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Bang Khun Phrom Palace – a former royal residence rich in history, art and architecture

If you would like to take a step back in time, to explore the charm of Siam during the...

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ASEAN News

Singapore PM Lee to step down, deputy to take over May 15

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will step down next month and his deputy Lawrence Wong will take over,...

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News Politics

Pita vows Move Forward will return stronger after charter court verdict

Former Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat told his supporters in the north-eastern province of Khon Kaen today that...

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Business & Economy News

Thailand expects to increase rice exports to the Philippines this year

Thailand sees a prospect of increasing Thai rice’s market share in the Philippines, as the country is expected to...

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General News

162 people killed, 1,279 injured in road accidents in past four days

Another 38 people were killed and 311 others were injured in 317 road accidents on Sunday, bringing total death...

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News World

Police probe killer’s targeting of women in Sydney mall attack

Australian police said Monday they are investigating why a 40-year-old man with mental illness appeared to target women as...

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Israel vows to press on in Gaza after Iran attack

Israel launched dozens of air strikes on Gaza overnight, Hamas said Monday, as the army said it will not...

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Highlight News Politics

PM to discuss possible cabinet shakeup with coalition parties

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will hold talks with leaders of coalition parties to discuss a cabinet reshuffle, noting that...

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Business & Economy News

BAAC labour union against planned lending to fund “digital wallet”

The labour union of the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has voiced opposition to the government’s plan...

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News Tourism

Thailand sees 146% rise in foreign arrivals over same period last year

About 10 million foreign tourists, including 1.9 million Chinese, visited Thailand between the beginning of this year and April...

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General Highlight News

PM Srettha joins the water splashing fun in Hua Hin

Sporting a colourful shirt and shorts and carrying a water gun, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin joined locals and tourists...

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PM Srettha greenlights cruise ship terminal project on Samui Island

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin gave his approval today to a cruise ship terminal project on Samui Island, which will...

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ASEAN News

Myanmar’s Myawaddy township falls to rebel forces

Rebel forces have captured seven army camps and a government command centre in Myawaddy province of Myanmar, after about...

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Around Thailand News Tourism

Phang-nga’s Tachai Island to reopen to tourists soon

Phang-nga provincial administration and officials of the Mu Ko Similan National Park are considering reopening Tachai Island to controlled...

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Around Thailand Environment News

Pilot describes severity of smoke problem from forest fires in Chiang Mai

A pilot for Thai Airways International has given his perspective of the severity of the PM2.5 dust and smoke...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

7,000 tonnes of “missing” cadmium waste found in Chon Buri warehouse

Officials have found about 7,000 tonnes of carcinogenic cadmium waste at a warehouse in Ban Bueng district of Chon...

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Crime News

Arrest warrant issued for Pol Gen Surachate on money laundering charges

The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court issued a warrant this afternoon for the arrest of Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy...

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News South Watch

Charges against officials relating to “Tak Bai Incident” in 2004 to be filed in April

Criminal charges will be filed by the end of April in Narathiwat against nine government officials, allegedly responsible for...

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Capture and relocation of alpha macaques in Lop Buri resumes Monday

A tailor has offered a 300-baht reward for the capture of an alpha male monkey, dubbed “Chipped Ear” and...

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General News

Construction of Pink Line extension suspended for a week

The Department of Rail Transport has ordered construction of the Pink Line extension to be suspended for a week,...

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General Highlight News

Yellow Line must replace all bolts on finger plates for safety

The Rail Transport Department has ordered Eastern Bangkok Monorail (EBM) to replace all the bolts used to tighten finger...

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Crime General Highlight News

More people drafted in, as search for missing 2-year-old expands

About 100 officials and volunteers have been mobilised, supported two police sniffer dogs, GPS tracking and blood trace detection...

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Six workers die, another injured in crane collapse in Rayong

Six migrant workers were crushed to death and another sustained serious injuries when a huge crane collapsed at a...

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Thai PBS World Exclusive The Ambassador

British Ambassador on same-sex marriage in the UK and gender equality in Thailand

As the Thai parliament passed the second and third readings of the marriage equality bill on March 27th, the...

