Songkran death toll reaches 154 after four days of travel
Fifty-one people were killed and 224 others were injured in 237 road accidents on Monday, bringing the death toll for the first four days of the weeklong Songkran travel period to 154.
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Fifty-one people were killed and 224 others were injured in 237 road accidents on Monday, bringing the death toll for the first four days of the weeklong Songkran travel period to 154.
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US President Donald Trump warned Monday that any Iranian attack boats that approach the American naval blockade around Iran's ports would be destroyed, despite international calls for a ceasefire to be respected and negotiations to resume.
In a festive treat from nature, a healthy adolescent leopard has been captured on camera drinking from a stream in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand’s Phetchaburi province.
Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to halt once again after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States would impose a naval blockade on the strategic waterway, according to British maritime intelligence sources.
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Road accidents and associated fatalities and injuries during the first three days of the Songkran festival dropped by 30%, 18% and 31%, respectively, compared to the same period last year, according to the Communication Safety Command Centre.
The military has revealed that a total of 27,698 men have volunteered for active military service, accounting for 44% of those called up.
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A tanker chartered by Thai state-owned energy firm PTT was among three fully laden supertankers that passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, shipping data showed, in what appeared to be the first vessels to exit the Gulf since the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is introducing a sustainable twist to this year’s Songkran festivities by inviting revellers to donate their used or unwanted plastic squirt guns for recycling.
The death toll from road accidents during the first two days of the seven-day Songkran holiday travel period has risen to 71, with 50 people killed in 208 accidents on Saturday. A further 185 people were injured.
Werapong Prapha has tendered his resignation as Democrat party deputy leader to accept an appointment as Thailand’s trade representative under Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun.
The Election Commission of Thailand has set June 28 for elections for Bangkok governor, Pattaya mayor, and members of the Bangkok and Pattaya councils.
US President Donald Trump ordered the US Navy on Sunday to block key Gulf sea lane the Strait of Hormuz, furious with Iran's refusal to surrender its nuclear ambitions after peace talks broke down without agreement.