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As Thailand grapples with challenges in the rapidly changing global geopolitical landscape, major political parties are fielding former career diplomats on the frontlines of the 2026 general election without offering a meaningfully different foreign policy.
Despite promising debt aid for millions of farmers and teachers, as well as improved welfare for the poor, the Klatham Party is heading into the February 8 election under a cloud of “grey money” allegations.
Many people in Bangkok, who woke up this morning and prepared to leave for work or school, may have wondered whether it would rain today. The overcast sky was not caused by rain clouds, but a thick haze of pollution mixed with fog, or smog.
A Taiwanese national wanted in Taiwan for alleged involvement in trafficking illegal narcotics into the island state was arrested by Thai immigration and narcotics control officers at a condominium in Bangkok’s Asoke area last night.
Latest pre-election polls confirm one thing, that the previously-massive group of ambivalent voters is getting ever smaller. That natural development is good news for every political party, yet all the findings of the popularity surveys can also hamper the minimal optimism that ballots cast can change Thailand this time.
Emergency workers and engineers, using two heavy cranes and cutting equipment, managed last night to extract the body of a victim trapped in his crushed car, buried under tonnes of concrete slabs and the steel structure of a fallen crane at the construction site of the Rama II–Samut Sakhon elevated expressway in Samut Sakhon province.
Unscrupulous law and audit firms are being targeted for investigation by the Department of Business Development (DBD) and the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in an effort to curb the widespread malpractice of using Thai nominees to buy land in Thailand on behalf of foreigners or foreign companies—particularly prime land in major tourist provinces.
The Supreme Court has ordered the revocation of voting and candidacy rights for ten years for Senator Wichien Chaisathaporn, ruling that he provided false information during his bid for the Senate.
Two suspects have been taken into military custody for alleged involvement in the bomb and fire attacks on 11 PTT petrol stations in Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani provinces last Saturday night.
A Filipina tourist who sparked online backlash after criticizing language barriers during her trip to Thailand has issued a public apology, saying her wording may have come across as offensive.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that his government is uncomfortable with allowing Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) to continue implementing the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project or the Rama II–Samut Sakhon elevated expressway after two fatal crane accidents within 24 hours.
Thailand has questioned the reasons behind the US decision to include it among 75 countries facing a pause in immigrant visa processing, saying the move raises concerns about fairness, transparency and consistency in bilateral relations.
At two of Suphan Buri’s most significant historical sites—Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat and Wat Phra Rup—contemporary Thai art is quietly transforming sacred ground into a living cultural landscape.
The Thai football community has expressed condolences after six supporters of Pattani FC, travelling to cheer for their team at an away match against Buri Ram United, were killed in a deadly rail accident in Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday morning.
The United States is pausing immigrant visa processing for nationals from 75 countries, including Thailand, in a bid to crack down on applicants deemed likely to become a public charge, Fox News reported today.
