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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding off on sending the articles of impeachment against him to the Senate. “It’s so unfair,” Trump said, days after he was impeached by the House, during a speech to conservative student group Turning Point USA,
Palang Pracharat candidate Somsak Khun-ngern has won the by-election in Khon Kaen’s Constituency 7 on Sunday, beating his rival from Pheu Thai party, Thanik Maseepitak by a margin of just 2,192 votes. According the unofficial count issued at about 9pm (Sunday), Somsak garnered 40,151 votes against Thanik’s 37,959. Somsak claimed victory and thanked the people
Police seized more than 500 million baht in assets from the owner of a gold shop in Thailand’s northern province of Phitsanuloke province on Saturday. The seizure of assets and the arrest of Mr. Panthanan Apichaithanatip, son of Nanthapan, the 83 year old owner of the Saengprom gold shop in Muang district of Phitsanuloke, was
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Warawut Silpa-archa has been rated the most popular cabinet member, as far as kindness, efficiency, simplicity, approachability and helping the poor and farmers are concerned, said Super Poll research centre director Dr. Noppadol Kannikar. The Super Poll survey shows Warawut received 23.1% of the votes from 1,010 respondents, followed by:
Former cabinet minister Thawee Kraikupt allegedly tried to flee the scene of a car-motorcycle crash, in Potharam district of Ratchaburi province on Saturday, in which a 16-year old boy was injured. Rescue workers claimed that the driver of the Mercedes Benz, with Bangkok license plates, the owner of which was identified as Thawee Kraikupt, father
Most respondents to a recent Nida Poll, by the National Institute of Development Administration, agree with the political rally, held at the Pathumwan skywalk on December 14th, by the Future Forward party. When asked whether they agree or disagree with the rally, 27.8% said they fully agree, because it was a peaceful demonstration to demand
Thailand is at risk of a drought like that in 2015 and 2016, while the volume of rainfall, from this month through May, is forecast to be 5-10% lower than normal, said Mr. Seri Suparathit, director of the Centre of Climate Change and Disaster at Rangsit University, today (Friday). Next May, after the drought, he
The 2020 holiday season may not be all that merry for businesses as Thais are expected to spend less due to gloomy economic sentiment and lower income. Bangkokians plan to spend approximately Bt29.8 billion during the New Year festival 2020, a contraction of 3.2 percent compared to last year, according to the latest survey by
The Foundation for Consumers has asked the Administrative Court to put on hold the plan by Don Muang Toll-way Company to raise the toll by 15 baht, effective December 22nd. Led by Ms. Saree Ongsomwant, secretary-general of the foundation, and Ms. Boonyuen Siritham, president of the Federation of Consumer Groups, they claimed that the concession
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation plans to distribute one million ‘Green Heart passports’ to tourists visiting Thailand’s 155 national parks during the New Year holidays, in a campaign to promote environmentally-friendly tourism. Visitors to any of those national parks can show the document to park officials at the entrance, along with
The Palang Pracharat party has elected 17 new executives, increasing the executive committee membership to 34. Before the secret vote, held during the general assembly of the party today (Saturday) at the Miracle Grand hotel, seven members of the executive committee also resigned. The general assembly was co-chaired by General Prawit Wongsuwan, the party’s chief
The Skywalk protest is most likely the point of no return. It’s where Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit effectively “crossed the line” into a new territory in which he might ironically provoke something he had repeatedly pledged to prevent from happening _ military intervention in politics. To be fair, he did not seem to have
The core government party, Palang Pracharat, has questioned the Future Forward party’s respect for human dignity for its indifference to and inaction over Tuesday’s incident when four monitor lizard toys, tagged with the names of four rebel MPs, were displayed at the party’s Thai Summit Building head office, ahead of a meeting to discuss the
Sixteen Singaporean tourists were injured, five of them seriously, when their tour bus skidded off a road in Muang district of Thailand’s central province of Sing Buri on Friday night. All the injured passengers were rushed to the provincial hospital by rescue workers from the Ruam Katanyu Foundation. Police said that the tourists were taken
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai has reprimanded a member of the House Committee on the Affairs of Children, Youth, Women, the Elderly, the Handicapped, Ethnic Minority Groups and Trans-genders for planning the “kissing drama” between two gay men in parliament, in an attempt to highlight a proposal for LGBT equal rights in marriage. Mr. Chuan said
The current political situation in Thailand has the appearance of a ‘proxy crisis’, created by elements using others to wage a campaign against the Government, Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong claimed today. The army chief appeared to be commenting on the “Run against Dictatorship” event, planned for January 12th in Bangkok. The present political situation
