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Chaiwat Sathawornwichit has emerged as the strongest challenger to Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt in next month’s gubernatorial election, bolstered by the People’s Party (PP) and its massive popularity among the capital’s voters.
Department of Disease Control has tightened up preventive health screening of arriving passengers from all South American countries and territories at major international airports to prevent the spread of Hantavirus.
The visa-free stay period will be reduced from the current 60 days to 30 days to minimise exploitation by foreigners using loopholes for purposes other than tourism, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said today.
The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) is waiving tolls on three major expressway routes today, in observance of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony.
For two years, Sun Mingchen was a “perfect neighbour”. Living in a 38,000-baht-a-month luxury house at the Maple Housing Estate in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, the 31-year-old Chinese national was known as friendly and polite.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul promised today that the government will do its best to ensure Thai people can watch the world’s most popular football tournament, but stopped short of confirming whether the matches will be broadcast free to air.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today became the temporary driver of a ‘Pum-Puang’ truck (a vehicle adapted to sell food and/or groceries), with Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun as a passenger. They were launching the Thai Helps Thai (Thai Chuay Thai) campaign, aimed at easing people’s cost of living, with local reporters running after them.
A Cambodian police spokesman has denied that a Chinese national arrested in Pattaya, Thailand, and linked to a cache of military-grade weapons, was connected to the Cambodian prime minister’s special bodyguard unit.
The Ministry of Commerce, led by Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun, has pushed for negotiations on an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) during meetings with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), aiming to reduce exposure to potential U.S. tariffs.
Nine people have been arrested following a series of sting operations across seven provinces, during which 250 kilogrammes of African ivory smuggled into Thailand via Vietnam were confiscated.
Civic groups in the southern provinces are mobilising support from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to oppose the proposed land bridge and Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) projects.
A non-commissioned army officer was killed and two others were injured when the pickup truck they were travelling in was struck by a roadside IED in Waeng district of Narathiwat province today.
Phuket police and officials from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources are searching for a group of Chinese tourists seen in a social media video with several parrotfish, which they allegedly caught in the sea off Kata Beach using spear guns.
A tense situation broke out in Soi Ramkhamhaeng 53 in Bangkok on Sunday evening after a social media livestream, allegedly mocking Islam and the Quran, spread widely on social media.
Thailand’s Department of Business Development (DBD) has teamed up with the Department of Special Investigation to crack down on foreign-controlled companies using Thai nominees as majority shareholders, initially targeting Samui and Pha-ngan islands in Surat Thani.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he would “certainly” find an opportunity to meet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was recently released on parole.
