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The Israeli Embassy in Bangkok has issued a warning to all its citizens in Thailand to follow Thai laws strictly, after Thai authorities in Phuket launched a clampdown on law-breaking foreign tourists and expats.
Life in Bangkok has undoubtedly changed under Governor Chadchart Sittipunt’s guidance, driven by innovations like the highly responsive complaints platform, Traffy Fondue. However, as his term nears its end on May 21, a critical question looms: Has Chadchart lived up to the high expectations of voters who handed him a landslide victory in 2022?
In the orchards of Thailand’s east, the day begins before the heat sets in. High in the branches, a climber steadies himself against the trunk, blade in hand. With a quick, practiced cut, a ripened durian is released.
The opposition People’s party has agreed to support the Democrats in seeking a Constitutional Court ruling on the constitutionality of the government’s emergency decree seeking a Bt400 billion loan, ostensibly to boost the economy, help people affected by oil crisis and to drive Thailand’s transition from dependence on fossil fuels to alternative and clean energy.
The government plans to allocate 6 billion baht to purchase organic fertiliser for distribution to farmers, as an alternative to chemical fertiliser, urea in particular, which has become scarce and more expensive as a result of global oil crisis.
Senior bureaucrats rarely dispute orders from above, even when their own jobs are at stake.
The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) has approved six new domestic projects proposed by foreign investors, with a combined value of nearly a trillion baht.
The World Health Organization said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the outbreak to be limited if precautions were taken.
Health authorities have moved to reassure the public following the discovery of a coronavirus strain in local bats, emphasising that the finding is part of routine and academic wildlife surveillance and poses a low risk to human health.
Colombian pop sensation Shakira has officially announced ‘Dai Dai’ as the official anthem for the FIFA World Cup 2026, marking her return to the global football stage.
Cebu, Philippines -- The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will meet in the Philippines for rare talks following deadly fighting between the neighbours last year, as a ceasefire holds with no formal resolution in sight.
United Thai Nation party MP Atthawit Suwanpakdee has proposed transforming abandoned off-shore oil rigs in the Gulf of Thailand into super-max prisons to contain high grade and Chinese prisoners convicted of involvement in illegal businesses.
It was time for Thailand and Cambodia to look ahead and open a new chapter in relations based on sincerity, goodwill and a shared determination to overcome challenges, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today.
Bangkok police have arrested a couple accused of stealing a Chinese crocodile lizard and a tiger salamander from a private zoo.
The El Niño weather phenomenon this year will not only prolong the dry season in Thailand, but will also fuel forest fires in many parts of the country throughout the rainy season and into next year, Athapol Charoenshunsa, chief of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said today.
Airports of Thailand has acknowledged that the recent increase in International Passenger Service Charges (PSC) will inevitably lead to higher airfares, but insists the additional revenue is intended for critical infrastructure expansion rather than to offset lost concession income.
