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After more than two months of unusually hot weather in most parts of the country, which saw temperatures rise to over 40 degrees Celsius in several northern and northeastern provinces, the Meteorological Department has announced that Thailand will officially enter the rainy season next week, hopefully bringing with it some respite from the heat and
Thai government troops shot and killed four drug couriers and seized more than 300kg of ketamine, a narcotic, on Saturday night in a maize plantation near a border river in Mae Sai district of the northern province of Chiang Rai. Acting on a tip-off that the drugs were to be smuggled from Myanmar for delivery
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has accused some politicians of distorting the problem of oil palm prices to create the impression that his government is not helping oil palm farmers in Thailand’s southern provinces, said deputy government spokesman Lt-Gen Weerachon Sukondhapatipak on Friday. Without naming the party, he said the Prime Minister was open to opinions of farmers but warned some politicians, who had met with farmers in a southern
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan today defended the appointment of retired General Preecha Chan-o-cha, the younger brother of Prime Minister Prayut, as a senator. He said Gen Preecha is qualified as he was a member of the military-appointed National Legislative Assembly. When reporters questioned him today about General Preecha’s frequent absence from NLA meetings, he
A majority of the respondents to a Suan Dusit Poll disagree with cabinet ministers and members of the military junta resigning their current positions to assume new roles in the Senate. The survey, by Suan Dusit University, also shows that 76.24% of the respondents oppose the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to announce the official election
Thailand’s Government Lottery Office board, chaired by Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong, has been removed by an executive order issued by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). The same executive order, which was issued on Wednesday to take immediate effect, appointed Mr. Patchara Anantasilp, director-general of the Excise Department, as the new board chairman.
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Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha today had to intervene to help a traffic police officer in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat who was abruptly transferred after a spat last week with a driver who claimed to be a senior judge. The driver, who was with his wife in the car, refused to show his
“Football can be very beautiful and it can be very cruel. We have had to experience that today.” Erik ten Hag, Ajax Amsterdam coach, after his team’s spectacular loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League’s semi-final
Operators of seven struggling digital TV channel today returned their licenses to the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), bringing the number of digital TV channels still operating in Thailand down from 22 to just 15. Letters expressing intent to withdraw from the terrestrial digital TV business were submitted to the NBTC by five operators,namely Bright TV, MCOT, News Network Corporation, Voice TV, Nation Multi-media Group and BEC World. The
The official announcement of election results has refuelled the heated race between the Palang Pracharat and Pheu Thai alliances to form a post-election government. With the rival camps fighting for every precious seat in order to gain a House of Representatives majority, no matter how slim, potential kingmakers are numerous. The announcement may have given
Thailand will have good rice harvests, sufficient water and abundant food this year, according to the astrological forecasts from the eating habits of two sacred oxen at the Royal Ploughing Ceremony held this morning at Sanam Luang. The Ploughing Ceremony, which is held annually in May, was presided over by Their Majesties the King and
Former Bangkok governor Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang and four other co-leaders of the now inactive People’s Alliance for Democracy political group will be among the first of 100 prisoners to be freed from prisons this Friday. The releases from five prisons are the result of several thousand pardons granted by His Majesty the King on the
After a decade long ban on the export of Thai elephants, Thailand’s Foreign Trade Department has eased restrictions to pave way for the export of the protected species for non-commercial purposes. Foreign Trade Department director-general, Mr. Adul Chotenisakorn, disclosed that the Ministry of Commerce issued a new regulation on April 10th to set the guidelines
Immediately after the Election Commission (EC) approved a list of 149 party-list MPs today, the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai party announced that it would explore all possible legal channels to take action against the commission. The list of party-list MPs endorsed by the EC shows 26 parties get party-list seats, with the Future Forward party taking
Princess Ubolratana has been awarded the Rattanabhorn medal (First Class) by His Majesty the King. According to the website of the Royal Gazette, HM the King awarded the Rattanabhorn medal (First Class) to the princess, his elder sister, in recognition of her contributions to education, social welfare and health care of the people and the
