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Tropical storm Nakri has strengthened to Category 5 storm, typhoon strength, as it moves across the South China Sea toward the Vietnamese coast. It is predicted to make landfall tomorrow or Monday at the latest, the Thai Meteorological Department reported today (Saturday) According to the department’s 14th news bulletin, Typhoon Nakri, packed with wind speeds
A paramilitary ranger sustained serious injury after he was stabbed by a man who tried, unsuccessfully, to seize his service rifle, and who was quickly subdued by another ranger. The incident took place Thursday afternoon near Ban Suwo defence outpost in Tambon Bareh Tai of Bacho district in the southern border province of Narathiwat.
A Hong Kong student who fell from a car park while police and protesters were clashing last weekend has died, hospital officials said Friday, in a development likely to further escalate tensions after months of violent rallies in the city. Alex Chow, a 22-year-old computer science undergraduate, was certified dead at 8.09am on Friday,
A night-time earthquake in northwestern Iran on Friday killed five people and injured 120, according to early reports on state television. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of the city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan Province, in the early hours of the morning, the Iranian Seismological Center said. Described as
Thailand’s Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has agreed to accept an alleged foreign exchange Ponzi scheme as a special case to be investigated by the Department of Special Investigation. The decision to treat the online Forex-3D investment scheme as a special case came after a group of investors filed a complaint with Mr. Somsak, claiming that
Core members of the Palang Pracharat party have nominated Mr. Suchart Tancharoen, deputy House speaker and party member, to compete against former Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva for the chair of the House ad hoc committee charged with studying constitutional amendments. An informed PPRP source said that the party’s core members favour a party MP
Saype, a French artist has created a fresco of two hands intertwined with biodegradable paints ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Tropical storm Nakri, packed with wind speeds of up to 95kph, is rapidly approaching Vietnam and is forecast to make landfall along the central Vietnamese coast on Sunday or Monday, Thailand’s Meteorological Department reported this morning (Friday). Although the storm is not likely to affect weather conditions in Thailand for the time being, the Met
PARIS/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Cambodia’s self-exiled opposition party founder Sam Rainsy, who has vowed to return to his home country to lead demonstrations against authoritarian rule, said he had been prevented on Thursday from checking-in for a flight from Paris to Bangkok. Rainsy apparently being barred from boarding came a day after Malaysia detained his
The current village guard system, in the restive Deep South of Thailand, will be completely overhauled or replaced by a mobile system, under which village defence volunteer units will be on regular patrol to seek insurgents, instead of being a “sitting duck” target for attacks. The overhaul of the security system was announced yesterday by
A student human rights advocacy group in Thailand’s Deep South, PerMAS, has called on the Government to stop arming civilians and to stop dragging them into the armed conflict between government officials and southern insurgents. In a statement issued today (Thursday), the group called on the “Thai state” to reconsider its policy of arming civilians,
A “shock and awe” campaign has been promised, but the apparently-imminent upcoming censure debate can make or break the opposition as much as it can give the Prayut Cabinet a nightmarish countdown to 2020. Simply put, a lot are at stakes for both sides. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is emerging from the Asean Summit
River pollution is a big problem in many countries, just like the Klang River, which runs through Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. Here, a group of volunteers work hard to clean and restore the beauty the river. The Thai PBS team will show how volunteers have become the protectors of the river.
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has vowed to try to return to Cambodia from self-imposed exile on Saturday despite Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s refusal to grant him entry into Thailand through which he plans to travel across the border to the neighbouring counry. “I have no alternative,” the veteran politician told Al Jazeera from
Thailand’s English proficiency ranking among non-native English speaking countries has dropped for the third consecutive year to 74th out of a total of 100 countries. According to the EF English Proficiency Index 2019, prepared by Swiss-based Education First, Thailand scored 47.62, which is regarded as very low proficiency. Last year, Thailand scored 48.54 and was
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has made clear that Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy will be refused entry to Thailand on his way to the Cambodian border town of Poipet to celebrate Cambodia’s Independence Day on November 9th. Responding to a reporter’s question about Rainsy’s request to enter Cambodia via Thailand, the Prime Minister
