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Two members of an IS-linked terror network stabbed Indonesia’s chief security minister Wiranto on Thursday, the intelligence head said, as the powerful politician underwent emergency surgery for his wounds. Television images showed security officers wrestling a man and woman to the ground in Pandeglang on Java island after the attack on Wiranto, who goes by one
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s metro operator opened all stations on Friday for the first time in a week ahead of another round of anti-government protests at the weekend, while the city’s legislature began its first session since protesters stormed the building in July. Pro-establishment and democratic lawmakers shouted at each other before
Former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul was today sentenced to a two-year suspended prison term and fined 200,000 baht for abuse of authority, in violation of Section 157 of the Criminal Code, for issuing a passport allowing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to flee Thailand ahead of the verdict in the Ratchadapisek land case. Today’s decision,
LONDON (AP) — The leaders of Britain and Ireland are meeting in an attempt to find common ground for an elusive Brexit deal, with just three weeks until the U.K. is set to leave the European Union. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar are scheduled to hold a private
The Chinese Embassy in Thailand has warned unnamed Thai politicians against alleged interference in China’s internal affairs over the ongoing violent protests in Hong Kong. “Some Thai politicians have contacted the group, which advocates separation of Hong Kong from China, in a way which is deemed to be a serious offence and irresponsible. China
Britain and Europe’s top Brexit negotiators sit down together Friday to test what British and Irish leaders say might be a “pathway” to a deal. Technical talks on an agreement to govern Britain’s EU divorce are stalled, just days before what had been billed as a last chance European summit. Now, British Brexit minister
Two national parks in southern Thailand have been recognized as ASEAN heritage parks at this week’s 15th ASEAN environment ministers’ meeting in Cambodia’s resort town of Siem Reap. According to Thailand’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Warawut Silpa-archa, the ASEAN environment ministers voted unanimously to designate Haad Chao Mai-Koh Libong No-hunting Zone and Ang
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is currently non-committal about the banning or restriction of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, saying that the matter should be resolved in accordance with formal procedures. The issue has divided people into two camps, civic and consumer groups who support completely banning the three hazardous farm chemicals and farmers who support restricting
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Wednesday) called on the National Hazardous Substances Committee to vote openly over the ban or restriction on the use of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos at its forthcoming meeting. Mr. Anutin today held a video conference with the directors of all provincial hospitals, department heads and
Apple on Thursday removed a Hong Kong map application used by pro-democracy protesters, saying it endangered police, after China warned the US tech giant to drop the app. According to a statement published by the makers of HKmap.live, Apple said “your app has been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents in
The NBA confirmed an annual exhibition game in China would go ahead on Thursday, rejecting calls to scrap the event over a free speech row that was ignited by an American basketball executive’s pro-democracy tweet. Superstar LeBron James is set to lead his Los Angeles Lakers against the Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai on Thursday
Hackers have attempted to disrupt state-run the Krung Thai Bank computer system used for the registration of subscribers to Phase 2 of the Government’s “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat-Shop-Spend) scheme, resulting in delays to registration today, Mr. Payong Srivanich, the bank’s managing director disclosed this morning (Friday). In offering an apology to members of the public for the
Effective from October 31st, foreigners who apply for a non-immigrant visa will be required to have health insurance to ensure that they are covered for medical treatment while in Thailand for a period not exceeding one year. Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said today that, since more and more foreigners are seeking medical treatment
The mother of one of the 2,500 dead victims of the war on drugs, launched 14 years ago by the government of then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has lodged a petition with the president of the Supreme Court seeking a probe into the acquittal, by a panel of Supreme Court judges, of six Kalasin police
The Region 9 chief judge, who was accused of interfering in a murder trial over which Yala provincial court chief judge Mr. Khanakorn Pianchana presided, has expressed his regret over the judge’s self-inflicted gunshot wound, but denied that there was any interference. The Office of the Judicial Affairs secretary-general Saravuth Benjakul said, via the office’s
The seeds of Thailand’s two biggest troubles — the political divide and insurgency in the deep South — were apparently sowed in 2001. That year, national politics went past the point of normalcy with the culmination in the Constitution Court of Thaksin Shinawatra’s “hidden shares” scandal. He survived the grueling scrutiny but, under his government,
