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About 50 Thai fishermen, stranded on board two fishing vessels in the sea of Somalia with their water, food and fuel running low, are appealing for help to get them back to Thailand. In a video call from one of the fisherman, whose home is in Thailand’s northeastern province of Buri Ram and is aboard
People living around the gold mine operated by Akara Resources Plc, who claim to be adversely affected by the company’s operations, plan to petition Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday about what they allege to be foot dragging by the National Anti-Corruption Commission in its fact-finding investigation into the gold mine. The petitioners, claiming to
Security has been tightened up at banks, markets, convenience stores and government offices in 12 districts of Thailand’s southern province of Pattani after two explosions, which damaged an ATM in front of a university early this morning (Sunday). Security officials in the province are blaming separatist insurgents for the attacks in front of Fahlorni University
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a general strike aimed to bring the city to a halt. On Saturday police fired multiple tear gas rounds in confrontations with black-clad
Seven vocational students have been charged with the possession and transport in public of explosives and knives following a blast in the Rama 9 area of Bangkok on Friday in which two municipal workers were injured. Citing CCTV footage and witness accounts, the metropolitan police say that the students hid a “Ping Pong” bomb in
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police forcibly detained over 800 people attending a protest in Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections, including prominent activist Lyubov Sobol, after authorities warned the demonstration was illegal. Police removed Sobol, an ally of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny, from a taxi and bundled her into a van minutes before
Abundant rainfall, heavy to very heavy in some areas, is forecast over the next 2-3 days for most of the country due to tropical storm ‘WIPHA’. Thailand’s Meteorological Department reported at 4am today that Wipha was centred about 155kms east of Hanoi over the upper Gulf of Tonkin and is moving west-southwest slowly with maximum
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired multiple tear gas rounds on Saturday night in confrontations with black-clad activists in the city’s Kowloon area, as the Chinese-controlled territory was again rocked by anti-government protests. Police had kept out of sight during the afternoon as tens of thousands of protesters marched through Mong Kok, usually
Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong kicked off a new mass rally on Saturday as they defy increasingly stern warnings from China over weeks-long unrest that has plunged the city into crisis. The semi-autonomous southern Chinese financial hub has seen two months of protests and clashes triggered by opposition to a planned extradition law that quickly
As security has been tightened at Bangkok’s two airports, the city’s bus and train terminals, as well as crowded shopping malls, police have swept several locations after being alerted about suspicious objects. Government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat tweeted today assuring the public that the explosions in Bangkok on Friday will not affect the national economy and
Three technical students, aged 15, 16 and 17, were arrested this morning (Saturday) in connection with the investigation into the planting of four explosive devices in the bushes in the middle of Rama IX Soi 57/1 on Friday, August 2nd, according to Metropolitan Police Division 4 Commander Pol Maj Gen Thirapong Wongratpitak. The suspects are
Human rights advocacy groups are demanding that a completely new national human rights commission be appointed after the recent resignation of two commissioners, leaving only three still in the office. The Union for Civil Liberty said, in a statement issued on Friday, that it disagrees with the move by the chairman of the National Human
Thailand’s former National Human Rights commissioner, Mrs. Angkhana Neelapaijit, is to receive the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for championing the cause of human rights. She was recognized by the board of trustees for her unwavering courage in seeking justice for her husband and many other victims of violence and conflict in southern Thailand, as
Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their counterparts from world powers including the United States, China and Russia discussed cooperation on a number of security issues from counter terrorism, counter violent extremism and transnational crimes, cyber security, to the promotion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a regional security meeting
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that he will not tolerate explosions, even if only a handful people were injured, and he questioned the motive of the perpetrators or their masterminds for timing the violent incidents while Thailand is hosting the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Bangkok. Speaking at a news conference at the
Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) is celebrating upcoming Mother’s Day in Thailand by encouraging the fans of Mariam, the orphan baby dugong in Koh Libong, Trang province, to participate in a Facebook contest to select the best of four pictures of Mariam shown four different poses. The first photo shows Mariam with
