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Palang Pracharat and the opposition Pheu Thai parties held their latest election campaign rallies in Constituency 7 of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Khon Kaen today (Saturday) to woo their supporters ahead of the vote on Sunday. This by-election is expected to be a tight race between Pheu Thai’s Mr. Thanik Maseepitak and Mr. Somsak Khun-ngern
The Phra Nangklao Hospital, which is under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Health, opened its first medical cannabis clinic yesterday. Dr. Praphon Tangsrikiattikul, an advisor to the public health minister, said today that the Public Health Ministry has been trying to legalize medicinal cannabis to offer an alternative treatment under the supervision of
A class at a high school in Nonthaburi province, near Bangkok, has been suspended until December 23rd after a student shot one of his peers dead in the classroom yesterday (Wednesday), reportedly out of desperation after being repeatedly bullied. The unnamed school also closed the whole floor and moved all the students to another building.
Chairwoman of the House Committee on the Affairs of Children, Youth, Women, the Elderly, the Handicapped, Ethnic Minority Groups and Trans genders has offered an apology today (Thursday) for an incident, involving two gay men seen kissing at a media conference in parliament yesterday. The conference was being held by Future Forward MPs to highlight
The Consumer Protection Board has voiced its objection to Don Muang Toll Way Company’s plan to increase the toll fee by 10 baht, effective December 22nd, on the grounds that it will adversely affect transport operators and consumers. Board chairman Mana Lohavanich said today (Thursday) that the board would ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to
A partial solar eclipse will be visible on December 26th from 14 provinces of Thailand, with the best views of the phenomenon will be from Betong district of the southern border province of Yala. According to the National Astronomical Research Institute, the event can be viewed from: Chiang Rai 10.23am to 1.44pm Chiang Mai
Sanitary napkin is always a sensitive subject because the wrong type of cotton pad can easily irritate women’s skins. Recently, this feminine care product became a political debate, sort of, after there were conflicting reports about new taxes on sanitary napkins. The government earlier this week had to refute a report that sanitary napkin was
One foreign tourist died and ten others were injured in a collision between a speed boat and a yacht in the Andaman Sea off Thailand’s southern province of Phang-nga on Wednesday. One speed boat crew member, identified only as “Boy”, went missing and a search is under way by the Navy as well as marine
President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years. By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th US president becomes just the third occupant of the
The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed unanimously on Wednesday to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.25%, after its assessment that economic growth will be less than projected. The central bank’s assistant governor Tittanan Mallikamat said that the MPC has also lowered the growth rate forecast for 2019 from 2.8% from
Police on Wednesday credited a student for helping them arrest serial killer Somkid Poompuang while he was riding on a train at Pak Chong district railway station in the northeastern province of Nakhon Rachasima bound for Ayutthaya. The student said he saw someone who resembled Somkid whose wanted posters had been widely distributed following the
Police have detained a man for allegedly posting an image of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and a statement deemed insulting to the Monarchy on social media, Minister of Digital Economy and Society Puttipong Punnakanta disclosed on Wednesday. In his Facebook post, the minister gave no details about the suspect, claiming that it was a
Comuna 13 was considered one of the most dangerous areas in the world, due to violent conflicts between violent drug trafficking gangs, right-wing guerrillas, left-wing paramilitaries and an overwhelmed government. Nowadays, this hitherto no-go-area has become a popular tourist destination, sporting beautiful street art and eye-catching graffiti.
