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Toon Bodyslam – from indie rock to rocking the road for charity

Rock star Artiwara Kongmalai, better known as “Toon Bodyslam”, has returned to running for charity. But instead of being...

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General News

Over 2,500 Karen refugees housed in a school in Thailand’s Mae Sot district

More than 2,500 Karen refugees are taking refuge in a temporary shelter in the compound of a school in...

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Crime News

Thai officials to move remaining 600 inmates out of Krabi prison today

More than 1,100 inmates at Krabi provincial prison were transferred to prisons in Phuket, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla...

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Thai cabinet to be asked to ease requirements for face masks in “COVID Safe” areas

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will ask the government to ease requirements for the wearing of face masks in...

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General News

Thai court stays order denying free emergency treatment of side effects of vaccines purchased at private hospitals

On Friday, the Thai Central Administrative Court ordered a stay of the Ministry of Public Health order, which excludes...

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Moderna booster helps to generate antibodies against Omicron

When the Omicron variant emerged, many weren’t sure whether current mRNA vaccines could hold the fort, as they had...

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Highlight News Politics

Cabinet suspends controversial Chana industrial project, protesters see move as ‘buying time’

The Thai cabinet decided today (Tuesday) to suspend the implementation of the controversial industrial estate project in Chana district...

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Editor's Choice Opinion

Positive representations like Anchilee are desperately needed in the Thai media

Anchilee Scott-Kemmis became a huge source of hope for many Thais, by being declared Miss Universe Thailand 2021 back...

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Highlight News Politics

Roads closed near Government House ahead of arrival of Chana protesters

Police closed roads to traffic near the Government House in Bangkok this morning (Monday), in anticipation of the arrival...

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Highlight News Politics

Ex-KMITL rector tipped to enter Bangkok gubernatorial race

Former rector of King Mongkut Institute of Technology’s Lat Krabang campus, Dr. Suchatvee Suwansawat, is tipped to be the...

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General Highlight News

Thailand ranked 5th in 2021 Global Health Security Index

Thailand has been ranked 5th place, and 1st place in Asia, in the 2021 Global Health Security Index. In...

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Funeral attendees in Phetchabun isolated after deceased was found to be infected with COVID-19

Over 200 people, who attended a funeral in Nong Phai district of Thailand’s northern province of Phetchabun earlier this...

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Highlight News World

Record number of journalists jailed in 2021: CPJ

New York (AFP) – The number of journalists jailed around the world hit a new record in 2021, the...

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Crime Highlight News

Two Nigerians caught after illegally entering Thailand from Cambodia

Two Nigerians were arrested by Thai border security forces yesterday after they slipped across the Thai-Cambodian border into Ta...

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Highlight News Politics

Jana industrial estate protesters to return to Government House on Monday

Defiant protesters from Jana district, of Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla, have vowed to return to Government House next...

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General Highlight News

Search for stray tiger in Thailand’s Kamphaeng Phet province continues

Wildlife officials have been trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to track down a four-year old tiger, named Vichit, which strayed out...

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Crime Highlight News

897kgs of crystal methamphetamine bound for Taiwan seized at Bangkok port

Thai customs officials seized 897 kilograms of crystal meth at Bangkok port today (Saturday). The drugs were being transported...

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Crime Highlight News South Watch

Security guard murdered in front of a mosque in Thailand’s Yala province

A village security guard was shot dead in front of a masjid in Muang district of the southern border...

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Video

Perseverance is key to Nongnooch Garden’s survival

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News World

New U.S. COVID-19 international travel testing rules take effect Monday

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – New rules requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Thai Central Bank warns against use of cryptocurrencies in transactions

Volatility and security risks mean that Thailand’s Central Bank remains unconvinced about the use of digital assets to purchase...

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Empowering Thai Women Video

You have the power within yourself – Busayapa Srisompong

TW: domestic violence, victim-blaming, manipulation “Every time you say something against the status quo, call out against the abuse...

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ASEAN Highlight News

21 drown on flooded causeway in Myanmar

21 people have drowned, as thousands of worshippers attempted to cross a flooded causeway in Myanmar, after making merit...

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Highlight News Politics

Thailand’s two-ballot electoral system comes into force

Constitutional amendments regarding the two-ballot electoral system take effect today (November 22nd) following the publication in the Royal Gazette...

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News World

Chinese tennis star says she is safe in video call with Olympic official

BEIJING, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai had a video call on Sunday with the president...

