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The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has accepted for further trials two cases filed by the prosecutors against seven monks and three lay persons in connection with an alleged embezzlement of temple development funds. The two senior monks indicted by the prosecutors in the first case are the former Phra Phrom Dilok, the
GENOA, Italy (Reuters) – Italian rescuers searched for survivors among towering slabs of concrete wreckage in Genoa on Wednesday after a bridge collapse killed 39 people and sparked a furious government reaction against the viaduct’s operator. The 50-year-old bridge, part of a toll motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern France, collapsed during
All large- and medium-sized dams in the country are discharging water as planned in preparing to take more rainwater expected to be brought about by tropical storm “Bebinca”, Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) director-general Somkiat Prajamwong said on Wednesday. He said special attention is now on Kaeng Krachan dam in Phetchaburi, Srinagarind and Vajiralongkorn
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian court will decide on Thursday whether to continue hearing a case against two women charged with the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, or acquit. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, could face the death penalty on charges of murdering
The Cambodia’s National Election Commission on Wednesday announced the official results of the July 29 general elections that shows the ruling Cambodian People’s Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen sweeping all the 125 seats in the National Assembly, The Phnom Penh Post Online reported. The CPP won a total of 4,889,113 votes or 76 percent
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has announced the formation of a 17-member National Anti-Corruption Committee to fight the scourge of corruption in government bureaucracy. The new anti-graft body is dominated by active and former senior military officers who make up NCPO and include members of the private sector who have been involved
Former activist monk, Phra Buddha Issara, was released on bail from Bangkok special prison on late Wednesday night. A white van with the former abbot of Wat Or Noi on board was seen leaving the prison at about 9.20 pm. It was not known where the van was headed. About 50 followers of the former
The appointment of the five new members of the Election Commission, whose main task is to prepare for the first post-coup general elections expected next year, has been given a royal approval. HM the King has issued a Royal Command approving the appointment of Itthiporn Boonprakong as the EC chairman and four others as EC
The impact of recent flooding in northern and southeastern provinces of Laos has cost the agricultural sector around 127 billion kip (about US$15 million), according to an initial report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. However, large areas of crops damaged by the floods have yet to be assessed by authorities who are waiting
Police in Hat Yai district of the southern province of Songkhla will file an additional charge of manslaughter against a student boxer who fatally beat up his classmate. The 13-year old victim, Natthawut Thongsorn, a Mathayom 1 student of a school in Hat Yai was reportedly punched on his chin by his classmate who is
The Bangkok Mass Transit System announced today that it will install barricades on the platforms of the remaining 14 stations of the BTS skytrain system as soon as possible. The announcement from Mr Surapong Laoha-anya, the managing director, came after an incident this morning when a female passenger fainted and fell onto the rail track
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha went on a tour of Bangkok city today to observe first-hand the capital’s traffic problems and progress in the upgrading of transport networks designed to alleviate the gridlock. Gen Prayut’s first stop on the trip was the police traffic control centre on Vibhavadi Rangsit road before proceeding to the BTS skytrain
The owner of the tourist boat that sank in the rough sea off Phuket on July 5 resulting in the death of 47 Chinese tourists has refused to salvage the sunken vessel, claiming that it lies 45 metres deep on the seabed and should not pose an obstacle to sea navigation. Legal advisor of TC
YANGON (The Irrawaddy) —While the Japanese foreign minister and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi discussed Rakhine’s development in Naypyitaw last week, a Chinese Communist Party provincial secretary met the vice president to discuss increasing investment in agriculture, transport and technology cooperation. It is not the first time China and Japan have been seen
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has announced a temporary closure of 42 waterfalls in national parks across the country in wake of the looming rainy season. Spokesman of the department Mr Sompote Maneerat said Tuesday that officials at each national park were told to closely monitor water situation in the waterfalls
The BTS skytrain service on the Sukhumvit route was briefly halted during rush hours this morning after a woman fainted and fell onto a rail track from the platform at the Ratchathewi station. BTS posted a message on its Twitter page at 8.17am, saying that the incident, which occurred at 8.15 am, prompted the trains approaching Ratchathewi
