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Cambodian foreign minister to visit Thailand Feb 23-24

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will arrive in Bangkok on Thursday for a two-day visit...

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Poll shows popularity gap between Prayut and Paethongtarn shrinks

A recent opinion poll puts Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Paethongtarn Shinawatra, a potential prime minister candidate of opposition...

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News Science & Technology

Covid infection gives similar immunity to vaccination: study

The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, one...

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Prayut hints at House dissolution

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha indicated for the first time on Thursday that he will dissolve the House before it...

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News Politics

10 years under Prayut Thailand lost money, opportunities and time – Pita Limjaroenrat

Thailand, under the leadership of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, is a decade of lost money, opportunity and precious time,...

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Member of “Wild Boar” football team dies while studying in UK

Duangphet Promthep, aka “Dom”, one of the 12 “Wild Boar” soccer team who were trapped, with their coach, in...

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Two Omicron XBB.1.5 cases found in Thailand

The Thai Medical Sciences Department has confirmed two cases of COVID XBB.1.5, a hybrid of Omicron BJ.1 and BM.1.1.1...

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Crime Highlight News

Police seek longer detention of alleged “Macau 888” kingpin

The key suspect in “Macau 888” online gambling operation, Chaiwat Kachornboonthaworn, was escorted by cyber police to the Criminal...

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News Politics

Opposition launches debate against Prayut government

Opposition MPs began a House debate against the Prayut government this morning (Wednesday), in what is seen as a...

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Highlight News Politics

Thai Parliament’s final battle before election could decide country’s future 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to bear the brunt of heavy opposition attacks during a general debate targeting...

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Environment News

Thunderstorms, strong winds, falling temperatures forecast until Friday

Thailand’s Meteorological Department has advised 50 provinces to brace for thunderstorms, strong winds and falling temperatures, by 1-3oC, with...

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News World

China slams U.S. for blacklisting six Chinese entities

China resolutely opposes Washington adding six Chinese entities to its trade blacklist after a Chinese balloon was detected over the United...

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Home Away Thai PBS World Exclusive Video

The Thai chef who fell in love with Vietnam

A Thai executive chef, Wittaya Thipsoongnoen, worked in many countries before setting foot in Vietnam nine years ago. He explained...

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33 Myanmar workears arrested at a warehouse in Songkhla province

Thai immigration police arrested 33 Myanmar illegal migrant workers at a deserted warehouse in Bang Klam district of the...

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Police chief alarmed by senior officer’s alleged link to online gambling

The national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, admitted today (Wednesday) that he is shocked to learn about the...

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Highlight News Politics

Bid to strip senators’ of power to elect PM foiled due to lack of a quorum

An attempt to amend the Constitution, to strip senators of the power to elect the prime minister, at a...

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News World

China says will ‘firmly defend’ interests after Biden’s State of the Union

China said Wednesday it would “firmly defend” its interests and urged the United States to work on repairing relations,...

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Crime Highlight News

Police patrolman killed by a motorcyclist in Nakhon Ratchasima

A police patrolman was shot dead as he was chasing a suspicious motorcyclist in Pak Chong district of Thailand’s...

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Crime News

Septic tank emptied in search for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

Parents of the missing 8-month-old baby boy were separately questioned by Bang Luang police in Nakhon Pathom province for...

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News World

Turkey, Syria earthquake search intensifies

ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from earthquake rubble before they succumb to cold weather...

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A story of LGBTIQ bullying in school

Shane Bhatla, a former victim of LGBTIQ bullying at an international school, tells Thai PBS World about his negative...

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Around Thailand Crime News

Search resumes for German who jumped into the sea off a Koh Pha-ngan ferry

The search resumed today (Wednesday) in the seas around Koh Pha-ngan, in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, for...

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General News

Kong Salak Plus online lottery customers can get printed lottery tickets to claim prizes

Customers who bought online lottery tickets from Kong Salak Plus online lottery platform can receive real printed versions from...

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News Politics

Anti-establishment activist wants EM tag removed, like actress “Pinky”  

An anti-establishment political activist sought permission from the Criminal Court to have the electronic monitoring (EM) tag removed from...

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Crime Highlight News

Pattaya cop transferred for allegedly extorting 30,000 baht from a tourist

A non-commissioned police officer in Pattaya has been abruptly transferred to the operations centre of Chon Buri Provincial Police...