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Highlight News

Flood alert in eight southern Thai provinces from Nov 23rd- 25th

Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department is advising people in eight southern provinces to brace for sudden flooding from Tuesday through...

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Around Thailand News

Official in Prachuap Khiri Khan probed for allegedly approving an illegal car race

The civil works and town planning office of Thailand’ssouthern coastal province of Prachuap Khiri Khan has launched an investigation...

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Analysis Opinion

Op-Ed: First round in Biden vs Xi bout a draw

The first meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping recently resulted in good outcomes, even...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Thai private sector to propose economy-boosting measures to PM on Sunday

Sanan Angubolkul, president of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, told an economic forum today (Saturday) that five regional chambers...

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Around Thailand Environment Highlight News

403,235 krathong baskets collected from waterways across Bangkok

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) collected 403,235 krathong from canals, lakes and other waterways in the capital, following the...

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Highlight News Politics

CIA deputy chief meets with Thai PM, DPM Prawit and security council chief

Deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) David Cohen had about 45 minutes of closed door discussions...

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ASEAN Highlight News

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing not invited to Special ASEAN-China summit

Myanmar’s military leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, will not be invited to attend the special virtual ASEAN-China summit,...

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News World

Iraqis fly back home after failing to cross from Belarus to EU

BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Iraqis who had camped for weeks at Belarus’ borders with the...

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Entertainment News Politics

Top trending new music video takes satirical jab at Thai establishment

Thai pop-rock band Getsunova and Three Man Down have released their latest track and accompanying music video “Eek Mai...

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Around Thailand News

Over 77% people polled will not join Loy Krathong festival over COVID concerns

Over three quarters (77.3%) of people surveyed in a recent poll, conducted by Bangkok Poll, said that they will...

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Highlight News

Mass production of Thailand’s ChulaCov 19 mRNA vaccine expected early next year

Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University is expected to transfer technology for the mass production of its vaccine, ChulaCov 19 mRNA, to...

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Highlight News

APEC summit crucial to world’s economic recovery

The summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to be chaired by Thailand next year will play a...

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody drug offers 83% protection over six months

Nov 18 (Reuters) – AstraZeneca (AZN.L) on Thursday cemented its lead in bringing a preventative COVID-19 shot for the...

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Crime News

Prison break in Thailand’s Nakhon Sawan, manhunt underway

Police in Nakhon Sawan’s Muang District have launched a manhunt for 11 escaping prison inmates. So far, nine have...

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Highlight News Politics

Bangkok police deny use of live rounds against anti-establishment protesters

The Thai police have not resorted to the use of lethal weapons including live rounds in dealing with anti-establishment...

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Business & Economy Highlight News

Thailand’s GDP for Q3 contracts 0.3%, forecast to increase by 1.2% for whole year – NESDC

Thailand’s economic gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.3% during the third quarter, compared to an increase of 0.1% during...

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Business & Economy News

Thai energy minister defends 30 baht/litre price for diesel

Thailand’s energy minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow has defended the government’s decision to cap the retail price of diesel fuel at...

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Highlight News Politics

Slim chance of People’s Constitution draft passing parliamentary scrutiny

Former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has predicted that there is only a slim chance that the People’s Constitution draft,...

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ASEAN News

Cambodia to end quarantine for vaccinated travellers from Nov. 15 – PM Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Cambodia will stop requiring quarantine for travellers who have been vaccinated for COVID-19...

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Highlight News Tourism

Thailand’s idyllic Maya Bay to reopen on January 1

The popular Maya Bay will reopen on New Year’s Day 2022, following a closure of three and a half...

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Highlight News Tourism

Thailand’s Hua Hin struggles to rebuild tourism with only eight visitors so far

Since Thailand reopened on November 1st, it has attracted more than 40,000 international travellers. The usually popular beach town...

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News Tourism

Thailand’s air traffic increases 25% during the first ten days of November

Air traffic in and over Thailand, during the ten days following the reopening of the country to foreign arrivals...

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Crime News

Suspected hacker of Constitutional Court homepage arrested in Ubon Ratchathani

Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) arrested a man at a house in Warin Chamrab district of...

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ASEAN News

Vietnam welcomes first foreign tourists in nearly 20 months

HANOI (AFP): The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed...

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Business & Economy News World

Elon Musk sells $6.9bn in Tesla shares after Twitter poll

New York (AFP) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold more than $6.9 billion worth of shares in the electric carmaker...

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News World

Biden, Xi to hold virtual summit next week

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday (Nov 15), the...