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News World

Four Moscow attack suspects charged with terrorism

Four men accused of involvement in the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 137 people were charged...

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Highlight News Politics

Thaksin to visit Pheu Thai party on Tuesday

Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit the Pheu Thai party on Tuesday, to provide an opportunity for...

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Crime News

Egyptian sent for psychiatric assessment after allegedly attacking Phuket taxi driver

An Egyptian national was escorted by Phuket police to a hospital for psychiatric assessment last night, after he allegedly...

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Environment Highlight News

Electricity saved in Bangkok during “Earth Hour” less than last year

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and its public and private sector networks managed to save 24.65 megawatts of electricity,...

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News World

Russia arrests concert hall gunmen as death toll rises to 115

Russia on Saturday said it had arrested 11 people — including four gunmen — over the attack on a...

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Culture Thai PBS World Exclusive

A photographic journey depicting women’s hardships in the Asia and Pacific regions

Images of an Afghan woman protesting against the Taliban regime, women farmers in Myanmar looking at a dragonfly, to...

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News World

Catherine, Princess of Wales, announces cancer diagnosis

Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy,...

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Gun attack at Moscow concert leaves at least 60 dead

Gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall on Friday killing at least 60 people, wounding more than 100...

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Highlight News Politics

House passes 3.48 trillion baht budget bill for 2024 fiscal year

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin thanked members of the House of Representatives after they voted for the second and third...

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Crime News

National police chief refutes claim of foul play in Surachate Hakparn case

Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, the national police chief, maintains that one of his deputies, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, is...

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Around Thailand Culture News

New literary organisations proposed by “soft power” committee

Thailand’s national soft power sub-committee on books will propose to the government the establishment of ‘the Book Institute’ and...

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Highlight News Politics

EC petitions Constitutional Court seeking dissolution of Move Forward party

The Election Commission (EC) submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court today, seeking the dissolution of the Move Forward...

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Environment Highlight News

Former forest chief offers advice on controlling northern forest fires

As forest fires rage in several northern provinces, resulting in the accumulation of PM2.5 in the atmosphere, former deputy...

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News World

Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing...

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Around Thailand News

30,000 pairs of smuggled elephant pants seized from Bangkok warehouse

Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECSD) officers seized 30,000 pairs of “elephant pants” today, worth about six million baht, from...

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General Highlight News

Issuance of new work visas for Thai berry pickers in Finland paused

The Finnish Embassy in Bangkok has temporarily suspended the issuance of new visas to Thais who want to work...

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Crime News

Russian arrested on Samui for allegedly robbing compatriot of ฿1.8m in Bitcoins

Thai police have arrested a Russian national on Samui Island on charges of robbing a fellow Russian of 1.8...

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Crime Highlight News

Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn summoned to acknowledge money laundering charges

Enquiry officers from Bangkok’s Thung Song Hong police station have issued a summons for Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the...

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Environment General News

Air quality in Chiang Mai better today, but poor in eight northern provinces

Chiang Mai’s air quality slightly better today, as the air quality index (AQI) improved from the world’s worst for...

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Highlight News Politics

Charter Court asked to dissolve Move Forward party

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has decided unanimously to ask the Constitutional Court to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party,...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Additional flights by six airlines available during Songkran festival

Thailand’s six domestic airlines have sought permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) to add 104 flights...

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Business & Economy News

Thailand wants Hong Kong to use it as trade and investment hub

Thailand wants Hong Kong business operators to use Thailand as their trade and investment centre in the Southeast Asian...

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Around Thailand Crime News

Two women found shot to death in Hua Hin shop house

Two women were found dead in a shop house in downtown Hua Hin on Sunday, in what police suspect...

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Entertainment News World

Oscars 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture

“Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, claimed the prestigious best picture trophy...

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News South Watch

Suspected insurgents attack coffee shop in Pattani with pipe bombs

Two police officers and the mayor of a tambon administrative organisation (TAO) narrowly escaped injury when two improvised explosive...

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Around Thailand Environment Highlight News

Reward offered per arrest of forest fire starters in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai administration is offering a reward of Bt10,000 for the arrest of the person or people who started...

