Anti-government protesters this morning installed a brass plaque which they said symbolizes a revival of the spirit of the 1932 revolution that ended Thailand’s system of absolute monarchy at their rally site at Sanam Luang. The plaque, measuring 11.6 inches in diameter was planted in a mock ceremony watched by hundreds of protesters who camped
The United Kingdom is launching a new digital trade network for the Asia and Pacific region that is seen as part of a strategy to turn itself into a global tech powerhouse. Its objective is to increase digital trade and investment opportunities and to forge new international partnerships for the digital economy with Thailand and
Former senator and well-known academic Kraisak Choonhavan passed away today at the age of 72. His family said Kraisak, son of former prime minister Chatichai Choonhavan, had been treated for cancer for the past four years. His daughter Tisana said Kraisak, who also served as a deputy leader of the Democrat Party, passed away at
Officials from the Forestry Department, and police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division (NREC), will conduct another field inspection of 77 land plots in the Chom Boeng district of Ratchaburi province, claimed by the mother of former Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Mr. Chivaparb Chivatham, director of the Fire Prevention and Control
(AFP) — China came to a standstill on Saturday to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus, as the world’s most populous country observed a nationwide three-minute silence. At 10 am (0200 GMT), citizens paused, cars, trains and ships sounded their horns, and air-raid sirens rang out in memory of the more than
The Thai military has appointed two senior officers to be in charge of the screening of arriving passengers at the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang international airports, to avoid a repeat of the incident at Suvarnabhumi international airport yesterday evening, when a group of arriving Thai passengers refused to be quarantined and were allowed to go
Thailand today reported the youngest confirmed COVID-19 case, after a one-month old baby, in the eastern province of Rayong, tested positive. Rayong’s provincial governor, Mr. Surasak Charoensirichote, said that health officials suspect that the baby caught the disease from the parents, who are living in Bangkok, adding that the child will be sent to Bamrasnaradura
The Permanent Secretary of the Defence Ministry has recalled an army major-general from Suvarnabhumi international airport and ordered an investigation into his reported decision to let 152 Thais, arriving from abroad yesterday, to return home instead of being quarantined in state facilities. Defence Ministry spokesman Lt-Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanich said today that the fact-finding committee will
Thailand reported the country’s fifth death from COVID-19 today, as total infections increase by 91 to 1,136 so far. The latest fatality is a 50-year old Thai Muslim man, living in the Su-ngai Golok district of the southern province of Narathiwat. Health officials are yet to determine whether he was among those who attended a
NEW YORK (AFP) – The United States now has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, according to data gathered both by Johns Hopkins University and The New York Times. In reaching the grim milestone on Thursday, the country of 330 million people surpassed virus hot spots China and Italy. Johns Hopkins
Thailand can survive the COVID-19 pandemic, but only with the cooperation of all Thai people, by delaying all foreign travel, strictly observing the 14-day self-quarantine upon their return and heeding the advice of health officials on what to do during a health crisis, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday night. He urged people to
The families of 27 people killed in the Korat mass shooting will each receive one million baht compensation from the Government, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm. Three other fatalities, namely Sgt-Maj Jakrapanth Thomma, the gunman, Colonel Ananrote Krasae, Jakrapanth’s commander and Mrs. Anong Mitchan, mother-in-law of Ananrote, will not receive compensation. Both Ananrote and
