Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today praised visiting Pope Francis for his contributions to the unity of humankind, human resource development, especially among youth, poverty elimination, social equality, environment conservation and the promotion of global peace. In his welcoming speech, delivered to a gathering of cabinet ministers, members of the...

Officials from Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources now have the necessary first-aid equipment, vehicles and support team always ready to deal with marine creatures in difficulty, after two false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), a member of the dolphin family, were found beached in the eastern provinces of Trat...

HONG KONG(Reuters) - Hong Kong’s public hospitals, long known for professionalism, have become a new front in the anti-government protests that have engulfed the city for more than five months.   An incident in which riot police armed with shields and batons interrogated a pregnant woman at her bedside in...

The board of Metropolitan Rapid Transit, owner of MRT lines in Bangkok and its suburbs, has agreed to reduce fares for travel, during off-peak hours and on public holidays, on the Blue and Purple lines for a three-month promotional period starting on Christmas Day, December 25th. Mr. Saravuth Songsirilai, director-general...

Deputy Agriculture Minister Mananya Thaiseth has told traders of three hazardous farm chemicals that she is ready to sign export permits within three days so they can ship the substances out of the country. The traders, however, who have in their possession 38,855 tonnes of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos according...

Two suspected insurgents were shot dead by security forces at a house in the Nong Chik district of Thailand’s southern province of Pattani on Thursday night.   Colonel Pramote Prom-in, spokesman for the Fourth Army Region’s forward command of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), said Thursday night that the...