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Around Thailand News

Anthrax alert at Thai-Lao border after human infections reported in Laos

The Livestock Development Department has warned cattle raisers be on alert for anthrax, after three Laotians living in Champasak...

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Empowering Thai Women Thai PBS World Exclusive

Don’t hold yourself back – Anntonia Porsild

“I still get very emotional whenever I look back at the Miss Universe competition and see how far I’ve...

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Ministries set to settle Khao Yai land dispute with an MoU

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is to be drafted, between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Natural...

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General News

Air Force to surrender golf course at Don Mueang airport to AoT

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has agreed, in principle, to hand over the Kantarat golf course, located between...

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Highlight News Politics

Former-PM Yingluck acquitted by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Offices acquitted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and five other...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Thai banks to charge for transactions abroad

From May 1st, Thai commercial banks will charge their customers a 1% Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) fee for making...

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General News

Tit-for-tat in Khao Yai National Park land dispute

In an apparent tit-for-tat, the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) has decided to take legal action against Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn,...

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ASEAN News

ASEAN-Australia summit to decry ‘threat or use of force’ in region

Leaders from Southeast Asian nations and Australia gathered in Melbourne on Monday are expected to denounce the “threat or...

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Empowering Thai Women Thai PBS World Exclusive

Perseverance, discipline and self-encouragement are the keys – Chudaree “Chef Tam” Debhakam

When they announced the awards, I was very shocked. We weren’t expecting anything more than really just retaining the...

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General Highlight News

Transport Ministry issues stern warning to Rama II road contractors

Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has warned that contractors working on Rama II Road, who fail to meet their contractual...

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Crime News

Former Land and House president to be indicted for money laundering

The Office of Attorney-General (OAG) has decided to charge former president of the Land and House real estate company,...

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Crime News

Alleged serial rapist arrested in Bangkok

An alleged rapist has been taken into police custody on a charge of raping an underage schoolgirl in Bangkok’s...

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Around Thailand General News

Agriculture Ministry’s claim of “buffer zone” in Khao Yai park challenged

Defiant National Parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn has challenged the Agriculture Ministry’s claim, based on the Army Survey Department’s “One...

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General News

Harpoon missiles salvaged from sunken Sukhothai corvette

Thai and US divers have recovered two Harpoon anti-ship missiles from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai corvette, but have not...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Committee approves new formula for calculating minimum wages

The tri-partite Wage Committee has approved, by a vote of 7:5, a new formula for the calculation of minimum...

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Demarcation stones around Khao Yai National Park on Sor Por Kor land – Minister

A map, called “One Map”, recently completed by the Army Survey Department, clearly shows that the Sor Por Kor...

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Crime Highlight News

Ex-police chief among eight to be indicted over Red Bull heir’s hit-and-run case

The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has agreed to indict former police chief, Pol Gen Somyot Poompanmuang, former deputy...

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General Highlight News

Uthenthawai protesters demand self-determination in running of institute

Students and alumni of Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Uthenthawai campus, are demanding self-determination in the management of the...

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General News

Draft decree signed exempting those who surrender unregistered firearms from legal action

Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed a draft Executive Decree, exempting owners of illegal firearms, who surrender them to...

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Business & Economy News

SRT agrees changes to design of Thai-Chinese high-speed train project

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to adjust the design of a section of the Thai-Chinese high-speed...

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General News

Students and alumni of Uthenthawai institute to protest against campus relocation

The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovations and the Industrial Works Department have advised their staff to...

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Crime News

Woman claiming squatter’s rights over neighbour’s house commits suicide

A woman, identified only as “Panumat”, has hanged herself in the bathroom of a house in Bangkok’s Ram Inthra...

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Business & Economy News

Credit Bureau sounds alarm over 610 billion baht in housing loans in default

The National Credit Bureau has raised the alarm over the prospect of about 610 billion baht in housing loans...

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Crime Highlight News

Pol Gen Surachate refutes online gambling extortion allegation

Embattled deputy national police chief, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, called a press conference today to declare his innocence, after...

