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Twenty-one Chinese tourists escaped unhurt but two suffered inhaling sea water after a speed boat in which they were travelling hit a submerged reef and sank in the sea near Koh Samet off the coast of Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong today. Rayong provincial police said the Chinese tourist group, which included some children, spent
Amnesty International Thailand has urged Thai authorities to investigate the suspected abduction in Bangkok of a Vietnamese journalist, a Radio Free Asia contributor. On Wednesday, Amnesty’s senior director for Global Operations Minar Pimple said that Truong Duy Nhat went missing on January 26 and it is suspected that he was abducted after his arrival in
One person was killed and four others injured in a chemical explosion in a car park at Bangkok’s Suvarnbhumi International Airport today. The identities of the dead and injured were not yet known at the time of this report, but all of them have been sent to the Sikhirin hospital. Mr. Suthep Panpeng, managing director
Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn has been diagnosed with a spinal inflammation and blurred vision caused by cataracts, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced today. Doctors at Ramathibodi hospital, where the Princess was admitted for treatment, have administered medication intravenously to treat the spinal inflammation but have postponed eye surgery to correct her blurred
The pro-Prayut Palang Pracharat party has worked out a Plan B in case Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declines the party’s invitation to become its prime ministerial candidate, said Mr Sontirat Sontijirawong, the party’s secretary-general, today (Wednesday). However, he said that the party is confident that the Prime Minister would accept the invitation but would wait
Thailand hopes that Australia and Bahrain, both good friends of Thailand, will mutually work in good faith to come up with a “win-win” solution over the fate of jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem al Araibi, the Thai Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued today. While insisting that Thailand does not benefit from holding Mr. al-Araibi
A helicopter belonging to the Royal Rain-making and Agricultural Aviation Department crash-landed while on a training flight in the central province of Nakhon Sawan this afternoon (Wednesday). The pilot, a co-pilot and a mechanic escaped with only minor injuries after the chopper crashed into an empty field and caught fire. Rescuers managed to extinguish the
Air quality in and around Bangkok has improved during the past 24 hours with the level of PM2.5 dust in all areas well within the 50-micron standard, the Pollution Control Department reported today (Wednesday). The department also predicted that the smog problem caused by PM2.5 would further ease tomorrow. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has
Pheu Thai party’s election strategy chief Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan vowed on Tuesday to lead the party to election victory to replace the “military government” with a “government which is specialized in economics” to bring a better life to the Thai people. “Today we are not in a period of world war which warrants national management
Australia and Bahrain should hold talks to resolve the case of jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Arabi by having him sent to a third country instead of extraditing him to Bahrain to face imprisonment or by sending him to his requested country of asylum, Australia, said Thai Foreign Minister Don Paramudvinai today. He said he had
Thailand’s National Environment Board (NEB) is scheduled to hold a meeting today (Monday) to map out measures to cope with the smog problem in and around Bangkok as the Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported an improvement in air quality this morning. The NEB, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, was recently assigned by Prime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would hold his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28, while giving himself credit for averting a major war on the Korean peninsula. Trump said in his annual State of the Union address to Congress much work remained
At least, 14 candidates of the pro-Thaksin Pheu Chart party have changed their names to “Thaksin” for the men and “Yingluck” for the women when they applied for registration on Monday. Pheu Chat party deputy leader Aree Krainara said the 14 candidates changed their names because they personally like the two former prime ministers whose
Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva today presented ten policies to upgrade the livelihood of the people in Bangkok by making the city “livable, beautiful, clean, safe and with opportunities”. He said that the ten policies were screened from 50 issues associated with the city dwellers by the 30 city candidates of the party working in
Election candidates are warned to install their campaign posters at locations designated by the Election Commission, otherwise they may be removed and the candidates may face investigation by election officials. Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today that city officials would start checking all campaign posters to make sure that they were installed at the designated
Australia and Bahrain should hold talks to resolve the case of jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Arabi by having him sent to a third country instead of extraditing him to Bahrain to face imprisonment or by sending him to his requested country of asylum, Australia, said Thai Foreign Minister Don Paramudvinai today. He said he had
