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A 22-year-old university student has been charged with three serious offenses after his powerful BMW slammed into the back of a delivery rider, killing him instantly on a road in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district.
The Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo officially announced today that its newest star, a female pygmy hippo calf, has been named ‘Moo Daeng’ (Red Pork) following a massive public poll that garnered over 370,000 votes.
The Ministry of Interior’s Department of Provincial Administration, working with the Department of Business Development, has launched the ‘Thai Chuay Thai’ (Thai Helps Thai) initiative today, offering discounted consumer goods and student uniforms at 878 Blue Flag outlets across the country to ease the cost of living ahead of the new school term.
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday (April 30), more than five years after the military ousted the civilian government she led and jailed the Nobel laureate.
The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is currently reconsidering the renewal of ride hailing platform Bolt’s operating license, following a series of regulatory violations, especially a high-profile incident involving a female student who was forced to jump from a moving motorbike.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Thailand voted unanimously today to maintain the benchmark policy rate at 1%, the lowest level since late 2022.
Faced with weak domestic demand, the Anutin Charnvirakul administration is considering numerous measures to deal with the fallout of the oil crisis caused by the Iran war.
Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun has explained why she decided to team up with an influential online vendor, ‘Pimrypie’, to sell durian online at 100 baht per fruit on Tuesday.
Four Israelis, alleged to be key members of an Israeli organised crime organisation, have been taken into immigration police custody in Surat Thani province while awaiting deportation back to Israeli to stand trial.
Thailand’s Second Army Region has explained that troops of the Suranaree Task Force set off three firecrackers yesterday to warn Cambodian troops that they were getting too close to the border fence, as they led a group of foreign defense attachés on a tour of O’Smach scam complex, opposite Chong Chom in Kap Choeng district of Surin province.
Thailand’s worst serial killer, Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, aka ‘Am Cyanide’, was sentenced to life imprisonment again today.
Cambodian authorities deported 635 Thai nationals back to Thailand today, following a massive crackdown on illegal online operations and call centre networks in the border town of Poipet.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has issued a severe weather warning for today, classifying the heat index as “very dangerous.” Both the general public and vulnerable groups are strongly advised to avoid all outdoor activities.
The parole board of the Ministry of Justice resolved today to release imprisoned former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on parole on May 11, requiring him to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet for the remainder of his sentence.
By the time April gives way to May, the heat in Surin begins to loosen its grip. There’s a pause before the monsoons arrive—a brief moment in the agricultural timeline when the fields are left waiting. In Ban Ta Klang, a village about 40 kilometers from Surin town in Tha Tum District, that pause is filled with the Elephant Ordination ceremony – or Buad Nak Chang.
A combined force of the army and the police intercepted a van last night in Samphran district of Nakhon Pathom province and seized about 300kg of crystal methamphetamine or ‘Ice’, with a street value of about 30 million baht, hidden in specially-built compartments.
