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Senatorial candidate for Nong Gee district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Buri Ram, Mr. Banchob Namwiset, has become the first post-election politician to be stripped of his voting rights for ten years by the Supreme Court’s Electoral Cases Division. The Court found the 60-year old government official guilty of offering bribe to another candidate in
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Six people died in civil unrest that gripped parts of Jakarta on Tuesday night after the election commission confirmed that President Joko Widodo won last month’s election, the governor of the Indonesian capital said. Protests on Tuesday by supporters of Widodo’s challenger for the presidency, former general Prabowo Subianto, started peacefully
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is pondering legal action against a private hospital for allegedly overcharging a patient who was admitted suffering with acute diarrhea. A well-informed source said that the Internal Trade Department of the Commerce Ministry has launched a fact-finding probe, in response to a complaint lodged via the department’s hotline 1569, by a consumer
Patients, in registered possession of medicinal cannabis, will be allowed to keep it for three months after the amnesty deadline expired on Tuesday. Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Dr. Tharet Krasanairaveevong said today that the message, widely shared on the social media, claiming that registered patients could keep it for six months is incorrect, emphasizing
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea stepped up its campaign on Tuesday for the United States to return a seized cargo ship belonging to Pyongyang, warning Washington that it had violated its sovereignty in a move that could affect “future developments” between the countries. North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Kim Song held a rare news conference
The cabinet has designated May 4th as Coronation Day and another annual public holiday, bringing the total public holidays for this year to 19. The 19 public holidays in Thailand now include: June 3rd Her Majesty Queen Suthida’s birthday July 28th His Majesty King Maha Vajiravudh’s birthday
Campaigners for easier access to medicinal cannabis began their 268km “Cannabis Walk Thailand” today at Wachiraphotiyarn Monastery in the northern province of Phichit. The march will end at Wat Bang Pla More in the central province of Suphan Buri and is to highlight their demand for cannabis to be removed from the list of narcotic
With time running out, and desperate to form a majority pro-democracy government, the Pheu Thai party has resorted to enlisting the help of Mr. Panthongtae Shinawatra, the only son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin, to extend invitations to the Democrat and Bhumjaithai parties to join the Pheu Thai-led coalition. Using Oak Panthongtae Shinawatra’s Facebook
The US Homeland Security Investigation Office has appointed an attorney to take legal action against a private museum in San Francisco for alleged involvement in the smuggling of several artifacts to the US from Thailand. Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat said today that Thailand managed to secure the return of one item, a lintel from the
A warm handshake between Anutin Charnvirakul, Bhumjaithai Party Leader and Chalermchai Srion, Democrat Party Secretary-General on Tuesday evening, 21 May 2019. The two parties are key to the formation of a coalition government to unveil by the next few days. Photo credit: Anutin Charnvirakul Facebook Page
The Thailand Health Promotion Institute has joined anti-tobacco advocates in opposing the recommendation from the Foreign Ministry that the Thai government withdraw the 60 billion baht lawsuit against Philip Morris, the American cigarette manufacturer, for alleged tax evasion. THPI president Dr. Hathai Chitanont said, since the government has adequate evidence to substantiate the tax evasion
U.S. eases restrictions on Huawei; founder says U.S. underestimates Chinese firm NEW YORK/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The United States has temporarily eased trade restrictions on China’s Huawei to minimize disruption for its customers, a move the founder of the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker said meant little because it was already prepared for U.S. action. The
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Breakingviews) – Donald Trump’s unpredictability could yet play in Huawei Technologies’ favor. The Chinese telecommunications firm has effectively been cut off from U.S. suppliers, from chipmaker Qualcomm to Alphabet’s Google. But that happened to Huawei rival ZTE too, and the president relented. Though it’s more of a stretch, a similar reprieve for
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo comfortably won re-election in last month’s poll, an official count showed on Tuesday, throwing the spotlight on his opponent Prabowo Subianto who has refused to concede defeat after claiming widespread cheating. The result released by the General Election Commission (KPU) confirms unofficial counts by private pollsters in the
Democrat senior advisor Banyat Bantadtan has dismissed speculation that he will be nominated Speaker of the House if the Democrat party agrees to join either Pheu Thai or Palang Pracharat in their race to form a coalition government. The veteran politician told the media today that he would prefer to be just an ordinary MP.
