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Future Forward party has threatened to challenge the junta’s order forbidding political parties from accepting public donations by taking the case to the court. This was jointly announced by party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul in their Facebook livestream Wednesday evening after the party was notified by the Election Commission that
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, a gesture designed to highlight peace efforts, South Korea’s presidential office said on Tuesday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in will deliver Kim’s invitation when he meets Francis next week during a trip to Europe, spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said. North
Panthongtae Shinawatra, the only son of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was today indicted on money laundering charges in connection with the multi-billion-baht Krungthai Bank (KTB) loan scandal. Trumps Chalichan and Prayuth Phetkun, deputy spokesmen for the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) told a press conference that Panthongtae was charged for money laundering for accepting
The five Southeast Asian nations along the Mekong River, including Thailand, and Japan today adopted a new three-year strategy centering on improving connectivity through promotion of “quality infrastructure” building for regional development. The document endorsed by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
There is nothing legally wrong with Pheu Thai party members flying abroad to meet with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said Deputy Prime Mister Wissanu Krea-ngarm. In response to reporters’ question about reports that scores of Pheu Thai former MPs have been flying to Hong Kong to meet with the fugitive former prime minister, Dr
Forest rangers have found more evidence at the lodging in the compound of a forest monastery in Saiyok national park where the alleged hunting party led by the deputy district chief officer of Dan Makham Tia district spent a night on Saturday. According to the Facebook page of the Phya Sua team of forest rangers
Concern over degradation of coral reefs and the marine ecology of the Similan Islands caused by polluted water discharged into the sea, has prompted the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation to prrohibit indefinitely overnight accommodation on the islands as of Tuesday. The order was signed by Mr Tunya Netithammakul, the department head
Police are hunting for two groups of teenagers involved in a brawl that ended up in a chase and shooting in a hotel car park downtown Bangkok, leaving one Indian national dead and five others injured Sunday night. The incident took place at about 8.30pm on Sunday at the car park of Centara Watergate Pavillion
As anticipated, only three candidates applied to join the race for the Democrat party leadership after the one-day application for candidacy closed at 4.30 pm today. The three contenders are former party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Phitsanulok MP Warong Dejkitvigrom and Alongkorn Polabutr who quit the party four years ago to join the junta-appointed National
BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) – China said on Monday it was investigating former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei for bribery and other violations, days after French authorities said the Chinese official had been reported missing by his wife after traveling to his home country. Under President Xi Jinping, China has been engaged in a sweeping crackdown on official
Monday, October 8, 2018: Was it a good-natured welcoming roar or were Buriram people booing Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan? He thought it was the former but anti-military critics insisted the loud noises were an unmistakable sign of political resentment. The significance of it is that the incident took place right in the middle of
Dan Makham Tia district deputy chief officer Watcharachai Sameerak has been temporarily dismissed from government service pending disciplinary and criminal investigations allegedly for illegal hunting in Saiyok national park in the western province of Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi provincial governor Jirakiart Poomsawat said Monday that the available evidence so far was sufficient to warrant the setting up
A day after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake killed at least 12 people along Haiti’s northwest coast, a strong aftershock sent panicky residents fleeing into the streets, witnesses and the authorities said Sunday. In addition to those killed by the original quake, more than 188 people were injured and several homes and public buildings were damaged or
PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) – Relatives of hundreds of people missing after an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia reacted with anger, sadness and resignation on Sunday to a decision by the state disaster agency to end searches for bodies later this week. The official death toll from the September 28 disaster rose to 1,763. Bodies are
Seven charges have been lodged against 12 members of a suspected hunting party allegedly led by a deputy district chief officer after forest rangers of the Saiyok national park in the western province of Kanchanaburi found carcass of a bearcat, one rifle, two handguns and ammunition in their vehicles on Sunday. Mr Panatkorn Pothibandit, chief
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha left this morning for Tokyo, Japan, to attend the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit and hold related talks with leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Japan. The summit has been held every year since 2009 to strengthen relationship between Japan and the Mekong countries, and cooperation on sustainable development and narrowing development
