Possibly the most controversial statement that could be made when discussing one of Thailand’s oldest and most violent school rivalries is that the remedy should not be controversial at all.

A woman and child were rescued after being taken hostage by a man, reportedly the child’s father, who threatened them with a knife near a flyover on Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok on Saturday morning.

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his military to train to become the strongest in the world at a two-day meeting of company commanders in Pyongyang, state media said on Saturday.

Global financial markets this month have been going through their most nerve-racking stretch in years. The 10-year US Treasury yield hit 5.34% between late September and early October, its highest since 2002, and Brent crude touched $110 a barrel.

The Ministry of Higher Education has said it will cut tuition fees by 50% and arrange alternative laboratories for students affected by the pending relocation of the Uthenthawai Campus of Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok.