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Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with Stamford International University (Thailand) to collaborate in teaching and learning in various fields to provide students with real-life experience. The agreement will provide for internship and cooperative education support aimed at developing knowledge and skills of students, especially in the field
Thailand’s Wage Committee has decided to increase the national daily minimum wage by 5-6 baht, effective as of January 1st, subject to approval by the cabinet. The ฿6 increase will be applied in nine provinces, namely Chon Buri, Phuket, Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan and Prachin Buri. In all other
The Ratchaburi provincial Office of Land Reform for Agriculture will next week serve a notice on Palang Pracharat MP Pareena Kraikupt to return 109.12 hectares of Sor Por Kor (land reform) land to the office within seven days or face criminal charges and seizure of the land. Mr. Weenarote Sapsongsterm, secretary-general of the office, said
The Seub Nakhasathien Foundation has asked the Government to stop serving shark’s fin soup at all social functions organized by state agencies, and to review four controversial projects which, they claim, will have serious environmental impacts. In a letter, addressed to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the environment advocacy organization referred to the function, attended by
Many people flocked into Chinatown, or Yaowarat, ahead of Their Majesties the King and Queen’s tour of the area this evening. The Royal couple will also preside over the opening of the Chalerm Phrakiat exhibition, showcasing the biographies and Royal activities of previous monarchs of the Chakri dynasty.
Some of them have lost their jobs, suffered life-changing injuries and even fled overseas. But six months into Hong Kong’s demonstrations, pro-democracy protesters say they aren’t backing down. The unprecedented movement was born on June 9, when an estimated million people took to the streets to protest a proposed bill allowing extradition to mainland
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) will decide the fate of Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit next Wednesday, in the case involving money he allegedly lent to the party. EC chairman Itthiporn Boonprakong said today that the Future Forward party did not submit any additional information to the EC’s investigating panel by the December 2nd deadline.
Their Majesties the King and Queen will tour Chinatown, or Yaowaraj, this evening and preside over the opening of the Chalerm Phrakiat exhibition, showcasing the biographies and Royal activities of previous monarchs of the Chakri dynasty. Their Majesties are scheduled to leave the Ampornpaisarn Throne Hall in the Dusit Palace at 4.50pm and head to
HONG KONG (AP) — More than two months after being blinded in one eye by what she believes was a projectile fired by riot police, Indonesian video journalist Veby Mega Indah is still seeking answers. On Sept. 29, Indah was among a group of reporters covering one of the hundreds of clashes between armed
The body of another dead dugong has been discovered on the beach of Koh Lanta district of Thailand’s southern province of Krabi yesterday. Officials from the Office of Marine and Coastal Resources, based in Trang province, and those from the Koh Lanta national park, rushed to the beach in front of the Red Rock
A forestry official was shot and killed in broad daylight, in Muang district of Thailand’s restive southern province of Yala, by suspected insurgents as he was riding home on a motorcycle at about noon today. The victim, 52-year old Mr. Kowit Wangthaveesak, a forestry specialist and chief of the Chulabhorn 7 project in Tharnto district,
An written appeal was submitted yesterday to the House budget scrutiny committee, by the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office (NSTIPC) and the Thailand Centre of Excellence for Life Service (TCELS), objecting to a large cut in their research and development funding. The appeal came one day after a sub-committee of the House budget
Most parts of Thailand are forecast to experience cool weather this weekend, when temperatures in the North and Northeast are forecast to drop to between 6oC and 12oC and as low as 1oC on mountain tops due to an intense cold front now looming over Thailand. Temperatures in Bangkok and its suburbs, as well as