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Vendors on Khao Sarn road, an area renowned for street foods and popular with western backpackers, have openly defied the City Hall’s vending ban on the sidewalks. Officials of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said they wanted to impose order in the area which for years has been occupied by vendors who ply their trade on
The Democrat Party has decided to take legal action against Nakhon Machim, a former Democrat MP for Phitsanulok, for allegedly accusing it of conspiring with the military and the judiciary to topple the governments of former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra. Mr Wirat Kallayasiri, head of the party’s legal affairs, said the
Police from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and the Counter Corruption Division (CCD) this morning arrested at least seven people, including Panom Sornsilp, former director of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB), in connection with the widely-publicised embezzlement of funds for the development and renovation of temples nationwide. The police, armed with search and arrest warrants issued
Spiritual leader of ethnic Karens of Kaeng Krachan forest in Phetchaburi, 107-year old Ko-ee Meeme, registered for a Thai identity card at Kaeng Krachang district office on Tuesday after he was granted Thai citizenship. On hand to witness the ID card registration process were Mrs Tuenjai Deethet, a member of the National Human Rights Commission,
Chiang Rai’s Phu Chee-fah was on Tuesday declared a disaster zone after the cave-in of a section of the mountain road leading to the popular tourist destination which subsequently pulled down five roadside shophouses. Four other shophouses, including a tourist service centre, located nearby are on the verge of collapsing. Governor Prachon Pratsakun, Thoen district
Pichai Naripthaphan, a former energy minister and a member of the Pheu Thai Party’s economic team, has been summoned to report to the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) police tomorrow. Mr Pichai said that he received a TCSD summons on Wednesday morning. The TCSD issued the summons on July 26 after receiving a complaint from
Thai rescue volunteers have ended their mission in the flood-ravaged Sanamxay district of Attapeu in southern Laos and are headed back to Thailand where their service will be needed in many flood-affected areas in the northeast. Vientiane Times reported today that Laotian officials declared a conclusion to the ground search and rescue mission yesterday. It said
New graduates, especially those with bachelor’s degrees in fields not highly demanded by the labour market, are likely to face stiff competition from robots, warned Mr Thanit Sorat, vice president of Council of Thai Industrial Employers, on Tuesday. He said the warning was based on the council’s survey of industrial operators on the use of
The Mekong River in the northeastern border province of Mukdahan has burst its banks, allowing water to flow into riverside areas. Before noon today, the water level at the Mukdahan hydrographic centre was measured 12.54 metres, 4 centimetres higher than the designated “maximum level” of 12.50m. Shops on the basement floor of the Indochina Market
The Myanmar government today announced the formation of a four-member commission tasked with investigating allegations of human rights abuses in Rakhine state in the aftermath of attacks of police outposts by the Arakan Rohingya Army militants last August, The Irrawaddy News Online reported on Monday. The independent commission is led by Rosario Manalo, a
The management of Mount Rinjani National Park on Lombok island has said that 1,090 hikers have been evacuated from Mt. Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides on the mountain on Sunday morning. “The latest evacuation was made an hour ago when we found seven local hikers at the Susuk Cave
Acting leader of the Future Forward (Anakot Mai) Party Thanathorn Joengrungruangkit reported to the Technology Crime Suppression Division today to defend himself against allegation filed against him by the National Council for Peace and Order over his Facebook livestreaming seen to be critical of the military junta. Representing the NCPO, Colonel Burin Thongprapai of the legal
Mr Itthiporn Boonprakong was voted chairman of the Election Commission by the four other election commissioners-designate at a meeting today. The meeting was chaired by Mr Thawatchai Thoedpaothai, the most senior among the five commissioners-designate. According to the legal procedure, the five of them must choose among themselves who should head the Election Commission. The
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that it’s up to British police whether they would respond to the Thai Government’s request for an extradition of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to stand trial in Thailand. He explained that the Royal Thai Police, the Office of the Attorney-General and the Foreign Ministry had had done their
Many schools in Sop Moei district of Mae Hong Son province have been temporarily closed after flash floods hit many areas and Mae Sariang-Mae Sam Laep road was blocked by a landslide. The landslide brought down earth and rocks to block the Mae Sariang-Mae Sam Laep road in Sop Moei district on Monday. Many trees
