Concerned with the easy-going lifestyle of Thailand’s millennials, or Generation Y, and their ability to support efforts to drive the country forward over the next two decades, Thailand’s National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has proposed a support system to encourage them to change their lifestyle to be more pro-active, more socially responsible and
A Pheu Thai MP has claimed that the vote, which was taken today on the censure motion, is illegitimate because the Opposition had not completed its debate, with Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda still unchallenged, and the absence of a closing statement from the Opposition. Dr. Cholnan Sranan, an MP representing the northern province of Nan,
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido declared a state of emergency on Friday as the number of coronavirus cases rose, asking residents to stay indoors over the weekend. “Hokkaido has been doing everything it can to contain the virus, but the crisis is deepening,” Governor Naomichi Suzuki said at a televised news conference
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Uncertainty grew over the political future of Malaysia and the man who has dominated it for decades on Friday as the royal palace rejected Mahathir Mohamad’s plan for a vote to choose a new prime minister. Meanwhile, Mahathir’s party chose a different candidate for prime minister four days after the 94-year-old’s
The Thai Ministry of Public Health today reported an additional COVID-19 case, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 41. Public health permanent secretary Dr. Sukhum Kanchanapimai told a news conference today that the new patient is 25-year Thai man, working as a tour guide, who has recently returned from South Korea and
The four-day censure debate, targeting Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 5 of his cabinet colleagues, ended before the 7pm agreed deadline, with a mass walkout by the Opposition, which had been thrown into disarray due to their mismanagement of the time allotted for debate. Four former Future Forward MPs were left frustrated by missing
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told members of parliament, on the final scheduled day of the censure debate, that the Defence Ministry is determined to reform the military by downsizing the three armed forces to become more efficient and modern, with the aim of cutting the number of generals in half by the year 2028. Speaking
Thailand’s Public Health Minister has signed an announcement designating COVID-19 as a dangerous infectious disease. The announcement is to be published in the Royal Gazette and it is expected to come into force tomorrow (Friday). The designation will provide authorities with additional powers to take action or to adopt measures to contain the spread of
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai have come under attack, on the last day of the censure debate today by Pheu Thai MP Sarunvuth Sarungate, over their alleged mishandling of the tax evasion case, involving the Thai subsidiary of tobacco giant Philip Morris International, which resulted in
Five suspected southern insurgents were shot dead by security forces on a mountain in Cho Airong district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat on Sunday. The security forces also seized five M16 assault rifles, one HK rifle and some supplies from the location on Tawae Mountain in Tambon Bukit. Military sources said that the
The defiant message was pretty much expected. You think you have killed us while in fact you have just made us more out of control, Future Forward told its supposed political enemies. The word “party” was marked out of its Facebook page immediately after the Constitutional Court’s ruling ending its existence as a parliamentary unit,
