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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that the 2027 national budget is estimated at about 3.78 trillion baht, with a focus on precise and targeted spending, cuts to unnecessary expenditure, a 20% cap on budget increases, and the promotion of solar panels and other clean, renewable energy schemes.
Thailand’s defence minister has assigned the Chanthaburi Navy Task Force to continue the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the Thai flag from a pole standing on the border in Chanthaburi province. Cambodia has denied any involvement.
Shreveport, La - A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, and shot and wounded his wife and another woman in the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in more than two years.
The Thai Navy has launched an investigation into the disappearance of a Thai national flag from a flagpole on the Thai-Cambodian border, suspecting possible Cambodian involvement.
Thai nationals applying for a US visa will be required to make their social media profiles public as part of expanded screening measures introduced by the US Department of State, effective March 30, according to the US Embassy in Bangkok.
Hundreds of Thai nationals living near the Thai-Myanmar border in Sob Moei district of the northern province of Mae Hong Son have been evacuated to safer areas after a bomb was dropped on their village this morning by a Myanmar military aircraft.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan Monday, Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to three metres (10 feet).
Forest fires continue to rage across Thailand’s northern provinces, filling the air with PM2.5 pollutants that have reached health-threatening levels in 17 areas today.
Thailand joined 51 countries in a virtual meeting on maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting international concern over safe navigation in the key shipping route, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At least nine passengers, including four children aged between 8 and 15, were killed when a pickup truck in which they were riding skidded off the road at a curve in Nan’s Pua district on Saturday.
Iran is not currently planning to attend talks with the United States, state media said, after President Donald Trump ordered US negotiators to travel to Pakistan on Monday, just days before a ceasefire in the Middle East expires.
The Thai Meteorological Department has issued an urgent warning for those in northern Thailand to prepare for a wave of severe summer storms lasting through April 20, following a record heatwave in which temperatures peaked at 43°C yesterday.
National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc reports that an oil supertanker, carrying two million barrels of crude from the Middle East, has safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz and is due to arrive in Thailand on Tuesday.
Thailand welcomed Myanmar’s decision to grant amnesty to more than 4,000 prisoners, including former President U Win Myint, calling it a positive step toward national reconciliation.
During a medical emergency, the arrival of rescue workers is usually a beacon of hope. But in Thailand, where first responders are often hailed as "street heroes", a string of harrowing incidents has exposed a darker reality. For the vulnerable – particularly women – the very people arriving to help can sometimes become predators.
Police apprehended a 47-year-old Nigerian last night, who claims to be a pastor who has lived in Thailand for nearly two decades, on suspicion of being a cocaine smuggling kingpin in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district.
