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Speaking to foreign media, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has claimed that the driving force behind a school shooting involving a 14-year-old gunman was accumulated stress, rather than criminal intent, while outlining plans for stricter gun control laws and heightened campus security.
The pop/rock sensation from Phuket, Nene Royal (Rattikarn Amloy), who wowed the judges and audience on the ‘America’s Got Talent’ (AGT) show recently with her rendition of the Cranberries’ classic song ‘Zombie’ back on the show in the newly-introduced Judges’ Callbacks round today.
Thailand and Myanmar signed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the establishment of a joint working group on water quality management for boundary and transboundary rivers, such as the Sai and Kok rivers, which have been contaminated with arsenic and other heavy metals from unregulated gold and rare earth mining activities in Myanmar’s Shan state.
Thailand’s Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) has ordered a nationwide security tightening, aimed at curbing violent crime, illegal firearms and illicit drugs, following a deadly shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi yesterday.
Former pop singer Thaman Taypun, known to his fans as ‘Tae’, a former member of the 2000s boyband ‘Dragon 5’, was found dead in the Chao Phraya River this afternoon, after being missing from his residence since early Thursday morning.
One of the most common reactions to contemporary art is also the one people are least willing to admit publicly: confusion. Perhaps outrage, maybe revelation, but the shy uncertainty about what exactly they are looking at, and, admittingly, the fear that they are somehow failing the experience by not immediately understanding, is slowly taking over.
The shooting took place at Debsirin Nonthaburi School this morning, with at least 15 people reported injured. As of now, nine people were killed, including five teachers, one student, the gunman and the shooter's grandparents.
Chiang Rai provincial police have offered a 100,000 baht reward for anyone who provides information leading to the arrests of two Laotians who escaped back to Laos after robbing a gold shop in a mall in Chiang Khong district of nearly 2kg of gold ornaments (184-baht weight), estimated at about 13 million baht on Tuesday.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in overnight attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow's wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin.
Fifteen young children were injured this afternoon when a sedan crashed into a child development centre in Mueang district in Kanchanaburi province while toddlers were taking their afternoon nap.
Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing co-chaired the opening of the Thailand-Myanmar Business Forum 2026 yesterday, at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC), proposing to position Myanmar as a strategic ‘land bridge’ connecting three regions, while inviting Thai businesses to invest in energy, electric vehicles and major infrastructure.
Firefighters were scrambling this morning to contain a blaze at a car recycling facility, located near Ban Som School in Ban Bueng district in Chon Buri province.
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has ordered an investigation into the conduct of the head of Moo Ko Similan National Park in the Andaman Sea over an incident four years ago. A tour group, led by well-known radio and TV talk show host Veera Theerapatranon, was allowed to spend the night on the island.
Foreign ministers of Thailand and Myanmar will jointly visit the site of toxic contamination in a river along their shared border to assess the situation and accelerate efforts to resolve the problem.
The Excise Department cracked down on more than 32,000 cases of tax evasion nationwide during the first 10 months of fiscal year 2026, collecting over 900 million baht in fines. Illicit tobacco continues to account for the lion’s share of offences.
The initial examination by Thailand’s Central Institute of Forensic Science of the remains of travel vlogger Bowornthat Pengsuk, known online as ‘Hlun Solo’, shows that he could have died of heart failure.
