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Two Thai soldiers were slightly injured when one of them accidentally stepped on an old anti-personnel landmine near the Thai-Cambodian border in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket today.
Nirat Pongsitthithavorn, deputy permanent secretary of the interior, has been appointed the acting director general of the Local Administration Department (LADF), effective today, until there is any change to the appointment by the order of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul who doubles as the interior minister.
Police have seized more than two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (Ice), hidden inside jars of tamarind paste intended for shipment to Japan, leading to the arrest of a Thai national linked to a transnational crime syndicate.
China has given top-priority to the relationship between China and Thailand, especially for the first official visit to China by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and has arranged for him to meet with President Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, chairman of the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, and Prime Minister Li Qiang, according to Government Spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek.
The selection committee of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has voted unanimously to disqualify Dr. Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck as chairman of the NBTC, Thailand’s broadcasting and telecom regulator.
The Traffic Police Management Centre has highly commended the Royal Initiative traffic police officers for their life-saving actions in successfully delivering one twin in a bathroom and securing the safe hospital birth of the second during a critical roadside emergency on Tuesday.
Police have received information from the Metropolitan Electricity Authority that the owner of the Rong Beer Na Ladprao pub had asked for the standard 30/100 electricity meter to be replaced with a higher capacity model to accommodate additional electrical appliances.
The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war.
The Thai economy is showing signs of recovery in the third quarter of 2026, after hitting its lowest point in the previous quarter, though long-term growth remains capped at 2% without serious structural reforms, according to CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT).
Thailand is urging Myanmar’s military leadership to grant the ASEAN special envoy access to detained former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during an upcoming humanitarian mission, as part of a renewed diplomatic push to resolve the country's prolonged crisis.
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The death toll from the devastating fire at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao entertainment venue in Bangkok's Chatuchak district has climbed to 32, with all victims now identified.
Police raided a hotel room in Pathum Thani yesterday to rescue two university students who had been manipulated by a call centre gang into isolating themselves, while their parents were duped out of nearly 900,000 baht for a fake overseas scholarship.
A fire broke out in a three-storey shop house in the Kanchanaburi town centre on Wednesday evening, exposing an illegal Bitcoin mining operation suspected of stealing electricity worth hundreds of thousands of baht.
Effective from August, about 23 million households will be charged electricity at a rate of 3 baht per unit for the first 200 units they consume, under a major revamp of the energy pricing structure approved by the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) yesterday.
Businesses are being urged to monitor geopolitical risks closely and review their inventory management as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten to flare up again, raising renewed concerns over volatile energy and logistics costs.