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Will the E-waste control law be enacted this year?

Thailand totally banned the import of plastic scrap and electronic waste in 2020. Nonetheless, we still see domestically generated...

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General Highlight News Sport

Boxer Buakaw joins Kun Khmer spat between Thailand and Cambodia

Thailand’s Muay Thai champion Sombat “Buakaw” Banchamek has joined the spat between Thailand and Cambodia over the name of...

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Thai man claims he was Bokator boxer seen on Cambodian social media

A former Muay Thai boxer has claimed that he was one of the two fighters demonstrating the Bokator martial...

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Environment News

Air quality in Bangkok and 6 northern provinces to worsen Friday-Saturday

The problem of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere in Bangkok and its suburbs, as well as in six northern...

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Highlight News

COVID vaccination centres to be set up in all provinces for foreign tourists

At least one COVID-19 vaccination centre will be set up in every province in Thailand, to provide services at...

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Crime News

Public warning not to buy defibrillators for sale on social media

The public are advised not to buy Automated External Defibrillators (AED) online, after 27 sets of the life-saving devices,...

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News World

Microsoft quarterly results saved by cloud computing

Microsoft on Tuesday said sales slowed and profits slumped in the last quarter of 2022 as a darkening economic...

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News World

Eighteen missing after cargo ship sinks off southwest Japan

Japan’s coastguard said on Wednesday that it had rescued four crew members from a cargo ship that sank overnight...

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Crime News World

Grief grips Asian Americans after California mass shootings

Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people...

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Home Away Thai PBS World Exclusive Video

Thai hospitality shines on a Vietnamese Island

Meet Pitsopa Wansrithong, the brain behind the success of Luna Thai Spa, the leading spa on Phu Quoc Island,...

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Highlight News Politics

Cannabis Bill second reading House meeting collapses again on Wednesday

A Palang Pracharath Party MP said Wednesday that there is no chance that the Cannabis Bill will ever pass...

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News World

Ukraine minister among dead in helicopter crash

Ukraine’s interior minister was among more than a dozen people killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday near a kindergarten...

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Crime News

DSI chief abruptly moved to Central Institute of Forensic Science

Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Director-General Triyarith Temahivong was abruptly transferred to the Justice Ministry’s Central Institute of Forensic...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Eight bodies found after oil tank fire, search continues for one missing man

Rescue teams recovered five out of six bodies found on Wednesday in the Mae Klong River, bringing the confirmed...

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Crime Highlight News

Central bank claims phone charging cables cannot be used to steal data

The Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers Association (TBA) have dismissed a widespread suggestion on social media, claiming...

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News Tourism

Zero-dollar tourism not a concern for tourism sector in Phuket

Tourism businesses in Phuket are not worried about the return of zero-dollar cheap package tours, historically popular among Chinese...

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Parents advised not to allow young children to play with “crystal babies”

Parents are being advised not to allow young children to play with “crystal babies”, which may be dangerous if...

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News World

Qantas flight lands at Sydney after mid-air mayday alert

Ambulance services were called to Sydney airport on Wednesday afternoon to meet an incoming Qantas plane that had issued...

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News Sport World

Ex-Fox execs go on trial in soccer TV rights bribery case

Two former Fox executives went on trial Tuesday, accused of bribing South American soccer officials for TV rights to...

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Around Thailand News

Moken sea nomads seek justice against island land grab in Satun Province 

A group of Moken sea nomads, from Lipe Island in Thailand’s southernmost province of Satun, rallied in front of...

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News Politics

­Election officials told to monitor political activities closely

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has instructed election directors in the country’s 77 provinces, including Bangkok, to keep a close...

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Around Thailand Food, Travel and Lifestyle News Thai PBS World Exclusive

Will Thailand’s driver’s licence point system work?

Two years ago, a driver’s licence point system was introduced in Thailand, in an attempt to decrease road accidents....

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Thai PBS World Exclusive Video

Will the driver’s licence point system work?

A new hope in the effort to make Thailand’s roads safer, a demerit point system has been introduced by...

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News Politics

Prawit vows return Palang Pracharath party to power in General Election

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has vowed to lead the Palang Pracharath Party into the next election, to become...

