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Waranya Talatngoen and Natkamon Wassana of Thailand two of the 5 gold medals available in the first day of competition in the Tashkent 2019 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships, being held in Uzbekistan between August 7th and 10th 2019. Waranya, Bam, 12, defeated South Korea’s Sin Su-In 29-13 in the women’s under-29 kilograms final.
A 100-million baht super yacht caught fire at a pier in Phuket yesterday. Pol Col Thirawat Liamsuwan, superintendent of Thalang district police, said that no one was injured on board the “Lady D” vessel. It was moored at Bo Grand Marina in Tambon Pa Klock, Thalang district. He said that the second and third decks
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today he had no intention to truncate the oath he took during the swearing-in ceremony in front of His Majesty the King last month, but will settle the issue himself. “It will be settled because I did not intend to make the mistake. They look at the intention,” said the
Thailand’s ombudsman has accepted for consideration a petition from Mr. Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Thai Constitution Protection Association, regarding Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s alleged incomplete recital of an oath in the swearing-in ceremony before His Majesty the King last month. The political activist wants the ombudsman to determine whether the Prime Minister violated Section
The simmering war of words between two female MPs, Future Forward spokeswoman Pannika Wanich and Palang Pracharat MP Pareena Kraikupt, has erupted into a legal battle, with both filing defamation charges against each other. Ms. Pannika filed a libel lawsuit with the Criminal Court this morning, accusing Ms. Pareena of implicating her and her party
India’s Hindu nationalist government on Tuesday hailed “historic” legislation to bring Kashmir under its direct control but Pakistan and China challenged the divisive move, sending tensions soaring between the nuclear neighbours. New Delhi stripped Kashmir of its seven-decade-long autonomous status via a presidential decree on Monday, hours after imposing a massive security lockdown in the
Seniority will be the key criterion in determining the promotions of police officers under the regulations of the Police Commission, which have come into force after their publication in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday. If two officers are of the same rank, the officer who has served in that rank for the longer period is
The Royal Thai Embassy in Islamabad issued a statement, posted on its Facebook page at around 2am on Wednesday, advising Thai people to avoid travelling to the city of Azad Kashmir, especially along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border between India and Pakistan, and nearby areas during tightened security and tensions between
Former deputy agriculture minister and a member of the Palang Pracharat party Wirat Rattanaseth and his wife, Mrs. Tassaniya, also a member of the party, were among 24 people and companies faulted by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for involvement in massive systematic corruption related to the construction of futsal courts in 18 northeastern provinces,
China warned Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters Tuesday that “those who play with fire will perish by it”, a day after the most widespread unrest of the two-month crisis. In its harshest warning yet Beijing said the immense strength of the central government should not be underestimated as police in the semi-autonomous city announced they had
Former director of the National Office of Buddhism, Mr. Panom Sornsilp, has been found to be unusually wealthy by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for having amassed assets worth about 216 million baht. The wealth acquisition is allegedly related to corruption involving state funding for temple renovation and propagation of Buddhism. Mr. Panom was arrested
After almost a decade of investigation into the scandal surrounding the construction of 396 police stations across the country, the National Anti-Corruption Commission today voted unanimously to fault former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban for committing malfeasance in office in connection with the project. Mr. Suthep, former leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee which
The opposition Pheu Thai party has proposed the setting up of a 200-member people’s assembly, or Constitution Drafting Assembly, to draft a new Constitution. The existing one has been criticized as problematic, rigid and difficult to amend. Dr. Pokin Palakul, a member of the party’s strategic committee, told the media today that there are two
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is working on a system to ensure access to health services for patients afflicted with rare and very rare diseases. The NHSO board, chaired by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, met on Monday to consider a proposal to enable people with such diseases to have access to treatment under
The Bureau of the Royal Household released a statement today (Tuesday), saying that Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, is recovering well after she was admitted to Chulalongkorn Hospital for treatment of a fever and persistent cough on July 23rd. HM the Queen Mother’s respiratory tract infection has subsided. Doctors said she has been
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has admitted, for the first time, that he did not recite the oath of office in full, as alleged by the Opposition, and is now trying to resolve the problem. Asked how he will resolve the problem by a reporter today (Tuesday), the Prime Minister shot back, saying “Don’t you understand
