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The cabinet is expected to consider, today (Tuesday), the Transport Ministry’s package of proposals to ease the financial burden for commuters using public transport and motorists using Don Muang toll-way. According to Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob, the package includes: A cut in fares on the Purple Line to a maximum of 20 baht for the
The final curtain will come down on Ploen Wan, one of Hua Hin’s most popular tourist attractions, at the end of this January due to financial difficulties. Tenants of the 50s-era shopping village, located on Petkasem Road and close to the Klaikangwon Palace, have been notified of the closure, scheduled for January 31st, 2020. All tenants
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Three other
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has banned the import, production and sale of cosmetic products containing plastic microbeads, effective January 1st, 2020. According to the ministry’s announcement, which has already been published in the Royal Gazette, plastic microbeads do not degrade over time in water, or in the environment, and are used in rinse-off products
Cold weather is returning to Bangkok, the northern and north-eastern regions of Thailand during Christmas, but no forecast of a “White Christmas”. The Meteorological Department reported today that temperatures in northern and north-eastern provinces will dip 2-4oC during December 24-27, with minimum temperatures ranging between 14-22oC in low-lying areas and 6-15oC in the highlands. Bangkok,
The Department of Special Investigation is expected to file criminal charges, against the former chief of Kaeng Krachan national park and three park officials today, in connection with the disappearance and subsequent murder of former Karen community rights activist Polajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen about five years ago. Pol. Col. Shane Kanchanapat, director of the Special Cases
There comes a time when challenges are big, but solutions are hidden in plain sights. Thailand as cheese producers? The myth has already been busted years ago when the first batches of fresh Italian cheeses were made in Hua Hin and later were well-received throughout the food industries as something equivalent and even better for
Almost 1,000 employees of an automotive parts manufacturing company in Samut Sakhon province were laid off when they arrived for work this morning (Monday) and the factory was closed. Workers at Pongpara Codan Rubber Company told the media that they had received no advance warning of the company’s closure or any advance notice of employment
An Omura’s whale (Balaenoptera omurai), a rare and little known whale species, has been sighted by a Thai tour guide and tourists swimming in the sea near Miang Island, in the Similan Islands national park of the southern province of Phang-nga. According to the Facebook page of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has rejected the Future Forward party’s petition for an inquiry to be held into a sedition charge against the party, also known as the “Illuminati Case”. The charge was brought by Mr. Natthaporn Toprayoon, former advisor to chairman of the Ombudsman’s Office, Mr. Siracha Wongsarayangkoon, in a petition to the Constitutional Court,
Four Thai tourists were killed and about 40 others injured on Sunday night when their tour bus plunged into roadside bushes after the vehicle’s brakes failed and the driver lost control. The bus, carrying mostly elderly tourists from Buri Ram province, was descending from Hin Pa Ngarm Park in Tambon Puan Phu, Nong Hin district
The Professional Footballers’ Association called for a government inquiry into racism in football after Chelsea’s 2-0 Premier League win at Tottenham on Sunday was marred by alleged racist comments from the crowd, the latest in a string of recent incidents. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said the problem needed “to be dealt with strongly” and Tottenham
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong is gearing up for demonstrations over Christmas week with protesters planning events in districts across the city, including in prime shopping malls, the latest in more than six months of unrest. This week’s protests follow a weekend of rallies, including one on Sunday, which ended in chaotic clashes between
