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Recognized by UNESCO as Thailand’s latest Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art, Nan Province joins a global network that celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage as engines for a thriving and beautiful way of life. Yet long before UNESCO’s recognition, creativity had already been demonstrated through Nan’s temples, looms, and rivers.
Can you truly believe every influencer or Key Opinion Leader (KOL) giving advice on serious topics? The recent controversial ‘Thai milk’ claims—that local pasteurized dairy is not genuine milk—suggest the answer is clearly “No.”
WASHINGTON - Members of the House of Representatives returned to Washington on Tuesday, braving the nation's tangled airports for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close.
The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has impounded assets worth about 159 million baht belonging to Kla Tham party MP Chonnapat Naksua and his associates for allegedly operating three gambling websites and other online gambling systems.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced to Thai troops, at the Phu Makua mountainous outpost in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket province, that peace with Cambodia has come to an end.
Thailand’s Provincial Administration Department has ordered seven provinces bordering Cambodia to prepare contingency plans to cope with any emergency that arises, should tensions between the neighbouring countries escalate into open warfare.
Six sports associations are looking to add 28 gold medals to Thailand’s tally, with the Takraw Association of Thailand aiming for a clean sweep of 11 titles at the upcoming 33rd SEA Games on home soil next month.
The Criminal Court has dismissed a defamation charge against an outspoken senator who referred to a fellow senator as a “pork vendor.”
The National Security Council (NSC) has resolved to suspend all its commitments and activities related to the joint declaration relating to the between dispute Thailand and Cambodia, and the release of 18 Cambodian PoWs. The move is in response to the landmine explosion near the border in Si Sa Ket province yesterday, which injured four Thai soldiers, including one who has lost the lower part of his right leg.
Malaysia has reaffirmed its commitment to continue supporting the peace process between Thailand and Cambodia following the Thai government’s decision to suspend the peace agreement with Cambodia after a landmine explosion injured two of its personnel, according to Bernama.
The Cabinet and the National Water Policy Committee are engaged in an urgent meeting in Government House today, to discuss ways to manage the massive amount of water currently upstream of the Chao Phraya Dam, to save Bangkok flooding and to ease the flooding in several central provinces, as the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) plans to increase further the rate of discharge through major dams in the next few days.
The Thai army is maintaining that the landmine, which exploded yesterday on Thai territory near the Cambodian border in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket, injuring four Thai soldiers was planted recently by Cambodian soldiers. The Cambodian government has claimed, however, that it was an old landmine, laid during the civil war more than four decades ago.
People living outside the protection of floodwalls in Ayutthaya, Sing Buri, Ang Thong and Chainat provinces have been advised to prepare for rising floodwaters, as the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will gradually, starting at 4pm today, increaseg the rate of discharge through the Chao Phraya Dam, from 2,800m3/s to a maximum of 2,900m3/s by 2am tomorrow morning.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has put a hold on the approval of an Interior Ministry announcement, extending the stay in Thailand of about 100,000 migrant workers from Cambodia.
The torch relay for the upcoming 33rd SEA Games and the 13th ASEAN Para Games is set to take place concurrently in four host cities; Bangkok, Chon Buri, Songkhla, and Nakhon Ratchasima, on November 16, with representatives from all 10 ASEAN member countries participating alongside more than 4,000 participants.
The Gymnastics Association of Thailand (GAT) is preparing to take legal action against gymnast Ittirit Kumsiriratn, who accused the association of unfair treatment following his controversial exclusion from the national team for the upcoming 33rd SEA Games, scheduled to be held in the Kingdom next month.
