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Investigation ordered into video of Chinese man wearing Thai police uniform

An urgent investigation has been ordered into a viral video clip depicting a Chinese man wearing a Thai police uniform, accompanied by a Thai man in police training attire opening a car door for him, said police spokesman Archayon Kraithong on Wednesday. The clip went viral in China, before spreading...
Young doctor, known online for his fight against cancer, dies

Dr Krittai Tanasombatkul, a doctor at the Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Statics Department at the Faculty of Medicine of Chiang Mai University, who publicly announced that he had terminal lung cancer on his “Soo Deewa” (Let’s Fight) web page on November 10 last year, died today at 10.59am. The death of...
Further hostage releases must wait for next ceasefire : PM

The next release of Thai nationals from Hamas custody may have to wait for the next ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday. “There is no more good news on the matter. For the safety of the hostages to be freed, the fighting has to be suspended,”...

Health Ministry campaigns to encourage Thai couples to have children

US announces visa bans after warning Israel over West Bank violence

Survivor seeks to retell Hamas attack with WhatsApps

PM presides over ceremony on the anniversary of the late King’s birth

People in Phu Kradueng district in favour of cable car project : district chief

All abloom at Rama IX Park

US charges ex-ambassador with spying for Cuba over decades

US announces visa bans after warning Israel over West Bank violence

Survivor seeks to retell Hamas attack with WhatsApps

PM presides over ceremony on the anniversary of the late King’s birth

People in Phu Kradueng district in favour of cable car project : district chief

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Health Ministry campaigns to encourage Thai couples to have children

The Ministry of Public Health has begun a program to increase the birth rate in Thailand, by encouraging Thai couples...

December 6, 2023

Investigation ordered into video of Chinese man wearing Thai police uniform
- December 6, 2023
US announces visa bans after warning Israel over West Bank violence
- December 6, 2023
Survivor seeks to retell Hamas attack with WhatsApps
- December 5, 2023
Two tonnes of crystal meth seized from tug boat in Chachoengsao
- December 5, 2023
PM presides over ceremony on the anniversary of the late King’s birth
- December 5, 2023

Democrat upheaval: Tracing eight decades of ups and downs for Thailand’s oldest party

Democrat Party’s successes include winning a House majority, sweeping all MP seats in Bangkok, and leading several coalition governments. But...

December 4, 2023

Move Forward MP seeks to delay verdict in lèse majesté
- December 2, 2023
Interior Ministry kicks off effort to tackle informal debt crisis
- December 1, 2023
National park e-ticket suspension draws criticism
- December 1, 2023
ONCB seize more assets from Senator Upakit
- November 30, 2023
Defence Ministry gets first civilian spokesperson
- November 29, 2023

HIV reduction campaign targets Thai youth

Many people, especially youth, perceive the use of condom as hindering the enjoyment of sex, despite the variety available, from...

December 1, 2023

Young and hungry: New Pheu Thai leadership ready to take on Move Forward
- November 19, 2023
Is organic farming the solution to Thai school lunch crisis?
- November 6, 2023
As smog season returns, can Thailand avert another health crisis?
- October 27, 2023
The barbecue that fired up awareness of political corruption in Thailand
- October 24, 2023
Alligator remains found 18 years ago in Korat confirmed as now extinct species
- October 18, 2023

Chaowalit Thongduang: The Thai desperado taunting authorities as he runs

Chaowalit Thongduang, aka “Sia Pang Nanode”, has topped Thailand’s most-wanted list since he escaped from hospital detention on October 22....

Celebrity astrologer Sinsair Keng calls Chaowalit a born leader who could have taken one of two paths in life: a high-flyer on the right side of the law, or an infamous gang leader. “His [astrological]...

December 4, 2023

Billionaire Anne’s slide to bankruptcy
- November 27, 2023

Two tonnes of crystal meth seized from tug boat in Chachoengsao

Anti-narcotics officials and marine police seized about two tonnes of crystal methamphetamine from a tug, moored the wharf of a...

December 5, 2023

PM presides over ceremony on the anniversary of the late King’s birth
- December 5, 2023
December delight: the Chao Phraya comes alive with extravagant light shows
- December 5, 2023

Myanmar junta chief calls for political solution with ethnic groups

Yangon, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta chief has called on ethnic armed groups battling the military across the country to find a...

December 5, 2023

11 hikers dead after Indonesia volcano erupts, dozen still missing
- December 4, 2023
Magnitude 6.9 quake latest to rattle southern Philippines
- December 4, 2023

Chaowalit Thongduang: The Thai desperado taunting authorities as he runs

Chaowalit Thongduang, aka “Sia Pang Nanode”, has topped Thailand’s most-wanted list since he escaped from hospital detention on October 22....

Celebrity astrologer Sinsair Keng calls Chaowalit a born leader who could have taken one of two paths in life: a high-flyer on the right side of the law, or an infamous gang leader. “His [astrological]...

December 4, 2023

Billionaire Anne’s slide to bankruptcy
- November 27, 2023
From the UN to eco-business to charity – the many lives of Thai beauty queen Anntonia Porsild
- November 22, 2023

People in Phu Kradueng district in favour of cable car project : district chief

The district chief officer of Phu Kradueng district, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Loei, has claimed that almost all the...

December 6, 2023

December delight: the Chao Phraya comes alive with extravagant light shows
- December 5, 2023
Freedom and dignity: Millennial Chinese leave China for Thailand
- December 5, 2023
All abloom at Rama IX Park
- December 2, 2023

US announces visa bans after warning Israel over West Bank violence

The U.S. on Tuesday began imposing visa bans on people involved in violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Washington officials said,...

December 6, 2023

Survivor seeks to retell Hamas attack with WhatsApps
- December 5, 2023
US charges ex-ambassador with spying for Cuba over decades
- December 5, 2023
Further hostage releases must wait for next ceasefire : PM
- December 5, 2023

Move Forward wants political, not legal, impact from its amnesty push

On the surface, it’s a blatant show of apparently-backpedaling defiance at most. Beneath it, the opposition Move Forward Party wants...

Bad news is that Move Forward’s amnesty bill will not get a friendly Parliament under normal political circumstances. Worse news is that present political circumstances are far from normal. But good news is that legal...