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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is now a free man who can travel overseas without having to seek permission from the authorities and is no longer required to wear an electronic monitoring (EM) device, following the granting of a royal pardon on the Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday today.
The Shinawatra family is celebrating former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra new life as a free man after receiving a royal pardon.
"Sometimes friendships are formed in the most unexpected places." That was how Manat K. Artmongkron, a Thai rescuer taking part in a multinational cave rescue mission in Laos' Xaysomboun province, described a touching moment he recently shared on Facebook.
Former navy chief-of-staff Admiral Pallop Tameesanont has suggested that the Thai government opposes Cambodia’s proposal to seek United Nations’ intervention their maritime dispute via the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) framework.
Prasert Jantararuangtong, secretary general of the Pheu Thai party, has expressed delight over the royal pardon granted to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, while dismissing concerns that the veteran politician will interfere in the party’s affairs.
Thailand will not be put at a disadvantage by Cambodia's decision to seek United Nations involvement in a long-running maritime boundary dispute between the two countries, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today.
Transport Ministry will propose a plan to the Cabinet next week to merge all electric rail systems under the single ownership and management of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) by next year, Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulkiat said today.
Border security forces in Thailand’s northeastern province of Mukdahan have intensified their fight against a major agricultural smuggling network operating along the Mekong River, following complaints that over 40 tonnes of contraband avocados are being illegally funnelled into the country daily with the suspected backing of influential local financiers.
Khao Laem National Park has ordered a group of tourists to report to park officials within seven days after they were seen driving their vehicles onto a historic Second World War bomb crater site in Kanchanaburi province.
Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts, joining a growing global effort to tighten safety protections.
A seven-year-old girl who went missing from her home on Saturday was found dead in a bamboo grove on Monday, about 600 metres from her home in Plang Pley sub-district, Kanchanaburi.
Cambodia on Tuesday said it informed the United Nations and Thailand that it had launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law aimed at resolving a long-running maritime boundary dispute with Bangkok.
Thai citizens across the country went on spending sprees today on the first day of the ‘Thai Chuay Thai Plus’ 60/40 co-payment scheme, buying food, consumer products, drinks and services.
From their shared hospital room, several survivors freed from a semi-submerged cave in Laos after more than a week underground are advising rescuers on how to find the last two missing men believed to be trapped even deeper inside.
The Khao Luang National Park, in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, has ordered the temporary closure of the Krung Ching Waterfall and trekking route after two female tourists were attacked by wild elephants on Sunday. Atthaphon Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said today that he received a report about the elephant attack yesterday from Surasak Anusorn, director of Conservation Area Region 5. The incident...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has denied viral claims that he attended the US Military Academy at West Point through a quota allocated to the Thai military, protesting that the allegation is false and based on a misunderstanding.
