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Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail of Malaysia has expressed concerns over a report that an 11-year-old Thai girl has been taken as a wife by a Malaysian man 30 years her senior, according to Malaysian media. It reported that she has instructed officials of the Social Welfare Department to conduct a thorough investigation after
About 1.2 million migrant workers from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar have registered and applied to work in Thailand since application for registration started on January 16 and closed on the night of June 30. Labour Minister Adul Saengsingkaew said on Sunday that of the 1,187,803 migrant workers registered, 777,217 are people from Myanmar, 350,840 are
A drilling machine accompanied by mechanics and engineers was this afternoon airlifted by an army MI-17 transport helicopter to Doi Pha Mee to carry out drilling of a cavity in an attempt to find an alternative route into the Tham Luang cave. According to Police Thailand webpage, the cavity on Doi Pha Mee to be
A Myanmar senator told Thai officials on Saturday that Myanmar officials did not find any passage ways that could link the Doi Nang Non mountain range on the Myanmar side of the border with the Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai. The senator, Mr Sai Lone San Khart, was among the 11-man delegation led
Evacuation of survivors from Tham Luang cave to hospitals will be carried out by helicopters instead of by ambulances so that they can reach the Chiang Rai hospital within just 15 minutes. Dr Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, Zone 1 public health inspector, said Sunday that the evacuation plan from the cave to hospitals has been adjusted by
Rescue teams continued to drain water out of Tham Luang cave throughout the night and are encouraged by the receding water level as the search for the 12 young footballers and their coach trapped inside the cave resumes this morning. Though weather conditions around the area appear clearer this morning, there are still worries about
Help poured in from the private sector to support the search and rescue operations in a spontaneous show of spirit of volunteerism. Several support equipment supplied with courtesy of Chevron Thailand arrived at the cave this afternoon (Sunday). They include 200 oxygen cylinders and regulators, 50 special cold-resistant dive suits for the Seal team, 64 backpacks,
The commander of the Navy SEAL, a special warfare unit playing a central role in the search for the missing 12 young footballers and their coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, vowed this morning that the rescue mission will continue until they are all found. Speaking to reporters at the daily
Soccer superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are heading home, along with their teams, Portugal and Argentina, after their defeats in the 2018 World Cup last night. It was Edinson Cavani who emerged the superstar of the game by scoring two goals that brought Uruguay into the quarter finals and sent Portugal crashing out of
A single-seat aircraft crashed into an empty house in a golf resort in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district this morning. The pilot died in the accident and the house caught fire. Firefighters found the wrecked plane stuck in the roof of the empty house, which eventually burned to the ground. The pilot has been identified as
When former PM Prayut Chan-o-cha was in office, he faced harsh criticism, including hate speech, from the Thai online community, mainly because he was a coup leader-turned-premier. His actions as premier and as a person attracted negative comments and feedback, leading to people saying that he did everything wrong, even breathing! Many Thai netizens produced
The Constitutional Court has been warned that Thailand’s third bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2025-27 in October could be jeopardised if it decides to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party on August 7th. The warning comes from Chamnan Chanruang, a core member of the Progressive movement, led
Keskamol Pleansamai has reignited controversy over academic credentials claimed by many public figures in Thailand after topping last month’s Senate election vote. One of 200 new senators, Keskamol is accused of earning her doctorate and professorship from an unaccredited American university and paying for her PhD dissertations. The beauty industry mogul has dismissed the allegations
“When the upper level of government uses a law and the court mechanism to dissolve a party on behalf of their interest or dislike, it means that they murder the democracy.” “They murder the future of the next generation living under good principles of democratic and political practices as well,” the Chair of ASEAN Parliamentarians
The Move Forward party’s advisory chief, Pita Limjaroenrat, accused the Election Commission (EC) today of practicing double standards by fast-tracking its case for the party’s dissolution to the Constitutional Court, without giving the party a chance to defend itself. The main opposition party has been fighting to avoid being dissolved, and its executive committee being
Small-scale fishermen in Thailand’s southern province of Chumphon are complaining that Blackchin tilapia are now thriving in the coastal waters and canals connected to the sea, to the extent that every time they cast their nets, they will only catch the non-indigenous species and rarely any other. They said that, although Blackchin tilapia were detected
