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UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has agreed to add Phanom Rung historical park in Thailand’s northeastern province of Buri Ram and Si Thep historical park in the northern province of Phetchabun to the tentative list of cultural world heritage sites. Fine Arts Department director-general Mr. Anan Chuchote said today that the WHC had suggested that Thailand
Bhumjaithai party-list MP Mrs. Natee Ratchakitprakarn was today handed a one-month prison sentence, suspended for one year, and fined 4,000 baht by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Offices after she was found guilty of failing to fully declare her assets, as legally required. Her conviction also means that she loses her
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as head of the junta, officially known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), issued his last executive order today, under Section 44 of the interim Constitution, to revoke about 100 NCPO orders, some concerning media restrictions and military courts. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said
Dr. Kitkawi Phono, Jittavej Nakhon Ratchasima Ratchanakarin Hospital director, said yesterday (July 8th) that those who suffer from depression should not watch TV or Internet series alone or they risk feeling increasingly lonely, suffering sleep disorders and deepening depression, adding they should be accompanied by friends and family. Due to the growing number of mobile
A Polish family of four, who got lost in the mountainous forest on Pha-ngan Island in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, was found by a Thai search and rescue team Monday night. A staffer at an unnamed hotel on the popular resort island, known for its “Full Moon Party”, received a distress call at
“There are still lingering doubts about the government’s sincerity or worries whether the government will restart the process in the Legislative Council,” “So, I reiterate here, there is no such plan, the bill is dead.” – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to the media, admitting that the government’s work on the extradition bill, which would
With irrigation canals drying up due to lack of rain, some farmers in Don Jedi district of Thailand’s central province of Suphan Buri, one of the “rice bowl” provinces, have turned to using household waste water to irrigate their parched farmland. Desperate to save his 3.2 hectares of paddy in Village 5, Tambon Don Jedi,
In an effort to eliminate marine plastic debris, the 10 member states of ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asia Nations) has adopted “The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Region” at the recent 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok. ASEAN officials describe the document as a testament to the group’s joint attempts to
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the territory’s biggest political crisis in decades was dead, admitting that the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. The bill, which would have allowed people in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China
The owner of about 300 tonnes of electronic waste, dumped in a conserved forest in Wang Namyen district of Thailand’s eastern province of Sakaeo, has been given 15 days to take all the waste back to Rayong, an industrial province on the Eastern Seaboard. Mr. Boonyuen Noicharoen, who claimed he bought the electronic waste from
By Ohhappybear In the world of so-called ‘foodie’, among numerous words that have always been repeated and slapped until well-bruised, is ‘artisan.’ Not that I have anything against the word per se, what I feel is that it is now getting much more difficult to impossible to discern. When everything is labelled ‘artisan’ so liberally,
The seven-party opposition coalition has stepped its campaign to solicit public support for its attempt to amend the Constitution and to educate the people about the Constitution. Speaking at a news conference, after a meeting of representatives from the seven opposition parties held today (Monday) at the head office of the Pheu Thai party, Pheu
GENEVA (Reuters) – China is tightening its grip on Hong Kong and the territory’s autonomy and democratic freedoms are slipping away, a prominent Hong Kong activist told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday in a plea for international action. Beijing’s delegation twice interrupted the speech by Denise Ho, a Hong Kong singer, producer and
The Future Forward party has asked the Constitutional Court to rescind its order suspending its leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, from performing his duty as an MP and that the court proceedings on Thanathorn’s media ownership case be held openly. The requests were made by the party secretary-general, Mr. Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, after the party’s lawyer submitted Thanathorn’s
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police arrested six people during a demonstration in one of Hong Kong’s most popular tourist areas on Sunday, where thousands of protesters sought to raise awareness among mainland Chinese visitors about the political crisis that has rocked the city. Protest organizers said 230,000 people marched through the streets of Kowloon, across
