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Scarcely anyone knew about the rescue of four Thais trapped in flooded Tham Luang cave by two British cave divers days before they found the 13 Wild Board and their coach still alive inside the cave. This untold episode of yet another rescue mission – low-key though but as dangerous – was unveiled to The
The top executive of a company that supplied the controversial GT200 remote substance detectors worth altogether nine million baht to the Royal Guards Regiment was on Wednesday sentenced to nine years imprisonment by the Don Meuang District Court after he was found guilty of fraud. Mr Sutthiwat Wattanakit of AVA Satcom Company, two staff members
US-based Chevron Corp and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) are the only two contenders that submitted their bids for concessions of the Erawan and Bongkot natural gas fields in the Gulf of Thailand. The National Energy Policy Council chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will consider and approve the winning bidders in December and the
Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has used the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit in New York as a forum to lambast the Thai military for creating what he described as a vicious circle in Thailand’s politics. The summit, a high-level nonpartisan forum that normally attracts some of the most important world and business leaders, was
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today fired the Pattaya City mayor and replaced him with Sonthaya Khunplum, a political advisor to the prime minister and a member of the politically influential Khunplum clan which dominates the eastern provinces. Sonthaya is the leader of Palang Chon Party which is seen as a political ally of the National
Alleged Laotian drug baron Xaysana Keopimpa who has a penchant for sports cars and links with some of Bangkok’s celebrities was today sentenced to life imprisonment by the Criminal Court after he was found guilty of smuggling more than three million meth pills from Laos into Thailand to be delivered to Malaysia through his drug
The Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted former director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Tarit Pengdit and four other police officers from charges of malfeasance filed against them by former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his then deputy, Mr Suthep Thuagsuban. Abhisit and Suthep accused Tarit and the four DSI officers of abuse of
In a bid to block Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s comeback after the general election, Pheu Thai Party has approached its erstwhile political rival, the Democrat Party, with the possibility of forming a political alliance, according to an informed Pheu Thai source. Pokin Polakul, a Pheu Thai key figure, was reported to have been assigned to
A plane flies in front of a full moon in Sydney on September 25, 2018.
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam admitted this morning that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be spared the two-year jail handed down on him in connection with the Ratchadapisek land scandal 10 years ago after the statute of limitations of the case expires on October 21. Thaksin has been in self-exile since leaving the country
Alongkorn Pollabutr, a potential contender to challenge the leadership of Abhisit Vejjajiva, said this morning that the Democrat Party is at a cross-roads and needs to initiate a major transformation in order to stay politically meaningful. Declaring that he said he has the vision and the intention to lead the country’s oldest political party into
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A US government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a “well-planned and coordinated” campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation’s Rohingya Muslim minority. The US State Department report, which was released on Monday, could be used to justify further US sanctions or other
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, and National Security and Intelligence of New Zealand kisses her daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford, as her husband Clarke Gayford looks on during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit on Monday.
Cabinet ministers are free to work with the Palang Pracharath party so long as it is not against the law, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday in reference to reports that a handful of his ministers will join the pro-junta party. He was addressing a move by several of the members of his Cabinet
An elderly Englishman and his Thai wife who were reported to have gone missing mysteriously from their home in Muang district of the northern province of Phrae on September 19 have been found dead buried in their own fruit orchard in the district. Using a backhoe to dig into a spot in the orchard owned
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made history by bringing her three-month-old daughter into the United Nations assembly hall in New York. Ardern, 38, was photographed kissing and coddling Neve in the assembly hall next to partner Clarke Gayford at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit. Reuters reported that her partner Clarke Gayford, who