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ASEAN Highlight News

As new chair, Thai PM vows to drive APEC towards sustainable and balanced growth

On Friday, Thailand formally took over the rotating chairmanship from New Zealand of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for 2022,...

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General News

Travellers stranded after flood submerges highway and railway in Chumphon province

Hundreds of train and bus passengers were stranded in Thailand’s Chumphon province on Friday night, after road and train...

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On-site learning ban at Chiang Mai schools extended as COVID-19 pandemic spreads

The provincial communicable disease committee of Chiang Mai has decided to extend the suspension of on-site learning at schools...

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Entertainment News World

Britney Spears calls end of conservatorship ‘best day ever’

LOS ANGELES, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Calling it her “best day ever,” pop star Britney Spears regained freedom over...

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Empowering Thai Women Video

Celebrate the strength within you – Nuttha Thongkaew

“[Beauty pageantry] is not about how beautiful or how perfect your body is, but women can express who they...

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Opinion

OP-ED – Cyberbullying among us – online violence directed at our young

Shreya Singh, a 21 year-old college student in New Delhi, has spoken courageously about being the target of online...

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The Ambassador Video

The Ambassador: H.E. Dr. Sarah Taylor, Ambassador of Canada to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

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Around Thailand News

Muslim leaders in Pattani set example by getting COVID-19 vaccinations

Religious leaders in the southern border province of Pattani have visited the vaccination centre, in the conference room of...

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Highlight News Politics

Charter Court says it rejected protesters’ plea for further enquiry as probe already concluded

Thailand’s Constitutional Court turned down the request, by the three anti-establishment leaders, for the submission of additional oral evidence...

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Around Thailand News Tourism

Tourists return to Thailand’s chilly natural attractions

Tourists are flocking to embrace the cool breezes and the beautiful sunrises at the Phu Ruea National Park viewpoint,...

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General Highlight News Tourism

Bangkok prepares for Loy Krathong festival

Bangkok is preparing for the Loy Krathong festival, celebrated across the city on November 19th, with strict COVID-19 measures...

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Highlight News Politics

Thai government urged to formalise cross border assistance to Myanmar

BANGKOK – The Prayut government is being called upon to formalise cross border humanitarian assistance to crisis-hit Myanmar through...

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Around Thailand News

Clubhouse attacks on Isaan cause concern

#ClubhouseToxic remained a top-trending hashtag on Thai Twitter over the weekend after a group of users began an online...

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News World

Twitter votes Elon Musk should sell 10 percent of Tesla stock

New York (AFP) – Twitter has spoken — after Elon Musk polled his more than 62 million followers on...

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News World

Multiple probes launched into deadly stampede at Houston rap festival

HOUSTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – At least two investigations, one of them criminal, were underway on Sunday into the...

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News World

Global COVID-19 cases near 250 million as Delta surge eases

Nov 7 (Reuters) – Worldwide cases due to COVID-19 were approaching 250 million on Sunday as the surge from...

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Empowering Thai Women Thai PBS World Exclusive Video

Be brave, be yourself and be confident – Pinn Janvatanavit

“Being able to feel good from within is empowering… It makes you feel more powerful, and makes you feel...

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Highlight News

Thai PM orders growing of coriander on military farmland to curb high price problem

Thailand’s Prime Minister has ordered the cabinet to use the military farmland to grow coriander, often known as “Chinese...

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Uncategorized

Some schools in Thailand’s northeast closed over COVID concerns first week of reopening

Some schools, including kindergartens, in Thailand’s northeast have been ordered closed over COVID-19 concerns following infections found among students...

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Around Thailand Crime News

Thai police seize US$3.6m in counterfeit dollar bills in Nakhon Pathom

Thai police seized 36,000 counterfeit US$100 bills, a printing press and arrested four women today (Wednesday) in a raid...

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Highlight News

Six travellers found infected with COVID-19 since Thailand reopens on Monday

Six travellers, of the 4,510 who have arrived in Thailand since the reopening of the kingdom to international travellers...

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Crime Highlight News

Attorney General’s team promises no release of ‘Joe Ferrari’, six other former cops yet

The Attorney General’s spokespeople today (Wednesday) promised not to release seven former police officers, currently detained for allegedly murdering...

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Highlight News Politics

Move Forward Party warns that if lèse majesté is not amended, it may be repealed

Thailand’s opposition Move Forward Party announced its determination to push for amendments of the lèse majesté law (Section 112...

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Crime Highlight News

Thai arrested for allegedly cheating an American company in medical glove deal

Thailand’s Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) has arrested a Thai businessman who allegedly cheated a Florida-based company out of...

