument of Russian rulers who “promoted genocide of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar peoples, destroyed Zaporizhzhya Sich and introduced the russification policy.” The petition was signed by more than 25,000 users and was reviewed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who ordered local authorities to handle this issue. Both monuments will be relocated to the art museum in the days to come. … [Read more...] about Wednesday, November 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

- A + A (Dec 1): Tesla Inc will launch in Thailand on Dec 7, becoming the latest electric-vehicle (EV) maker to enter the the Southeast Asian market that is positioning to be a global EV production hub. Tesla will hold a launch event next week in Bangkok's prestigious Siam Paragon shopping mall, according to a media invite from a third-party public relations firm on Thursday. The EV maker had previously advertised more than a dozen jobs for its Thai operations. The launch comes as EV competition has been heating up in Thailand, the largest auto manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia, especially with Chinese players such as Great Wall Motor, BYD, and Hozon. Tesla's Thai unit was registered in April with a capital of 253 million baht (RM32.04 million), according to the Thai commerce ministry's database. … [Read more...] about Tesla set to challenge Chinese EV makers with Thailand launch

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Early pandemic lockdowns raised appreciation for the joys of travel and for eating out, two things people quickly found they really missed when they could no longer do them. This has fueled the current pent-up demand, and one easy way to satisfy both urges is with a visit to America’s longest running food and wine festival - which just happens to be held annually (except for pandemic) at one of nation’s very best hotels, the Forbes 5-Star Boston Harbor Hotel . The Boston Wine Festival has been a fixture on the culinary and oenophile scene for three and a half decades, and for almost all of that time, it was the labor of love of its founder, Chef Daniel Bruce, career executive chef at the property and one of the world’s leading experts on food and wine pairings. For 30 years Bruce spent a good part of each year visiting vineyards, meeting with wine makers and tasting wines, carefully designing dishes and creating special … [Read more...] about Great News For Foodies – America’s Oldest Food And Wine Festival Is Back

In a worrying new trend, the percentage of AIDS infections has been rising among young Thais . According to the director of the Disease Control Department’s Division of AIDS, nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections are in young people. The director, Dr Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat, said this was much higher than the global average of around 30%. One HIV/AIDS prevention organisation, M Plus, said that out of 250 new HIV infections detected in the northern city of Phitsanulok, more than 60 per cent were in students. According to the AIDS Epidemic Model, about 6,500 Thai citizens are likely to have contracted HIV last year. That year, 9,300 people in Thailand died from AIDS, Thai PBS reported. This is even though comprehensive HIV care is free in Thailand. Cheewanan said that one factor in the spread of AIDS is people hooking up with strangers online. Thailand’s universal healthcare coverage (UHC) offers people living with HIV-free antiretroviral drugs and … [Read more...] about Percentage of HIV infections rising among young Thais

Officials in the Nong Hong district office of the Isaan province of Buriram rejected a 14 year old girl’s request for a Thai ID card because they said she does not look like her mother. The teenager’s disillusioned mother asked why it was a lot easier for foreigners running entertainment venues to claim their ID cards than people from Thailand. The girl’s quest for an ID card is a little complicated. The teen’s 40 year old mother, Wilai Thongton, explained that she moved from the Isaan province of Udon Thani to marry in Chiang Rai, where she had a daughter with her husband. After she divorced her ex-husband, she moved to Buriram and remarried. She then lost touch with her daughter who remained with her father. Wilai said she reunited with her daughter on November 25. The daughter found her name on her birth certificate and trawled Facebook until she found her. Wilai learned that her ex-husband went to Korea to work and never returned home and her daughter lived with … [Read more...] about Teen girl’s ID card request denied as she doesn’t look like her mother

Sathien Setthasit - A + A (Dec 1): CJ Express Group Co, a retail chain founded by energy drink tycoon Sathien Setthasit, is considering an initial public offering in Bangkok to raise at least US$500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The Thai supermarket company whose biggest shareholder is also Carabao Group Pcl’s chief executive officer is working with advisers on an offering that could take place as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. CJ Express’s IPO could raise US$500 million to US$800 million, one of the people said. Discussions are ongoing and details of the potential offering such as size and timing could change, the people said. A representative for CJ Express didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. First-time share sales in Thailand have proved relatively resilient amid a global slowdown in capital raising, with firms raising nearly US$4 billion so far this … [Read more...] about Carabao founder’s CJ Express weighs US$500 mil Thai IPO, sources say