Thai police and wildlife officials seized 48 macaques when they intercepted a pickup truck on a highway in Mueang district of the southern province of Chumphon on Saturday night. The…
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Thai police and wildlife officials seized 48 macaques when they intercepted a pickup truck on a highway in Mueang district of the southern province of Chumphon on Saturday night. The…
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About 100 passengers on a Thai Airways International (THAI) aircraft, which was involved in a taxi-way incident at Tokyo’s Haneda airport yesterday (Saturday), have been arriving in Thailand yesterday and…
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The Election Commission’s decision to pursue possible criminal charges against Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat could pose a serious threat to his chance of becoming Thailand’s next prime minister,…
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Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnsonleft chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament with a blast at fellow lawmakers he accused of ousting him in a “witch hunt.” As…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions are underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders are in a “positive” mindset as their troops engaged…
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Thailand’s polluted air has been a staggering issue for years now especially in the North where the air quality is reported to be detrimental to people’s health. But, as the…
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Under flashing disco lights, residents at a Singapore care home held hands and danced to golden oldies as part of an initiative to help those with dementia. They grooved to…
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The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St. Paul’s church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth to rise from the pews and praise the Lord. The…
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Water levels in the reservoirs behind Thailand’s four main dams have dropped substantially, raising concerns of insufficient supply for agriculture and consumption, due to intrusion of sea water further into…
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Some flights were delayed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Saturday (June 10) after two passenger planes collided on the ground near a taxiway, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japan’s…
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A police officer was shot dead by southern insurgents in broad daylight today (Saturday), as he was helping two railway officials to direct traffic near a railway crossing in Khok…
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A police commander and a superintendent attached to Region 6 Provincial Police Bureau are to face charges of malfeasance in office for allegedly unfreezing a bank account, worth about 176…
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There are about 10 Thai elephants still living abroad, but they are not likely to be brought back home because they were donated by the Thai government as goodwill ambassadors,…
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A Taiwanese award-winning SME “O’right” funded an expedition, sending a film crew to Greenland to document the impact of climate change, in a film called ‘’Melting Greenland”, and to get…
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Former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn says that Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat may be in even deeper trouble after the Election Commission (EC) decided unanimously on Friday to dismiss…
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Serial petitioner and political activist Srisuwan Janya has vowed to continue checking the performance of political parties and politicians, despite the fact that the Provincial Administration Department (PAD) has dissolved…
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Four Indigenous children were found alive Friday after spending more than a month lost in the Colombian Amazon rainforest following a small plane crash, President Gustavo Petro announced. “A joy…
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Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has resolved unanimously to dismiss three complaints filed against Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, accusing him of holding 42,000 shares in iTV, a media company….
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The Thai Ministry of Transport plans to procure body cameras to be used by officials working at weighbridges on the country’s highways and rural roads, to prevent them from demanding…
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Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted on Friday, belching a column of ash more than three kilometres into the sky, officials said. The volcanic island emerged from the sea at the…
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Thailand is fully prepared to host the Phuket Expo 2028, as the final vote is approaching at the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly in France on June 21st,…
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A total of 42 highway police officers have been transferred to inactive posts at the operations centre of the Highways Police Division, pending the outcome of an investigation into their…
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Sak Surin, the ailing Thai elephant in Sri Lanka, is now fit enough to be flown back to Thailand on July 1st as scheduled. According to the Department of National…
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Security agencies are probing the activities of a group of students who are calling for a referendum on self-determination for the three southernmost provinces of Thailand, a senior army official…
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Japanese auto maker Isuzu has no plan to move its production plants from Thailand to Indonesia, as reported by Indonesian media, according to Narit Therdsteerasukdi, secretary-general of Thailand’s Board of…
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While Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat has taken certain actions regarding the iTV share controversy, history is not on his side. Some media reports have dug up similar cases that…
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Diarrhoea is spreading in Phuket, with an average of about 150 cases being treated at state and private hospitals per day and the outbreak is expected to persist for 1-2…
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As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a…
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For Thailand to qualify to host World Pride, big steps need to be taken, according to this year’s organisers and representatives of international organisations involved in Pride events. Even though…
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In his first year as Bangkok governor, Chadchart Sittipunt has mobilized his city administration to tackle various micro issues in the capital but failed to deliver the tangible changes Bangkokians…
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Indonesia sees the European Union as conducting “regulatory imperialism” with its new deforestation law, but both sides would still engage in talks on a free trade deal, an Indonesian minister…
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Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation shows the ruined structure falling into the flooded river and hundreds of submerged homes, greenhouses and…
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About 40 highway police officers are expected to be transferred to “inactive posts” at the operations centre of the Highways Police Division, pending the outcome of an investigation into their…
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A Kazakh man was arrested on Thursday at Phuket international airport on suspicion of involvement in the shooting of a Russian national in the commercial area of the resort island…
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Dengue fever cases are steadily rising and not only among children. 18,000 elderly people have caught the disease in the first five months of this year, according to Dr. Thongchai…
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Seoul metropolitan government announces that all airport buses will be replaced by hydrogen buses by 2030. Most of airport buses are diesel-powered at present. This airport bus travels between Incheon…
