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A wave of insurgent violence in Thailand's southern border provinces continued today when suspected militants shot dead a construction foreman as he supervised road repair work in Bannang Sata district of Yala province, police said.
Pol Gen Samran Nualma will become Thailand's next national police chief after securing a unanimous 12-0 vote from the Police Commission Board on Wednesday, replacing Pol Gen Kitrat Panphet, who is due to retire in September.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he has instructed security forces in Thailand's restive South to be better prepared for unpredictable attacks by insurgent groups and to improve intelligence gathering.
Investigation into the fatal attack on a security checkpoint in Narathiwat's Ra-ngae district is focusing on motorcyclists suspected of monitoring security personnel's movements and guiding the six assailants before they opened fire and hurled pipe bombs, killing five paramilitary rangers.
The US military announced Wednesday that it was conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has emerged as a distinct figure on the international diplomatic stage through what foreign media is calling his signature brand of ‘musical Diplomacy’, using music and performance to forge political connections worldwide.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today announced the seizure of more than 1,900 Bitcoin mining machines, worth about 200 million baht, during coordinated raids at seven locations in Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Pathom provinces.
Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has rejected a joint statement issued after Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul met Chinese leader Xi Jinping, saying the statement endorsed Beijing’s claim that Taiwan is part of China.
The Thai prime minister said today that he will raise the ongoing toxic contamination in a river in northern Thailand with the Myanmar president during his official visit early next month.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered the temporary closure of 56 business establishments operating as entertainment venues after they failed safety checks, as part of its city-wide inspections following the fatal pub fire in Chatuchak district on the night of July 12, which has, so far, left 35 people dead and about 70 injured.
Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow says that he has ordered close monitoring of the situation in the Middle East and instructed officials to prepare for the possible evacuation of Thai nationals if necessary.
This World Cup was like that bad boy you date because of his looks and not much else. The stadiums were gorgeous, on-field dramas were aplenty and off the pitch were things like the Messi-Yamal photos taken when the former bathed the latter who had only just been born. Late, meaningful goals were scored every other day.
Irrigation authorities in Chiang Mai province have accelerated water management measures and the clearing of aquatic weeds along key waterways, bracing for the impact of El Niño, which is expected to bring extended dry spells and hotter temperatures into early next year.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that peace talks with the southern separatist movement, led by the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), will continue despite the latest car bomb explosion in front of a police station in Narathiwat on Tuesday night.
The Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan Temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat province has launched a disciplinary investigation into a resident monk caught soliciting direct cash donations from tourists, a controversy that has erupted just four days before the historic temple undergoes UNESCO World Heritage consideration.
A 65-year-old woman fainted and later died while on her way to file an appeal at a branch office of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) in Pua district of the northern province of Nan, after her application for the state welfare card scheme was rejected.
