Visitors to Narathiwat are guaranteed to find serenity in the Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest Like the few ancient forests that remain around the world, Thailand’s last peat swamp forest abounds in tales of mystery and imagination Local lore in Narathiwat province has it that Toh Daeng – an old Muslim woman who dabbled in black
Two helicopters, from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and an air force (RTAF) transport plane, have been helping to control forest fires in Doi Saket and Samoeng districts of Chiang Mai. Mr. Chakra Didsayanan, head of the Samoeng fire control station said, in his report today (Tuesday), that fire-fighters from the Yewfai unit
Police have set up barricades, using cargo containers, and blocked road access to Government House again, in anticipation of another protest this late afternoon by followers of the anti-establishment Ratsadon group. Road traffic at Suan Miksakawan intersection, heading toward Panichakarn intersection, is closed as cargo containers have been placed to block the Phitsanuloke Road at
Thailand reported 48 new COVID-19 cases and 66 recoveries today (Tuesday), according to the CCSA. Of the new infections, 27 are locally-acquired, which include 17 in Bangkok, 8 in Samut Sakhon and 2 cases in Nakhon Pathom. 21 cases are among arrivals from abroad in state quarantine, including 9 from Madagascar, 2 from Qatar and
Thai government officials suspected, with sufficient evidence, of committing adultery, sexual harassment or sexual assault will be suspended from government service without pay, pending investigation, under a new ethical and disciplinary code of conduct approved by the cabinet on Tuesday. The ethical and disciplinary code, which was proposed by the Office of the Civil Service
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has set up a 28-member independent committee to resolve the long-standing land conflict, between the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and a group of indigenous Karen villagers of Ban Bangkloi in the Kaeng Krachan national park in Phetchaburi province. The panel, which will comprise representatives from the state, civic society,
Thailand’s Corrections Department has issued a clarification, in response to a claim by Anon Nampa, one of the seven core Ratsadon leaders detained at Bangkok remand prison, that prison officers acted suspiciously in trying to separate some of them in the middle of the night. The department said that, at about 11 pm Monday night,
The Criminal Court today rejected the bail applications by four core leaders of the anti-establishment Ratsadon group on the grounds that there is no justification for changing the court’s previous order to remand them in custody. The new applications for bail for Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak, Panusaya “Rung” Sitthijirawattanakul, Chatuphat Boonpatthararaksa, alias Pai Daodin, and Piyarat
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has assured that all the ethnic Karen villagers, in Pong Luek Bang Kloy village in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan national park for each household, will have access to sufficient land on which to make a living and have a better quality of life, Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy government spokesperson, told the media
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers on Tuesday to discuss the coup in Myanmar failed to find a breakthrough to get the nation back on the path to democracy after last month’s military takeover, sources with knowledge of the meeting said. Speaking after the virtual meeting, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi urged
Metropolitan police deputy commissioner Pol Maj-Gen Piya Tavichai has vowed to “prosecute to the fullest extent of the law” the three suspects responsible for torching His Majesty the King’s portrait located at the front of Khlong Prem prison early Sunday morning. Describing the incident as serious and having hurt the feelings of the Thai people,
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) decided today (Tuesday) to ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the MP status of five politicians who were found guilty last week over their roles in the protests against the Yingluck Shinawatra administration. The five MPs are Thaworn Senneam. Democrat MP for Songkhla province, Chumphol Julasai, Democrat MP for Chumporn
