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Navarati or Navadurga Parva is the festival at SRI MAHA MARIAMMAN TEMPLE, Oct 19, 2018 At the center of Bangkok, one over-100-years Hindu temple is situated on the Silom road. This temple is also known as Wat Khaek or Uma Devi temple following the principle Buddha image of the temple. The name of the temple
Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to seek cabinet approval on a proposal to offer a temporary waiver for fee on visa on arrival for visitors from 21 countries, including China, from Nov 15 until Jan 15. Speaking after a meeting on tourism organized by Tourism and Sports Ministry on Thursday, TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn
Two foreign tourists charged with vandalism for spray-painting graffiti on an ancient city wall in Chiang Mai face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty, police said on Friday. Briton Furlong Lee and Canadian Brittney Schneider, both 23, were arrested at a guesthouse on Thursday and are being held at the provincial court, police said. CCTV
Supreme Commander Gen Pornpipat Benyasri today tried to allay fears of a military intervention after the general elections expected early next year. He said if all parties concerned try to prevent the country from plunging into chaos, then nobody should be worried about what the military would do. The supreme commander was commenting on remarks
Following in the footsteps of Similan island which has imposed a limit on the number of visitors to preserve its environment, the Tarutao national park in the southern province of Satun has started a quota system on tourist visits and restrictions on tourist activities on the various islands and beaches in the marine park. Chief
Political changes in Malaysia and eagerness demonstrated by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who will visit Thailand next week, to help solve the long-running conflicts in southern Thailand coupled with the upcoming general elections in Thailand provide a “new window of opportunity” for peace in the trouble-plagued region, Panitan Wattanayagorn, an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday assured his Netherlands and Norwegian counterparts that his government will stick to its political roadmap which will see a general election next year and called for a “forward-looking” relationship with European countries. Gen Prayut met with Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte and Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg
Pheu Thai Party’s political stalwart Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan today doubled down on her criticism of the government’s welfare cards scheme which provides poor people with access to free medical care, claiming it is sowing a seed of social division. She reiterated that the scheme is dividing Thai society into two classes — the rich and
Why Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir’s visit is critical to peace talks in southern Thailand. An interview with Panitan Wattanayagorn, advisor to Deputy Prime Minister on Security Affairs.
Thursday, October 18, 2018: If following on the social media is any indication, military-backed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is not doing too bad. Actually, of all prime ministerial candidates, the number of his Facebook “likes” is second to only Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, who had been there long before him. Prayut, as of 7 pm
A rescue team successfully brought a tourist who accidentally fell into a forest ravine in a national park in Kanchanaburi and was seriously injured out to safety Thursday morning. But he and along with his three friends and a guide are to be fined 500 baht each for trespassing. Tewin Meesap, chief of Khao Laem
As many as 22 movie, documentary and book projects about the Tham Luang cave rescue operation and about the life of the 12 Wild Boar boys and their football coach have been proposed by both local and foreign studios to the Creative Media Committee, said Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat on Thursday. On top of that,
Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan this morning played down the specter of a military coup in the future raised by Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong. Gen Prawit said as long the country remains peaceful, there shouldn’t be anything to worry about. “He was talking about the future. So don’t worry,” Gen Prawit said. The
Twelve engineering and architecture organizations have joined forces to ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to exercise his executive power to scrap the Airports of Thailand’s plan to build the second passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi international airport. The decision to ask for the prime minister’s is intervention to suspend the construction of the controversial project was
Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong today did not rule out the possibility of another military coup if the country is plunged into chaos again. “My hope is that politics will not bring the country into conflicts again. If politics doesn’t cause chaos, then nothing will happen,” he said when asked by reporters whether another coup
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Air Force General David Stilwell to be the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, a post that has remained unfilled for more than a year despite major challenges in the region. A White House statement on Wednesday said Trump had announced his intention
