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People’s party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut has called for a full re-run of last week’s general election and the destruction of ballot papers from February 8, citing serious risks to ballot secrecy after data leaks have revealed alleged weaknesses in the state’s election system.
The owner of a Siberian Husky is asking for the public’s help in tracking down the individual who set his dog on fire in Muang district, Songkhla, last Friday night.
The Klatham party has been given a deadline to respond to Bhumjaithai’s invitation to join the coalition within this week, or the party will be replaced by the Democrat party, according to a well-informed Bhumjaithai source.
The Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) Foundation will be back in Venice this spring, bringing the exhibition “The Spirits of Maritime Crossing 2026” to Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù from May 9 to August 2.
Cambodia’s application to list its ‘Mohasangkran chnam Thmey’, or the traditional Khmer New Year in Cambodia, as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity will not affect the status of Thailand’s Songkran, which has already been so recognised, in 2023, by UNESCO.
Former Supreme Court judge Chuchart Srisaeng has questioned why people are now protesting against the printing of bar or QR codes on the ballot sheets used in this election and referendum, but remained quiet when similar ballot sheets were used in the 2023 election.
A majority of voters who believe election fraud occurred in their constituencies doubt the Election Commission (EC)’s ability to punish the offenders, according to a new survey by National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA).
Suspected insurgents detonated seven IEDs in Yee Ngor and Ra-ngae districts of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat Saturday night into Sunday morning, in what police describe as a tactic intended to cause unrest ahead of the holy month of the Ramadan. No one was injured, but some motorcycles were damaged.
The Commerce Ministry has set a target for Thailand’s overall exports in 2026 at Bt142bn, which will be generated by about 700 promising projects and activities throughout the year.
Overall spending by Thai-Chinese people nationwide during the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival is expected to exceed 54 billion baht, the highest in six years.
The Public Health Ministry has reported the death from Mpox of a 44-year-old male prison inmate, who was also suffering multiple underlying illnesses and severe immune deficiency.
Tourist and anti-narcotics police arrested an Israeli food shop owner on Pha-ngan Island in Surat Thani province today and seized drugs in his possession with a street value of about 50 million baht, including heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and magic mushrooms.
Former leader of the Thai Sang Thai party, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, is to file a case with the Criminal Court’s Corruption and Misconduct Case Division, accusing the 7-member Election Commission of malfeasance in office over the use of QR or bar codes on the ballot sheets used in the February 8th general election and referendum.
Seven micro parties, which collectively won nine House seats, have pledged support for Anutin Charnvirakul’s prime ministerial candidacy, Nan Boonthida Somchai, spokesperson for the Bhumjaithai party, told the media on Saturday.
An inmate of Thon Buri special prison is thought to be infected with monkeypox. He was about to undergo surgery in the Corrections Department’s hospital when symptoms of the disease became apparent to the medical staff.
Firefighters and volunteers have successfully contained forest fires in the Sakaerach Research Centre of Khao Phu Luang National Forest Reserve in Wang Nam Khio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, after they had destroyed about 800 hectares of the deciduous forest.
