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A former Khon Kaen MP, Preechaphol Pongpanich, was today voted leader of Thai Raksa Chart (Thai Nation Protection) party, an off-shoot of Pheu Thai party. Others appointed to key positions in the party during a general assembly include Rupob Shinawatra, Ms Sunee Luangvichit, Pruethichai Viriyaroj and Dr Pongsak Phusitsakol who were voted the deputy leaders;
Tham Luang Khun Nam Nang Non cave complex, the scene of a rescue drama that grabbed worldwide attention four months ago, is expected to be reopened to tourists this week. An informed source said that officials of the Tham Luang Khun Nam Nang Non forest park where the cave complex is located had been briefed
A combined force of police, military personnel and local administration officials on Tuesday seized dozens of New Year’s calendars depicting former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra from a house in Warin Chamrap district of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani. The calendars carry a New Year’s message and mention about the upcoming election but
If anyone is wondering why several key veteran politicians are leaving the once powerful Pheu Thai Party to form new parties or to join some of the existing ones, one of its core members, Chaturon Chaisaeng, has an explanation. Speaking at length to the media on Tuesday, Chaturon quickly ruled out internal conflicts as the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first polls began to close in parts of Indiana and Kentucky on Tuesday as Americans cast votes at the end of a divisive campaign to decide whether Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans maintain their grip on the US Congress. The remainder of the polling locations in Indiana and Kentucky, and in half
Former MP and a core leader of the Sam Mitr (Three Friends) group Somsak Thepsuthin announced on Tuesday that he and other members of the group will join the pro-junta Palang Pracharat Party at its general assembly on November 18. The Sam Mitr group which has been actively poaching former MPs from different parties
The Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to waive the fee for visa on arrival for tourists from 21 countries for a 60-day period until the end of January. Tourists from the following countries to benefit from this measure to boost tourism during the New Year’s holiday season are: Andora, Bulgaria, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Ethiopia, India,
About 20 school children were injured when a passenger van in which they were travelling to schools crashed into a roadside power pole apparently after one of the car tires burst in the northern province of Lampang this morning. The incident happened on Lampang-Chiang Mai highway in Tambon Pong Saen Thong, Muang district of Lampang.
An alleged gunman who came to the rescue of protesters of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) under attack by armed men at Lak Si intersection during the demonstration against the Yingluck government in 2014 was sentenced to 37 years and 4 months imprisonment by the Supreme Court today . The Supreme Court overruled the
Rangsit University rector Dr Arthit Urairat on Monday dismissed as fake news a post in the social media purportedly from him, saying he felt guilty for having attacked former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the past and planned to see the latter abroad to offer an apology. Dr Arthit said he didn’t write the post
The controversial charity Chon Buri marathon run has been over with a sour note among many runners for almost a month. But its fallout still lingers on. This time, it does not concern the shortage of bottled drinking water to the extent that many tired and thirsty runners had to drink water poured onto their
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said on Monday an airspeed indicator of a Boeing Co. 737 MAX plane that crashed last week killing all 189 people on board was damaged for its last four flights. The damage was revealed after data had been downloaded from the plane’s flight data recorder, KNKT
The political boundaries are getting clearer ahead of next year’s election, expected in February. Three camps will be competing in a mathematically sensitive race for power — the pro-Prayut alliance, the Pheu Thai-led coalition, and the “sitting-on-the-fence” group headed by the Democrats. The first includes the Palang Pracharat Party, the Action Coalition for Thailand
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – For many Americans, Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections are a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s divisive persona, hard-line policies and pugnacious politics. But on the eve of the election, in a packed airport hangar in Cleveland and at other Trump rallies across the nation, the stakes are different: a vote to protect
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to officiate the opening of the road tunnel at the busy Ratchayothin intersection this morning (Monday). The tunnel will be open to traffic at 10 am after the official opening at 10.30am , said the Office of the Secretary-General of the Prime Minister. Construction of the road tunnel was
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities on Sunday extended by three days the search for victims and a black box from the wreckage of a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed near Jakarta last week, killing all 189 people on board. “We decided to extend it three days”, beginning on Monday, search and rescue agency
