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The management of Mount Rinjani National Park on Lombok island has said that 1,090 hikers have been evacuated from Mt. Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides on the mountain on Sunday morning. “The latest evacuation was made an hour ago when we found seven local hikers at the Susuk Cave
Acting leader of the Future Forward (Anakot Mai) Party Thanathorn Joengrungruangkit reported to the Technology Crime Suppression Division today to defend himself against allegation filed against him by the National Council for Peace and Order over his Facebook livestreaming seen to be critical of the military junta. Representing the NCPO, Colonel Burin Thongprapai of the legal
Mr Itthiporn Boonprakong was voted chairman of the Election Commission by the four other election commissioners-designate at a meeting today. The meeting was chaired by Mr Thawatchai Thoedpaothai, the most senior among the five commissioners-designate. According to the legal procedure, the five of them must choose among themselves who should head the Election Commission. The
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that it’s up to British police whether they would respond to the Thai Government’s request for an extradition of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to stand trial in Thailand. He explained that the Royal Thai Police, the Office of the Attorney-General and the Foreign Ministry had had done their
Many schools in Sop Moei district of Mae Hong Son province have been temporarily closed after flash floods hit many areas and Mae Sariang-Mae Sam Laep road was blocked by a landslide. The landslide brought down earth and rocks to block the Mae Sariang-Mae Sam Laep road in Sop Moei district on Monday. Many trees
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department has issued a warning for 15 provinces, five each in the North, Central and South, to beware of flash floods and landslides, department chief Chayapol Thitisak said this morning. Mr Chayapol said continuous intensive rains and accumulated rainwater make these provinces vulnerable to being hit with flash floods and landslides. The
More Thai rescue teams have arrived in Laos to help with the efforts to search for 120 people still missing in Sanamxay district of Attapeu province after the partial collapse of the Xe-PianXe-Namnoy hydropower last week triggered a devastating flood. Vientiane Times quoted officials of the committee in charge of the rescue mission as saying
The Thai Embassy in London has submitted a request to the Foreign and Common Weath Office of the British government for the extradition of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to serve her five-year jail term handed down by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions in connection with her government’s rice-pledging
The Fiscal Policy Office has been instructed to hold discussions with the Commerce Ministry and the private sector about the Finance Ministry’s plan to introduce the so-called “Sharing Economy” concept to help skilled workers earn more income and also to help train the unskilled so they have a means to make a living. Finance Minister Apisak
A main road connecting Chiang Saen and Chiang Khong district along the Mekong River in Chiang Rai was briefly blocked by fallen earth and rocks in a landslide early this morning, Chiang Khong district chief Tassanai Suthapoj said. Mr Tassanai said the road was temporarily closed to traffic by the landslide which occurred near Ban
The first group of Thai tourists safely rescued from Mount Rinjani on Lombok island yesterday are on their way back to Thailand this morning. A post on the Facebook page of the Thai Embassy in Jakarta said that Thai Ambassador Songphol Sukchan sent off a group 29 Thais back to Bangkok at 7 am
All the Thai tourists stranded on Mount Rinjani on Lombok island of Indonesia which was hit by a powerful earthquake on Sunday have been brought out to safety, Thai Ambassador to Jakarta Songphol Sukchan confirmed tonight. Ambassador Songphol told Thai PBS in a phone interview that embassy officials are working with Indonesian officials to look
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party claimed today it has won all the 125 seats in the general election held yesterday. Party spokesman Sok Eysan said that based on the results shared by the National Election Commission, none of the other 19 parties has won a single seat. “The CPP won 77.5 percent of
Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute and other water-related agencies have expressed concern that the increased discharge of water from Nam Ngum 5 dam in Laos will accelerate rising water in the Mekong river which may worsen flooding in northeastern provinces along the river. The Nam Ngum 5 Company which operates the dam on Sunday
Indonesian rescuers are racing against time to evacuate more than 560 people, including many Thai tourists, from Mount Rinjani on Lombok after a 6.4-magnitude quake struck the island in West Nusa Tenggara province Sunday morning. The quake has already claimed 16 lives, according to disaster agency officials cited by news service Antara. Indonesian media reported
