Fake news goes viral about ‘death sentence’ for Phuket airport selfies

International media are going crazy over a completely nonsense story. But, of course, one outlet posts the fake news and the others copy/paste. “Tourists who take selfies on notorious airport beach are threatened with the death penalty by Thai officials,” trumpets the headline in Daily Mail. (‘notorious’???) “Tourists taking beach selfies while planes take-off have […]

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Big C Thailand apologizes for offering real live puppies as prizes

Big C, one of the biggest supermarket chains in Thailand, issued an apology yesterday for having hosted and promoted a raffle promising real live puppies as prizes. The apology comes after the company received widespread public condemnation for what critics called a severely immoral lack of concern over the wellbeing of these live animals, […]

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