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Former deputy prime minister Korbsak Sabhavasu said today (Monday) that he was stunned that the government dared to use the words ‘intelligent country’ in the policy statement to be presented to parliament on July 25th and 26th by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. “(I) didn’t expect that they would dare to write such policy. ‘Toward intelligent
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, was admitted to the Chulalongkorn hospital on Sunday evening after she developed a fever and persistent cough, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Monday. Medical checks and laboratory tests showed an infection of the respiratory tract and she was advised by doctors to remain in the
Bangkok’s famous Khao San Road, the backpacker capital of the world, will undergo a major transformation in about seven months, led by City Hall, with the aim of making this tourist mecca a full-fledged tourist attraction. According to Deputy Bangkok Governor Sakonthee Patthiyakul, the remaking of Khao San Road will include granite repaving, raising of
5 days since he went missing in the waves off Phuket, the body of Mr. Angelo Bien Rafael Cortez, 29, who came to Phuket with a group of 13 tourists from the Philippines, was discovered near Koh Kiew, or Green Island, situated between Phuket and Phi Phi Islands, at about midday on Sunday and was
Police and rescue workers spent over three hours searching for Mr. Luis Cabello Ortega, 57, a Spanish tourist, who became lost while trekking on Na Muang Mountain 2 on Samui Island in Thailand’s Surat Thani province, on Sunday afternoon. The search was suspended as night fell as authorities could not see anything in the pitch
Hong Kong descended into chaos Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters hours after China’s office in the city was daubed with eggs and graffiti in a vivid rebuke to Beijing’s rule. Acrid clouds of tear gas wafted through the city’s densely packed commercial district as police battled
By Ohhappybear Life is always full of surprises. Case in point is a lot of things we thought we knew so well, yet still turned out to be not exactly what we knew at all. Recently, while munching and cooling down through a bowl of chilled noodle in Bangkok Chinatown or Yaowarat, we came across
The Office of the Secretary-General of the Cabinet has released the 66-page full text of the government’s policy statement, which includes 12 major policies and 12 emergency policies. Amending the Constitution, specifically on the methods and rules for amending the charter, is one of the 12 emergency policies, but public opinion must be sought regarding
“It is for certain that everyone wants to go to the World Cup, and I am fully committed and determined to take the Thai teamto the World Cup.” Mr. Akira Nishino, 64, head coach of Thailand’s national football team spoke in public for the first time at Friday’s media conference at the New Otani in
The new Head Coach of Thailand’s national football team, the ‘War Elephants’, spoke in public for the first time, at Friday’s media conference at the New Otani in Tokyo, following the announcement by the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) on its website on July 17th that he is to lead the Thai team and the
Suan Dusit Poll conducted an opinion survey on the expectations of the public from each of the 20 ministries under the new cabinet, which is to start functioning after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s presentation of the policy statement in parliament on July 25-26. The survey was conducted on 1,586 respondents between July 16th and 20th.
Chon Buri (Thailand) (AFP) – Sloshing across a muddy field with men sprinting behind them, prized water buffaloes blow past cheering spectators in eastern Thailand on Sunday in a rare display of bovine speed. Tractors have largely replaced the big beasts in daily work but farmers in Chonburi have preserved the more than 100-year-old racing
With a number of state-of-the-art payment methods on display at a FinTech event last week, there are questions over whether cash will soon be relegated to history amid the proliferation of alternative ways of payment. As things stand now, banknotes are not likely to disappear anytime soon. Although many Thais increasingly use electronic payment methods,
A man has been held by police for questioning after he was accused of killing horses and selling their meat in Thailand’s eastern province of Chonburi. Chonburi police arrested of Mr. Nirun Kamlon, 33, at his house in Tambon Takhien of Banglamung district, on Saturday on the orders of the provincial governor. The Watchdog Thailand
Water levels in the Mekong River, as it passes through the area known as the Golden Triangle where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, have fell to the lowest point in a century on July 19th, lower than the record set in April 1973. Southeast Asia’s Stimson Centre director Brian Eyler said that,
The eight dams in China, which were built on the Mekong River, or Lancang as it is called in China, have been blamed as the chief culprit in the sharp fall in water levels downstream and the resulting hardships caused to people in lower riparian countries, according to the Mekong Butterfly, a civic group that
