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Ten rare sea turtles have been washed ashore on Thailand’s beaches in the past three months, some of them already dead. The survivors are being treated by veterinarians. The turtles’ problems were all caused by plastic waste dumped into the sea by humans. Thorn Thamrongnavasawat, vice dean of the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsart University,
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said, on the eve of International Plastic Bag Free Day today (July 3), that Thailand will phase out the use of four types of plastic products by 2022. The products are plastic bags which are less than 36 microns thick, Styrofoam food containers, plastic straws and single-use plastic cups. The
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has scaled back the auction size of short-term bonds this month in what was seen as an attempt to curb the rapid surge of Thai Baht which hit a six-year high on Monday. The central bank has not explicitly said that the reduction of short-term bond supply is aimed at
Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has accused Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of being the cause of political problems in Thailand, not the politicians who are being blamed by the Prime Minister. He said today that the Prime Minister had accused politicians of stalling attempts to form the government and had threatened to resort to
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) issued a warning at 4am today (Wednesday) alerting the public to the possible impacts of tropical storm ‘Mun’. The TMD reported that the tropical storm is moving west from Hainan Island at a speed 20 km/hr and will make landfall between northern Vietnam and China by July 4th. It is
He said today that the Prime Minister had accused politicians of stalling attempts to form the government and had threatened to resort to the “old method” to resolve the problems. He said that it was ironic that the Prime Minister accused politicians of causing the country’s political problems but, at the same time, brought them
The cabinet today endorsed the United Nations Security Council’s March 2019 resolution demanding that member states ensure that their counter-terrorism laws and activities are in compliance with their obligations under international law. The resolution also calls upon member states to conduct financial investigations into terrorism-related cases and to investigate and prosecute cases of terrorist financing
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China on Tuesday condemned violent protests in Hong Kong as an “undisguised challenge” to the formula under which the city is ruled, hours after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who stormed and trashed the legislature. A representative of China’s Hong Kong affairs office denounced the demonstrators, who
“If you never actually have a dialogue with people, then inevitably it helps to legitimise those who want to do things in a more violent way,” “We should take a much firmer line… we’re honour bound to stand up for freedom in Hong Kong, the freedoms we promised people for years.” – Chris Patten, Hong
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that there is no problem in the Palang Pracharat party which warrants his intervention. Asked by reporters whether he will step in to address conflicts in the core party of the coalition alliance, caused by the Sam Mitr faction’s discontent over cabinet seat allocation, the Prime Minister snapped back
The Office of the Election Commission has clarified that it actually spent 463 million baht of the total 1.3 billion baht budget allocated for the election and selection of 250 senators. The EC’s Office decided to issue a clarification after the office came under heavy criticism from the opposition, academics and other critics for alleged
The storming of Hong Kong’s legislature by masked demonstrators generated extraordinary scenes, even in a city with a history of raucous protest. The territory’s leader, Carrie Lam, condemned those involved for what she said was their “extreme use of violence”. But demonstrators insist they were standing up for their rights in the former British colony
A lottery vendor in Thailand’s central province of Samut Sakhon, who claimed to have sold 15 first-prize lottery tickets worth 90 million baht, was today sentenced to two years and ten days in prison by the Samut Sakhon provincial court after he was found guilty of forgery and violations of Computer Crimes Act. 27-year old
The conflict over cabinet seat allocation in the Palang Pracharat party has been settled after the Sam Mitr faction agreed to withdraw their demand for the reinstatement of Mr. Suriya Juangroongruantkit as the energy minister and for the expulsion of party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong. Party leader Uttama Savanayana and two co-leaders of the Sam Mitr
