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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said demands by the United States that its allies choose sides in the artificial intelligence (AI) technology competition with China will not affect Thailand’s ongoing tariff negotiations with Washington.
A member of Thailand’s Humanitarian Mine Action Unit (HMAU) lost his right foot this morning after accidentally triggering an anti-personnel landmine while carrying out routine demining operations near the Thai-Cambodian border in Nam Yuen district of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he was unfazed by the opposition’s threat to seek a no-confidence debate against his government, adding that he and his ministers were ready to defend themselves against any accusations and address any doubts opposition MPs may have about the administration.
Thailand plans to impose a Bt450 fee on all non-Thai travellers arriving from abroad next year, with air travellers to be the first to face the charge, followed by those arriving by land and sea at a later date.
Thailand will work with the World Health Organization (WHO) through the UN agency’s 14th General Programme of Work 2025–2028 (GPW14) and a secondment programme to promote national and global health security.
Chiang Mai’s popular Mae Sa waterfall in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park has been temporarily closed for safety reasons following heavy rain yesterday that caused a flash flood to gush down from the mountain, catching several tourists off guard despite warnings from park rangers.
Police have summoned a woman who is leading a campaign over ownership of disputed land used by Pa Adulyaram Temple in Khon Kaen to acknowledge a trespassing charge over allegations that she was involved in blocking the temple’s entrance.
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has launched a campaign in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham to encourage people to eat less salty food following an increase in diabetes diagnoses, making the province the area with the highest number of cases in the central Northeast.
Cambodia and the United States will restart long-delayed joint military exercises next year, Prime Minister Hun Manet said Friday, seeking to mend ties strained by Phnom Penh's closeness to China.
The committee overseeing the Social Security Board election has revised the voting rules, allowing about 12 million insured people and employers to vote on September 27 without registering in advance.
Bang Phli district police in Samut Prakan have come up with a new trick to tackle street racing by motorcyclists, which causes a nuisance for local residents and poses a threat to other motorists.
Another victim of the fire at the ‘Rong Beer Na Ladprao’ pub in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on July 12 has died in hospital, bringing the death toll from the blaze to 39.
A former top police officer who played a key role in planning Laota Saenlee’s arrest in 2016 has asked the Corrections Department to explain why the former drug convict was released after serving fewer than nine years despite being sentenced to life imprisonment.
A 72-year-old Thai woman working in South Korea was shocked to see her son and his friend allegedly stealing household belongings from her home in Udon Thani after checking its CCTV system remotely.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northern Sumatra, Indonesia, on Saturday evening, with tremors felt in several southern provinces of Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department’s Earthquake Observation Division reported. The earthquake struck at 5.54pm, with its epicentre initially located at latitude 2.98 degrees north and longitude 99.06 degrees east, at a depth of 168 kilometres. It was initially measured at magnitude 6.4. The department later revised the epicentre to latitude 3.03...
Liverpool is the most popular Premier League club among Thai football fans, followed by Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, according to a recent Nida poll.
