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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters blocked train services during the early morning rush hour on Tuesday, causing commuter chaos in the latest anti-government campaign to roil the former British colony. What started three months ago as rallies against an extradition bill that would have allowed people in Hong Kong to be
HONG KONG (AFP) – China on Monday threw its backing behind Hong Kong’s beleaguered leader and police, saying violent protesters must be swiftly punished following another weekend of running street battles in the financial hub. What began as a mass display of opposition to an extradition bill two months ago has morphed into a wider
The body of 26-year old Spanish tourist, Mr. David Alejandro Rocamudi Conesa, was recovered from rocks near the Na Muang 2 Waterfall in Koh Samui of Surat Thani province on Sunday. It took rescue workers over two hours to retrieve the body due to the difficult, rocky, steep and slippery terrain. They walked about 500ft
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit is scheduled to attend a ministerial conference on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in Beijing later this week, in a bid to form the world’s biggest trade bloc. Mr. Jurin will be resuming trade talks, including RCEP and Thailand’s free trade agreement with the European
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) issued a warning this morning (July 30th) to alert the public of possible impacts from a tropical storm, which is expected to reach Vietnam on August 1st or 2nd. The TMD reported that the tropical depression, over the upper South China Sea, is yielding winds with a sustained speed of
The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce predicts that Thai exports in 2019 will drop 0.6% year on year, the first contraction in four years. Dr. Aat Pisanwanich, Director of Center for International Trade Studies (CITS) of UTCC, said that total Thai exports this year are expected to reach USD251.338 billion, 0.64% less than
In a speech, delivered from the Amarindra Vinicchaya Throne Hall, where he granted an audience to members of the Royal Family, the Privy Council and the Cabinet, as well as senior officials there to offer their best wishes on his 67th birthday on Sunday, July 28th, His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua said that
The cabinet is expected to appoint Palang Pracharat party-list MP Narumon Pinyosinwat as government spokeswoman at its first meeting today (Tuesday). Palang Pracharat deputy spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana is expected to be named the deputy government spokesman. A former vice minister, assisting Former Finance Minister Apisak Tantiworawong of the previous administration, Mrs. Narumon is said to
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that commercialization of cannabis for economic benefit would come after the use of medical cannabis has proven to be successful and controllable. He denied that his Bhumjaithai party had ever talked about liberalizing the use of recreational cannabis or commercialization during election campaigning. “No
Vipavee “Petch” Deekaballes, 28, has won a gold medal for Thailand in women’s individual 2.1 km downhill cycle racing with a time of 4.44.125 min, beating Sirapassorn Chardkamnerd, who won silver and Indonesia’s Tiara Andini Prastika who won bronze, in the 25th Asian Mountain Bike Continental Championship in Kfardebian city of Lebanon.Ms. Tiara Andini Prastika
The Criminal Court is scheduled, on Wednesday, to read the verdict of the Supreme Court in a case involving seven core members of the red-shirt movement, known as the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), relating to the illegal siege of the residence of Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda in July 2007. The seven
July 29th, 2019 – Mrs. Pornpimol Kanchanalak, Advisor to Foreign Minister, delivered a keynote speech on behalf of H.E. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, on “ASEAN & Current Global Challenges” at the 3rd ASEAN Media Forum, Bangkok, with presence of the ASEAN Secretary – General, German Ambassador to Thailand and key media editors
There will be 11 new MRT stations in Bangkok, and 4 of them are very special. The 4 are underground train stations at Wat Mangkorn, Samyod, Sanamchai and Itsaraphap, all on the MRT Blue Line extension. Style and design in each station will be unique to the area in which it is located. They will
Teaching of computer programming language in schools is a good idea, but schools, teachers and students must be prepared, otherwise the educational gap between privileged and under-privileged students will widened, according to Dr. Kiat-anant Luankaeo, an educational economist at Thammasat University. To begin with, he asked, do the schools have the infrastructure or the staff
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Monday bore the scars of another night of violent protests with hard hats, umbrellas and water bottles littering some central streets, as Beijing was set to make an announcement on the Asian financial center’s worst crisis since 1997. In a highly rare move, the Hong Kong and Macau