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News World

Climate-friendly travel plans to COP summit hit by UK weather chaos

MILTON KEYNES, England, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Delegates, campaigners and journalists travelling by train to the U.N. climate conference...

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News Tourism

Thais arriving from 45 low risk countries and Hong Kong to be treated like citizens of those countries

Thai citizens returning home by air from 45 “low risk” countries and Hong Kong will not be required to...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Controversial Buddhist preacher Phra Maha Praiwan to leave monkhood

One of two controversial monks, Phra Maha Praiwan Worawano, well known for unorthodox preaching, has announced his intention to...

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Highlight News Politics

Public health can aid proactive Thai diplomacy

A carefully-crafted national public health plan with proactive diplomacy can help Thailand to participate in global health development and deal...

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Around Thailand Highlight News

Thai PM agrees to Loy Krathong festival being held nationwide

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given the greenlight to the state and private sectors to hold this year’s Loy...

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Highlight News Tourism

Thailand’s Koh Chang ‘sandbox’ to kick off November 11

Thailand’s eastern province of Trat plans to officially reopen to foreign and domestic travellers under its “Koh Chang Sandbox”...

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Crime Highlight News

Teen shot during Bangkok protests in August dies

The 15-year-old boy, shot during an anti-government protest by hardcore “Talugas” anti-establishment protesters at Bangkok’s Din Daeng intersection on...

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News Science & Technology World

Facebook changes name to Meta as it refocuses on virtual reality

Oct 28 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand...

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General Highlight News

Most Thai schools to reopen Monday if they pass assessments, requirements

Most Thai schools are reopening, both fully and partially on Monday (November 1st), and the Thai Ministry of Education...

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Analysis Highlight

Analysis: Biden rejuvenates US-ASEAN ties

After four years of inertia, US-ASEAN ties have been rebooted and ASEAN centrality has been strengthened by the presence...

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News World

Malaysian gynaecologist creates ‘world’s first unisex condom’

SIBU, Malaysia, Oct 28 (Reuters) – A Malaysian gynaecologist has created what he says is the world’s first unisex...

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Highlight News Science & Technology

Thai students win award for writing software to control NASA space robot

A team of Thai students from Assumption College Thonburi has won “The Best Achievement Onboard Award” in the final...

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General News

80,000 Thai truckers to go on strike on Monday over diesel prices

Coinciding with Thailand’s reopening to foreign arrivals on November 1st, about 80,000 trucks, including some tour buses, will stop...

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Anchilee Scott-Kemmis, Miss Universe Thailand 2021
Around Thailand Highlight News

Thai-Australian model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis crowned Miss Universe Thailand 2021

Having won this year’s national crown last night (Sunday), Thai-Australian model Anchilee Scott-Kemmis will compete in the global Miss...

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Uncategorized

Thai Rural Doctor Society explains why only 14% of the Lepu ATKs delivered to southern provinces were distributed

Most people in the country’s four southern border provinces, including local hospitals, have rejected the Chinese-made Lepu rapid antigen...

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Business & Economy General News

More private schools in Thailand to close due to pandemic related cashflow problems

About 70 private schools in Thailand have closed down during the past nine months, due to the impacts of...

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General News

Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism to probe conduct of monks prostrating before disrobed former Phra Yantra

Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism has promised to look into a controversial incident in which several monks were seen...

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General News

Teachers from 11 countries to be honoured at Teachers and Equitable Education Conference in Bangkok

Teachers from 11 countries, ASEAN and East Timor will be honoured for their dedication in driving change and education...

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News Politics

Thai Foreign Policy Webinar Series

Thailand still has opportunities to rejuvenate its foreign policy and diplomacy, which have fallen to their “lowest point” in...

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Business & Economy News

Has the level of happiness in Thailand deteriorated?

The level of happiness in Thailand has reduced over the past few years, according to a number of indices...

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Highlight News

Thailand to open to 46 COVID-19 low risk countries on November 1st

Thailand has decided to reopen its borders to citizens from 46 COVID-19 low risk countries on November 1st, instead...

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News World

Woman fatally shot by prop firearm on a New Mexico movie set

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A woman has been killed and a man injured Thursday after they were shot...

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Highlight News World

China not forcing countries to take sides – Chinese envoy

China has no desire to engage in a Cold War with the US and has no intention of forcing...

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Highlight News

Former envoy says Thailand pavilion is a hit at Dubai World Expo 2020

The Thailand pavilion at the World Expo 2020 being held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates from October 1st...

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