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Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong has confirmed the Thai Government’s policy that all children in the country, whatever their race or nationality, including stateless children, have the right to an education…
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Construction of all sea wall and breakwater projects will be required an environmental impact assessment (EIA) under a new ministerial edict from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, which…
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Heavy downpours are expected across the country today (Thursday), while continuous heavy rain is likely in the north, northeast, central region, east and south. People in these areas are advised…
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Migrant workers in Thailand should have dignity and rights, as they are a vital part of the country’s economic development, said Pita Limjaroenrat, the Move Forward party leader, when asked…
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Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has ordered a recount of the votes cast at 47 polling stations, after it was discovered that the number of ballots cast in the May 14th…
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Forest rangers seized 123 rosewood logs from a fish farm in Kap Choeng district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Surin on Wednesday. The raid was launched by Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, director…
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Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a different approach can be just as successful and boost the number of available organs. It’s…
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Despite the two resolutions in the US Senate and House of Representatives putting Thailand’s political situation on the spot, a former Thai foreign minister insists that there is no evidence…
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A potential knockout blow looms for Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as he bids to take over the PM’s post after his party’s stunning election win on May 14. The…
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When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was swept to power in 2022, human rights activists feared the worst. Marcos had been a vocal supporter of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war…
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The First Army Region has claimed that a new conscript, who died while engaging in a group exercise at an army camp in Saraburi province, was not mistreated, but collapsed…
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A Russian national was shot and wounded by a lone gunmen in the commercial district of Phuket today (Wednesday). Phuket police said that the gunman wore a jacket, gloves and…
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Raising the daily minimum wage to 450 baht, as promised in election campaign, addresses the cost of living, being pushed up by electricity, diesel and transportation prices, according to Move…
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According to multiple reports, a request was made via the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok for the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to cut the power supply from Tak province to two…
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Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) is yet to consider the complaint filed by political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, accusing Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat of holding 42,000 shares in the iTV…
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Northern Quebec’s largest town was being evacuated on Tuesday as firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes in remote communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the…
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has shrugged off a veiled threat from Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat that his future government will launch an investigation into alleged misconduct by the…
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The specially-built cage, designed to accommodate Sak Surin, an ailing Thai elephant in Sri Lanka, during its journey home to Thailand, is 50% complete and is expected to be flown…
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Two economists from the World Bank, Ndiame Diop and Hassan Zaman, have stressed the critical need for political stability, urgent reforms and the development of high-value-added sectors in Thailand, to…
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Reporters are a skeptical bunch, so it was unusual to hear so many of them raving about their firsthand experience with Apple’s next Big Thing: the high-priced headset called Vision…
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A torrent of water burst through a massive dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone, forcing villagers…
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One of the world’s largest exhibitions of technology for the food industry, Fooma Japan 2023, has kicked off in Tokyo. Robots that can pack items on assembly lines are attracting…
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The rate of inflation in Thailand has dropped for five consecutive months, to 0.53% in May, which is the lowest for 21 months, thanks to the reduction in electricity and…
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The transition committee of the eight coalition parties has decided to set up five more working groups, in addition the seven formed earlier to implement the 23 policies in their…
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Move Forward party’s 32 MPs-elect for Bangkok, led by party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, met Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt and his staff today (Tuesday) to discuss ways and methods of cooperation,…
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Thailand’s state hospitals are being hard hit by a shortage of medical professionals, including physicians, nurses, dentists, radiologists and other personnel. Some current staff are overloaded, forcing doctors in at…
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Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat said Tuesday that he has allocated 42,000 shares in the iTV company, inherited from his late father, to the other heirs, to pre-empt any…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday on a mission to steady Washington’s relationship with Riyadh after years of deepening disagreements on issues ranging from…
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Deputy Bangkok Governor Sanon Wangsrangboon has offered an apology to a student whose works of art, on display at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, were damaged during the “Bangkok…
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More thunder storms with isolated heavy downpours are expected across the country today (Tuesday), while isolated very heavy showers are likely in the northeast and east and along the southwestern…
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The Move Forward Party has offered a trickle of hope to drinkers who have long agonized over the alcohol ban imposed during religious holidays. The ban will be banished if…
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Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will lead a high-level 40-member delegation on a five-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, beginning today, an informed source said on Sunday. The delegation is…
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Thailand’s government officials now have the right to take 15 consecutive working days paternity leave on full pay, to take care of their wives after child delivery, according to an…
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New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern,…
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People in Thailand are being advised to brace for the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon from July until September, which could see a reduced amount of rainfall, by…
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Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is to distribute mosquito protection suits to park rangers to protect them from mosquito bites, and especially from Plasmodium knowlesi malaria….
