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Thailand’s Pollution Control Department’s initiative, to urge its officials to use public transport instead of their own cars every Wednesday, kicked off today. A number of officials, including the department head, Mr. Pralong Damrongthai, did not use their cars today, leaving the parking area almost empty. Normally, over 160 cars park there during office hours.
Timor Leste’s Foreign Minister Dionisio Babo Soares has expressed confidence that the country will soon be accepted as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and it’s ready to contribute to the grouping’s economic strengths and security role in the region. He said he is optimistic that Timor Leste’s membership of ASEAN
A tipoff from an unidentified witness has led police to the apprehension of serial killer Somkid Poompuang on a train, bound for Ayutthaya province, at Pak Chong district railway station in the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Wednesday morning. Following the arrest, Pol Lt-Gen Charoenwit Sriwanich, commissioner of 4th Provincial Police Bureau, said a
The expulsion of four rebel MPs from the Future Forward party will only serve to weaken the Opposition in the House of Representatives, while strengthening the Government, because the rebels are likely to defect to the Government camp, Seri Ruam Thai party leader Seripisut Temiyavet said today (Wednesday). He said that he had asked Future
Serial Killer Somkid Poompuang was apprehended by police this morning (Wednesday) on a train at a railway station in Pak Chong district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Tagged by the media as “Thailand’s Jack the Ripper”, Somkid is wanted by police as the prime suspect in the murder of a hotel maid in
Priests can no longer cite papal secrecy in abuse cases, the Vatican said Tuesday, the latest move by Pope Francis to combat silence surrounding paedophilia in the Roman Catholic church. The Church has been rocked by thousands of reports of sexual abuse around the world by priests, and accusations of cover-ups by senior clergy. Francis’
Exclusive interview with Timor Leste Foreign Minister Dionisio Babo Soares on ASEAN membership.
The nephew of a Thai woman, believed to have been kidnapped and held captive in North Korea 42 years ago, has been in Japan attending an international meeting of relatives of people believed to have been abducted by North Korea. Mr. Banjong Panchoi, nephew of Ms. Anocha Panjoi, was invited to join the meeting, which
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution. The navy seized the vessel carrying the group, including 22 children, in Tanintharyi Division’s Kawthaung township on
A Tokyo court Wednesday awarded 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused a former TV reporter of rape in one of the most high-profile cases of the #MeToo movement in Japan. The civil case made headlines in Japan and abroad, as it is rare for rape victims to report the
Political activist Srisuwan Janya will file a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) tomorrow (Wednesday) demanding an investigation into the Future Forward party’s staging of an anti-government protest at the Pathumwan skywalk on Saturday. The secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of Thai Constitution said today that three core leaders of the Future Forward
An enraged US President Donald Trump said he was being subjected to an “attempted coup” and a witch trial as Democrats set a historic impeachment vote for Wednesday. In an extraordinarily angry six-page letter, Trump on Tuesday told Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the Democratic-led House of Representatives, that “history will judge you harshly.” Referring to
The House committee’s about-turn followed a complaint from the office saying that the substantial cutback in the research funding would seriously affect research by about 250 universities and other research units across the country. The office was originally allocated nearly 12.6 billion baht in funding for the 2020 fiscal year but, on December 4th, the
The Government has refuted a report that sanitary napkins have been classified as a luxury item and excise tax on them has been increased to 40%. The report went viral on social media. Government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat tweeted that the Excise Department has not classified sanitary napkins as luxury items, or imposed a 40% tax
Oftentimes, revelation comes in an easy form. Just open your mind and chances are you will get a new perspective from even the things that you thought you had known already so well. Producing food stories and video segments for ThaiPBSWorld.com allows us to do some travelling on the job. Our recent trip was to
Organizers of the planned “Run against Dictatorship” (Wing Lai Loong in Thai) have been warned by Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda that they may face legal action if they go ahead with the politically inspired event without prior permission from the police. The group’s planned press conference, scheduled to take place at Bangkok’s Royal Rattanakosin Hotel
