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HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn has graciously granted his permission for the organising of Bangkok Winter Festival as “Un Ai Rak Klai Kwam Nao” or “Love and Warmth at the Winter’s End” with the aim of reflecting the graciousness of Thai arts, culture and tradition which is held from December 9, 2018 to January 19, 2018
Rescue volunteers involved in the dramatic and complex rescue operation to extract 12 boys and their football coach trapped deep inside the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district have been named among Time magazine’s heroes of the year 2018. Time’s other heroes of the year include a group of journalists whose work
The lifting of political restrictions will kick-start a semblance of conventional election campaigns as Thais know them. The greater freedom will certainly increase criticism against the military government, but Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who came to power following the 2014 coup, still holds some key cards regarding activities he does not like. Lifted were bans
The National Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed amendments to the Labour Protection Act which will essentially increase severance pay for employees who have been working for their employers for 20 years upward. The bill will also increase the maternity leave period to 98 days from 90 days, with the mothers being eligible to receive pay
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been warned not to engage in election campaigning even if he is nominated as a candidate for prime minister because in his capacity as a government official he is legally bound to maintain political impartiality. The warning was made by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam when asked by reporters whether
Science and Technology Minister Suwit Maesincee and a core member of Palang Pracharat Party said this morning that it was about time the pro-government political party formally invited Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to become its candidate for prime minister. Speaking to reporters in the northeastern province of Nong Khai during a trip by the Cabinet,
Messages of solidarity poured in Wednesday from around the world on the one-year anniversary of the arrest of two Myanmar Reuters journalists who exposed a massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in Yangon on December 12 and handed seven-year jail sentences under a state
A bronze statue of Lieutenant-Commander Samarn Kunan, alias Ja Sam, a former Navy SEAL member who died in the dramatic rescue operation at Tham Luang Khun Nam Nang Non in Mae Sai district of the northern province of Chiang Mai arrived at Wat Rongkhun, a famous temple of the province on a truck from a
Seven political parties have demanded the Election Commission to change its poll ballot format to include the names and logos of political parties and to allow each party to use the same number for all its candidates in the 350 election constituencies. Representatives of the seven parties and their people’s networks submitted their joint statement
The Foreign Ministry confirmed this morning that a Thai tourist was among the three people killed in an attack by a gunman at a Christmas market in Strasbourg in eastern France on Tuesday night. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ms Busaba Santipitak identified the Thai victim as Anupong Suebsamarn who was visiting the French town with his
A non-commissioned police officer was arrested this morning after allegedly shooting dead a French tourist at a doughnut stall in a condominium off Sukhumvit Road on Tuesday night. Pol Snr Sgt-Maj Kantapong Huadsri, a unit commander of Lumpini police, was also immediately dismissed from duty after he turned himself in and confessed to the shooting.
STRASBOURG, FRANCE (AFP) – A gunman killed four people, including a Thai tourist, and injured around a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday before fleeing the scene, authorities said. A manhunt was underway after the killer opened fire at around 8pm local time (1900 GMT) on
Strasbourg, France – A witness in France has told the BBC that one of the people shot and killed in the city of Strasbourg was a Thai tourist who suffered a head wound and didn’t respond to efforts to revive him. Peter Fritz said after the gunfire near a Christmas market: “We tried our best
This image obtained December 11, 2018 courtesy of Time magazine shows the covers for Time magazine “Person of the Year” December 24/December 31 2018. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, was on December 11, 2018 named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” alongside several other journalists. The
VANCOUVER/BEIJING (Reuters) – A Canadian court on Tuesday granted bail to a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd while she awaits a hearing for extradition to the United States, a move that could help placate Chinese officials angered by her arrest. Meng Wanzhou, 46, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter