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Highlight News Weather

Hot season officially begins in Thailand

Thailand officially entered its hot season on Wednesday. It will last through to the middle of May with average...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Thai-US mission launched to find remains of missing HTMS Sukhothai crew

The Thai and US navies launched a joint operation today, to search for the remains of five crew missing...

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Around Thailand News

Agriculture Ministry backs down on Sor Por Kor land claims in Khao Yai park

The Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives has agreed to revoke all Sor Por Kor land certificates for all...

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Business & Economy General News

Purchases of e-trucks and e-buses in Thailand are now tax deductible

The Electric Vehicle Board has agreed to promote the use of commercial electric vehicles in Thailand, such as truck...

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Highlight News

House rejects self-selection of gender-based name honorifics

The opposition Move Forward party has vowed to continue to push for a bill seeking to allow members of...

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General News

Liquor Policy Committee drops plan to extend liquor sale hours, for now

Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin promised members of an anti-liquor network today that the Liquor Policy Committee will not...

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Entertainment News

Defamation lawsuit threat against former Miss Universe brand owner

A former president of the Miss Universe Organisation (MUO) has threatened a defamation lawsuit against the former owner of...

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Business & Economy News

NESDC urges policy rate, credit card interest and lending-deposit spread cuts

The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has urged the Bank of Thailand to review its policy rate,...

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Highlight News Politics

Thaksin’s lèse majesté case pending further investigation

Prosecution of the lèse majesté case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been postponed, after the attorney-general ordered...

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Business & Economy News

Delays to key infrastructure projects in EEC discourage foreign investors

Foreign investors are reluctant to invest in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) because of delays in some major infrastructure...

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Corrections Department offers explanation for Thaksin’s release on parole

The Corrections Department issued a statement today, insisting that the release on parole of convicted former prime minister Thaksin...

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General News

Parties or their members are behind political conflicts – NIDA Poll  

52.60% of respondents to a NIDA Poll are most concerned that the current political situation may lead to a...

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General News

Dengue fever cases in Thailand on the rise

Dengue fever is on the rise, with a total of 13,126 cases, including 12 fatalities, being reported so far...

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PM Srettha says he has no plan to meet with Thaksin yet

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today that he has no immediate plan to meet with convicted former prime minister...

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Move Forward party calls for equal justice for all

The opposition Move Forward party has called for justice equality and an end to double standards, citing the privileges...

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Thaksin freed on parole and returns to Ban Chan Song La residence

Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole and returned to his family mansion, Ban Chan Song La in Bangkok, this...

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Empowering Thai Women Thai PBS World Exclusive

It’s not our fault for being born female – Chonthicha Jangrew, Move Forward Party MP

TW: online sexual harassment, cyberbullying “Two days after we won the elections in May 2023, I received messages on...

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Highlight News Politics

House passes land bridge project feasibility report despite opposition

Southern and Move Forward MPs unanimously voiced their opposition to the government’s ambitious land bridge mega project, questioning the...

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ASEAN News

Indonesia’s Prabowo claims victory in presidential election

Indonesia Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto declared victory in a presidential election on Wednesday after unofficial vote counts showed him...

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General News

Public and private sectors asked to let staff work from home next 3 days

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have sought cooperation from both the...

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Highlight News

Two detained reform activists vow to go on hunger strike

Monarchy reform activists Tantawan Tuatulanon and Natthanon Chaimahabutra have vowed to go on hunger strike in prison and not...

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Crime News

Police seeking two Scots in connection with Myanmar businessman’s murder

Police are looking for two Scottish men, accused by a Myanmar woman of killing her son and robbing him...

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Two monarchy reform campaigners in court for detention extension

Taluwang group leading members, Tantawan Tuatulanon and Natthanon Chaimahabutra, were escorted from Chalong Krung police station to the Ratchadapisek...

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General News

Bangkok administration lacks funding to build three mass transit lines

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to scrap the construction of three mass transit projects, due to a...

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Business & Economy News

PM reiterates Thai government’s intention to tackle debt problem

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has reiterated the government’s determination to resolve formal and informal debt problems within the 4-year...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Slow economic growth, lack of foreign investment are major challenges

Thailand’s biggest economic challenge is that its economy has been growing at slower pace, about 3% per annum, than...

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