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Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan began his official visit to Thailand today, at the invitation of his Thai counterpart, Maris Sangiampongsa. Today he is scheduled to attend a working luncheon with Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and an official welcome dinner, hosted by Maris, according to Thai Foreign Ministry. Tomorrow he will attend a bilateral
The Philippines is still seeking clarification from the Pentagon about a secret U.S. propaganda operation that aimed to cast doubt among Filipinos about Chinese vaccines at the height of the COVID pandemic, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday. A Reuters investigation on June 14 detailed how the Pentagon ran a clandestine influence campaign in
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is gauging the public’s opinion on the department’s plan to require diesel-engine vehicles, which are over 20 years old, to have their engines tested twice a year, instead of just once, as part of the effort to reduce PM2.5 pollution. Preeyaporn Suwanaged, director-general of the PCD, said that automobiles account
Bangkok – A plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will stop in Bangkok to refuel, a senior Thai official told AFP on Tuesday, before flying to the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific. “The flight will land around 11:50 am (0450 GMT) from London. It is expected to refuel and resupply with
Yangon, Myanmar – A first batch of 5,000 conscripts called up by Myanmar‘s junta will begin duty at the end of this month, military sources told AFP on Monday, as the generals struggle to crush opposition to their coup. The junta enforced a conscription law in February, three years after it seized power and sparked a widespread armed
The first group of 94 Thai nationals returned to war-torn Israel today, with some admitting that they are worried about their safety, but have to do the job to feed their families back home. Wittawat Suntornpinit, from Khon Kaen province, said that he feels excited but concerned about his family, adding “I decided to go
The official announcement of the outcome of the auction of 15,000 tonnes of decade-old pledging scheme rice has been delayed for another week, as the commerce minister instructed Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) to investigate the background of the highest bidder, V8 Intertrading Company. V8 Intertrading offered 19.07 baht/kg for the 15,000 tonnes in an auction
Thai Sang Thai party leader Sudarat Keyuraphan challenged the prime minister yesterday to clear the air over a widespread rumour that the Pheu Thai party wants to amend the Constitution, to do away with the 100 party-list seats in the House, in an effort to prevent the opposition Move Forward party from winning the next
Two senior police officers said today that they are not worried about legal action to be taken against them by Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief, who was cleared of any wrongdoing last week by a fact-finding committee. Today, Pol Gen Surachate threatened to file a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Thai social media users are joining hands to help a US Reddit user locate a Thai woman, whom he describes as his father’s former girlfriend while he was based in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The user, “No_Acadia6966”, wrote last week that his father, a member of the American Air Force based near Nakhon Phanom
As the final round of voting for new senators is to take place this Wednesday, Election Commission (EC) officials have been keeping a close watch on any activity which could be regarded as election fraud. According to informed sources at the EC, there are four main types of malpractice. Firstly, successful candidates in the provincial-level
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has defended the idea, to allow foreigners to lease land in Thailand for up to 99 years and to own up to 75% of a condominium project, as being intended to boost the Thai economy, rather than to benefit foreigners. He said that the idea was conceived by the Finance Ministry
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Sunday that his trip to Pattaya during the weekend is to assess the possibility of holding a Formula One (F1) race adjacent to Jomtien beach. In his Facebook post today, he said that there are two types of F1 race, one is a city race and the other is
Over 200,000 Thais are targeted by scammers each day, in an annual tsunami of fraud featuring 20.8 million calls and 58.3 million text messages (SMS), according to caller-identification app Whoscall. For many victims, the losses incurred are so large that their lives are practically ruined. “I was living a happy retirement until I received that call,” said an 81-year-old man, recounting how
Several areas in the Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park will be closed to tourists from June 30, after it was discovered that almost all the coral and sea anemone have bleached. Yutthapong Dumsrisuk, chief of the national park, said that devastating bleaching has been reported in Loh Ba Kao Bay, Viking Cave
Leipzig, Germany – – You don’t need reams of statistics to know Germany and Spain have played well at Euro 2024 or England have failed to sparkle and Croatia have struggled but crunching numbers offers insight into why some teams have thrilled and others have fallen flat. Spain’s high tempo attack flattened Croatia and made
