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A chicken rice restaurant in Udon Thani completely sold out in just half a day after its owner reported on social media that a rival restaurant owner had left a one-star review on a food delivery app to discredit the business, drawing sympathy from diners.
“Some students have never touched soil. When they loosen the earth and plant vegetables, their faces light up and they ask, ‘When can we plant again?’” says Thanonchai Mongkonsupa, supervisor of the agriculture club at Poonsin School.
A Thai-registered cargo ship was among three commercial vessels attacked after passing the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO).
About an hour west of Chiang Mai, the ancient city gives up its grip. The traffic lights thin out. The stylish coffee shops — the carefully poured kind — disappear.
Political upheaval and military service in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup have led to an increase in the number of students coming to Thailand, highlighting both a growing “brain drain” from Myanmar and new opportunities for Thai universities, according to a research report released yesterday.
Another group of 69 Thai nationals has arrived safely in Turkey after a 17-hour overland journey from Tehran.
Police are looking for a self-made Thai billionaire investor and crypto pioneer after more than 30 Thai investors filed complaints with police, claiming they were duped into investing in cryptocurrencies, resulting in damages estimated at about Bt1.3 billion.
Here are the latest events in the Middle East war:
The Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings that ordered the Election Commission (EC) to pay Bt62 million in compensation to a former Pheu Thai MP for Chiang Mai after it voided his 2019 election victory.
The Thai government has come up with a series of ideas to save energy while the US-led conflict with Iran continues and pushes up global oil prices. The measures will also help the country cope with the intense summer heat by letting civil servants work from home, stop wearing suits and suspend most overseas trips.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is advising people living in the capital to avoid or reduce outdoor activities from 11am to 3pm today, due to the hot weather.
Residents in Pang Mapha district of Mae Hong Son province have been advised not to eat dead Blue Mahseer fish (Neolissochilus stracheyi) found floating in local waterways, as an investigation gets under way into the cause of a mass fish die-off in the Lang and Mae U-mong streams.
The 23 Thais, who left Iran and travelled to Türkiye, were welcomed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport by Foreign Ministry Vice Minister Vijavat Isarabhakdi.
Thailand has declined Cambodia’s call for the resumption of Joint Border Commission (JBC) meetings to discuss disputed territories, saying the matter must wait until a new Thai government formally takes office, according to Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow.
The raging war in the Middle East has raised worries for Thailand’s economy as oil prices shot up to US$90 per barrel on Friday (March 6), the highest since 2022.
Prices of all finished oil products, except diesel, will increase by 50 satang per litre from 5am today. Diesel prices remain frozen.