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Parents are being advised to get their children under one vaccinated, as they are the most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection of all age groups and are at risk of developing…
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The Criminal Court has denied bail for the proprietor of the Diamond KTV karaoke bar and 52 customers, many of whom are Chinese nationals, on the grounds that their assembly…
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Many thousands of Thai and foreign LGBTQ+ people joined Pride celebrations in Bangkok today (Sunday), to celebrate gender diversity and advocate for their freedom and fundamental rights, such as gender…
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UNESCO has recognised five creative cities in Thailand, for gastronomy, crafts, folk arts and design, according to Anucha Burapachaisri, spokesman for the government. Phuket was first granted the UNESCO creative…
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An elderly nun has been arrested by police at a convent in Pak Chong district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima for alleged involvement in a Ponzi-like scheme, which…
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Thailand’s Excise Department will propose that the new government provide at least 3 billion baht to subsidise electric vehicles (EV), to encourage people to switch to them to reduce greenhouse…
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Thailand’s rice output this year may drop by as much as 6%, to between 25.1 and 25.6 million tonnes, due to the impacts of the El Niño weather phenomenon, according…
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At least 288 people have died in India’s worst rail crash in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another…
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At a red-brick factory in the German port city of Hamburg, cocoa bean shells go in one end, and out the other comes an amazing black powder with the potential…
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Abandoning Move Forward Party to form a coalition with the parties in the current Prayut government should be the “last resort” for Pheu Thai Party, according to one of its…
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At least two passengers were killed and about 30 others injured when a double-decker bus flipped over on a road in Si Sawat district of Kanchanaburi province on Saturday. Several…
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Police, customs and animal quarantine officials seized about 29 tonnes of frozen beef, illegally imported from India through Laos, from a container truck on a highway in the Borabue district…
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At least 207 people were killed and 900 injured when two passenger trains collided in Odisha on Friday, according to government officials in the eastern Indian state, in India’s deadliest…
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Indonesia’s defence minister proposed a plan Saturday to end the war between Russia and Ukraine at a defence summit in Singapore, an initiative that drew quick criticism from attendees. “I…
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The Election Commission (EC) is expected to announce the election results formally for 475 out of the 500 electoral constituencies (95% of the ballots cast) sooner than the 60-day deadline,…
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Concerns over potential US influence on politics in Thailand arose after the Move Forward party announced its foreign policy, aiming to ‘’Revive, Rebalance, Recalibrate’’ in the hope of having more…
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Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the “democratic dreams of the Chinese people,” two…
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The Royal Thai Police are coordinating with the Chinese Embassy to check the backgrounds of 48 Chinese nationals, including 18 women, who were arrested during a raid on an entertainment…
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At least 233 people were killed and 900 were injured when two passenger trains collided in India’s Odisha state, a government official said on Saturday, making the rail accident the…
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Once an outspoken royalist, Rukchanok “Ice” Srinork has just been elected as a monarchy reformist after scoring a shock victory over a political giant in Bangkok. Elected as a Move…
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40-year-old Chariya Khattiyot, a cook originally from the north of Thailand, has just won the title of MasterChef UK 2023, after facing off 44 challengers. Chariya spent seven years working…
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Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire…
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The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will launch a trial run of the Yellow Line train service from Hua Mark to Samrong tomorrow (Saturday), initially covering 13 of…
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is determined to return to Thailand in July, after about 17 years of living in exile, regardless of the risk that he will be forced…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning became an important part of children’s education around the world. Many have spent a lot of time in front of screens, to the point…
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Even in an extremely-unlikely scenario that it ends up in the opposition bloc again, the Move Forward Party will still have to tussle with political gravity. And future tests will…
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The disagreement between the Move Forward and the Pheu Thai parties over the House speakership is expected to be settled in the next two weeks, according to Move Forward Secretary-General…
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Three monks and two defence volunteers were slightly injured this morning (Friday) when a roadside improvised explosive device was detonated by southern insurgents as the monks were receiving alms from…
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