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General News

New Year greetings cards from students to PM on display

The Prime Minister’s Office has placed some of the New Year greetings cards, sent to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Bangchak to become Thailand’s second largest oil retailer after Esso buyout

The acquisition of Esso (Thailand) Public Company will make Bangchak Corporation Public Company (BCP) the oil company with the...

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General News

Government asked to enforce ban on lottery sales to under 20s

The government is being urged by a network of students to enforce the prohibition on lottery vendors selling tickets...

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Environment News Science & Technology World

World enters ‘new age’ of clean energy manufacturing: IEA

The world is at the “dawn of a new industrial age” of clean energy technology manufacturing that will triple...

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Crime Highlight News

Six police officers relieved of duty for alleged ties to Tuhao’s criminal activities 

Six metropolitan police officers, including a deputy commander, have been relieved of duty for allegedly aiding and abetting the...

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44kg of heroin seized, 2 men arrested in Samut Prakan

Thai anti-narcotics officials seized about 44 kilogrammes of heroin and 21 grams of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) in raids on...

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Crime News

Technology police join probe into suicide of victimised boy

Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) officers have joined Pak Kret district police in Nonthaburi province in the investigation of...

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News World

China warns Australia: ‘Be careful’ of Japan

China on Tuesday said Australia should remember Japan’s war crimes during World War II before cosying up to the...

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Technology police join probe into suicide of victimised boy

Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) officers have joined Pak Kret district police in Nonthaburi province in the investigation of...

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Travel restrictions eased for tourists visiting Thailand 

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has rescinded its travel restrictions, requiring foreign arrivals, from countries which require...

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Crime Highlight

Six drug smugglers killed, 300kg of ketamine seized near Myanmar border

Six members of a drug smuggling caravan were killed and about 300 kilogrammes of ketamine seized by Thai border...

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General News

Two students die and 17 others injured in school bus accident in Phichit

Two students were killed, with 16 other students and the driver injured, when their school bus crashed into a...

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Opinion Politics

Prayut makes splash but lacks vision, say political experts

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha might have made headlines by formally joining the United Thai Nation (Ruam Thai Sang Chart)...

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News World

Global piracy acts drop to 14-year low: report

Worldwide acts of piracy fell to their lowest level last year since statistics were first established in 2008, a...

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SRT defends 33 million baht to change of the name of Bang Sue Grand Station

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has provided full details of the expenses involved in changing the name of...

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Supporters offer moral support to activist doctor in Songkhla’s Chana district 

Supporters of Dr. Supat Hasuwannakit showed up at Chana District Hospital in Thailand’s Songkhla province on Wednesday morning to...

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Thailand’s national park chief to face disciplinary probe in bribery scandal

Another panel will be set up to consider disciplinary action against Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya, director-general of the National...

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News Politics

Phuket residents to rally against interior permanent secretary

Interior Permanent Secretary Suttipong Juljarern appears to be in hot water again, as people in Phuket plan to rally...

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News World

Beijing threatens response to ‘unacceptable’ virus measures

The Chinese government sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on visitors from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved,...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Massive road checkpoint mobilisation over 7 days of New Year celebrations

About 50,000 police officers will be deployed at road checkpoints and at public celebration venues across Thailand between December...

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Environment News World

US digs out from monster storm as death toll passes 50

The monster storm that killed dozens in the United States over the Christmas weekend continued to inflict misery on...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

No bans on New Year celebrations

The Ministry of Interior has no policy to prohibit units under its supervision or the private sector from holding...

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News Tourism

Thailand anticipates windfall from China’s easing of travel restrictions

Thailand is expected to benefit from China’s recent easing of travel restrictions, and Thai tourism and tourism-related businesses are...

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Around Thailand News Tourism

New Zealand tourist in fatal fall from “Death Railway”

A tourist from New Zealand fell to his death from a “Death Railway” train in Sai Yok district of...

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Crime Highlight News

Whistleblower exposes alleged misconduct of Thailand’s national park chief

Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn says he decided to report the alleged misconduct of the national park chief because he could not...

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Opinion World

Peace in Ukraine remains elusive

Talk about peace has intensified since the visit of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington DC last week. At...

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Environment Food, Travel and Lifestyle Highlight Thai PBS World Exclusive

Meet the food waste fighters

– National Roadmap – Thailand ranked 9th on the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index of countries most affected by...

