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Celebrated action movie star Steven Seagal, who is a Russian citizen, has been appointed as a special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in charge of the Russian-US humanitarian ties, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. “Steven Seagal was appointed as the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special representative for Russian-US humanitarian ties,” the ministry said on
People living in five districts of Phetchaburi province have been warned to brace for flooding as more water is being drained out of Kaeng Krachan dam which is now 97 percent full and water is spilling over the spillways. Muang, Ban Laem, Tha Lat and Tha Yang districts which are located downstream of the dam
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanks the United State government for the return of 12 pre-historic artefacts of the Ban Chiang era to Thailand and all parties concerned for their hard work which made the recall bid a success, government spokesman Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Saturday. Lt Gen Sansern said Gen Prayut is full
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo today called on ASEAN to maintain diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea to achieve denuclearization. At a press conference in Singapore for Asean-related meetings, he announced US$ 300 million in funding for security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region while assuring that the US “seeks partnership, not dominance.”
Jatuporn Prompan, chairman of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), walked out of the Bangkok Remand Prison a free man this morning after serving one year and 15 days in jail for defaming former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Mr Jatuporn thanked the red-shirts for standing by his side. He also thanked Corrections Department
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha refused to talk to the media when he presided over the opening of Thailand Social Expo 2018 at Impact Exhibition Centre on Friday morning. The prime minister’s aloofness with the media was reported to stem from a commentary, entitled “Don’t let Thai junta chief chair ASEAN next year”, in The Jakarta
Yasothon authorities have erected red flags along the banks of the Chi River which runs through the province as a warning for residents to take precautions as the river has overflowed into low-lying areas and its tributaries. Water in the river has continued to rise. The volume of water in the Yasothon Dam on Friday
The National Water Resources Office has ordered a readjustment of the plan to drain water out of Vajiralongkorn, Nam Oon and Kaeng Krachan dams in anticipation of more rains in the imminent future after water inflow to the three dams has reached a critical level. NWRO secretary-general Somkiart Prachamwong said he had instructed the Royal
Prime Minister Hun Sen has slammed the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party’s election boycott a “stupid act” and a miscalculation”. Days after the ruling Cambodian People’s Party claimed landslide victory on Sunday’s election, Hun Sen on Thursday told thousands of factory workers Phnom Penh that the opposition’s campaign had failed as more than 82 percent
Government House reporters and photographers were at odds with the spoke persons of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha over a new set of formalities that they are to observe while covering the prime minister’s activities. Issued by the 3rd division of the Special Branch police, the new set of formalities were distributed to members of the
The recent partial collapse of one of the saddle dams of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Laos’s Attapeu province will not affect Thailand’s electricity security, Energy Minister Siri Jirapongphan said this morning. Mr Siri said that after the incident on July 123 which caused massive flooding affecting villages in the Sanamxay districts, the
ASEAN and China have made a major breakthrough by agreeing to have a single text that would serve as the basis for negotiations toward establishing the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, according to Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. He said they have also agreed on the “key modalities” for future rounds of
A team of water draining experts from Ban Paew district in Samut Sakhon province is now in the northeastern province of Sakhon Nakhon with their high-powered water pumps to help drain water into Nong Harn fresh-water lake to save the provincial economic zone from flooding. The team together with another one from Nakhon Pathom played a crucial
Consumer’s confidence index for the month of July was registered at 82.2 representing the highest rate for the past 62 months of five years and two months since June 2013, said Mr Thanawat Pholvichai, director of Economic and Business Forecast Centre of the Thai Chamber of Commerce University. He said that tourism and export sectors
A combined team of military and police officers have arrested two men suspected of involvement in the bombing of ATM machines in Pattani’s Yarang district on May 20. Soldiers from the 22nd Ranger Task Force and provincial police, including forensic medicine experts, were deployed to search two targets in Tambon Khlong Mai of Yarang district
All parties concerned in the northern border province of Phayao are gearing up for the opening of a perment border checkpoint with Laos at Ban Huak in Phusang district. Phayao Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn today invited members of the government and private sectors for a meeting to discuss preparations for the opening of the checkpoint