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Home Away Thai PBS World Exclusive Video

Why the future of work is “green”

Thai PBS World talked to the author of the book ‘The Adaptive Economy’, Djoann Fal. He told us why...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Car fuel up to ฿40k can claimed as income tax deduction in New Year

Car fuel expenses can be claimed as income tax deductions under the government’s “Shop Dee Mee Kuen” economic stimulus...

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Highlight News Politics

Parliament votes to remove contentious Section 3 of Cannabis Bill

The House of Representatives voted 119:0 with 31 abstentions today (Wednesday) to delete the Section 3 of the Cannabis...

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News World

Philippines ‘concerned’ over China land reclamation in disputed sea

The Philippines said Wednesday it was “seriously concerned” over a report that China has started reclaiming several unoccupied land...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Thai Navy plans to salvage the sunken HTMS Sukhothai

A Royal Thai Navy (RTN) mine sweeper is scheduled to leave port in Samut Prakan Province today (Wednesday), destined...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Thai Army on standby to support HTMS Sukhothai search and rescue operations

The Thai Army has placed its helicopters on standby to support the Thai Navy in the search and rescue...

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Floods wreak havoc in Thailand’s southern provinces

Twelve districts in the southern province of Pattani have been declared flood disaster zones, as the provincial administration advises...

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News Science & Technology

Musk says will step down as Twitter CEO once successor found

Elon Musk said Tuesday he would resign as chief executive of Twitter once he finds a replacement, in apparent...

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News Sport

Argentina’s World Cup heroes airlifted in helicopters as street party overflows

Argentina’s World Cup heroes had to abandon an open-top bus parade in Buenos Aires on Tuesday as millions of ecstatic fans...

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Thai PBS World Exclusive Video

What we gain from learning about history

Thai PBS World talked to history teachers in a secondary school in Bangkok to find the main purpose of...

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Highlight News Sport

IPTV operator must pay ฿14m to broadcast last two World Cup matches

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) has informed Super Broadband Network Limited (SBN), provider of the AIS “Playbox” service,...

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General News

Deadline extended by 6 months for student loan borrowers seeking reprieve

The Thai government has agreed to extend the deadline for student loan reprieves to June 30th next year, Deputy...

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Crime Highlight News

Online gambling operator given 20 years in prison

A major online gambling operator was sentenced to 54 years in prison, reduced to 20 years today (Wednesday), after...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

BTS asked to cease publicity on debt settlement by Krungthep Thanakom

The Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS), the operator of the Green Line sky train service, has been urged to...

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News Politics

Six of Thailand’s smaller parties to merge ahead of next election

Six small parties announced today (Wednesday) that they will merge to form a new party to contest the next...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

All of Thailand, except south, will be cooler on Thursday

Most of Thailand, with the exception of the south, will become cooler tomorrow as temperatures are forecast to fall...

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Around Thailand Environment News

Khao Yai concert a huge success, but leaves a mountain of garbage

A concert, held over the weekend in Khao Yai, was a huge success and attracted more than 100,000 fans,...

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Crime News

Woman paid to open bank account for someone else arrested 

A woman who opened a bank account for an online scamming gang, in exchange for a small payment, has...

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News World

Rich nations oppose new biodiversity fund

Creating a new global fund for biodiversity — a core demand of developing countries at UN talks in Montreal...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Private sector against Pheu Thai’s 600-baht minimum wage proposal

The Thai private sector has expressed serious concerns over the opposition Pheu Thai Party’s ambitious plan to increase the...

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Crime News

3,500 Bitcoin mining machines seized in raids in BKK and Nonthaburi

Officers from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) have seized 3,500 Bitcoin mining machines and arrested a man in...

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Highlight News World

China eases COVID quarantine rules in major policy adjustment

China’s national health authority said on Wednesday that asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and people with mild symptoms can quarantine at home, in...

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News Politics

Thai parliament drops Progressive Movement’s bill on local administration

The Progressive Movement-initiated bill to decentralise local administration, to allow greater autonomy for local administrations in managing their affairs,...

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Profiles

Montri Sintawichai: Controversy erupts over Thailand’s ‘guardian angel of children’

For the last four decades, Montri “Khru Yun” Sintawichai has been known as the “angel of child protection” –...

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