Pheu Thai names Julapan as new leader amid party shake-up
Former Deputy Finance Minister Julapan Amornvivat was elected as the new leader of the Pheu Thai Party, receiving 354 out of 369 votes at the party’s general assembly today.
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Former Deputy Finance Minister Julapan Amornvivat was elected as the new leader of the Pheu Thai Party, receiving 354 out of 369 votes at the party’s general assembly today.
Chiang Mai police and local officials raided a Chinese-run scam call centre, located in a luxury rented house, and arrested 20 Chinese nationals, 14 men and 6 women.
The Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) has shut down a factory and a packaging facility belonging to Hong Thai Herbal Company and seized 2.4 million jars of inhalers, including 400,000 ‘Formula 2’ inhalers, worth about 100 million baht.
As a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 1989, Thailand sought to strengthen regional cooperation and promote sustainability and inclusivity. At that time, the Thai economy was booming, and its economic voice was influential.
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul described US President Donald Trump as responsive and attentive during their brief discussions on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea.
A former member of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has criticised the Thai Food and Drugs Administration (TFDA) for over-reacting and exceeding its authority by presenting the executives of Hong Thai to the media over the recent finding that some of the company’s Hong Thai inhaler products are substandard.
The Election Commission (EC) would like to have at least 75 days to make preparations to hold the general election and the referendum to approve the new Constitution simultaneously, tentatively on March 29th, according to EC Secretary-General Sawaeng Boonmee.
Pheu Thai Party will convene tomorrow to select its new leader, replacing former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who resigned last week after being ousted from the premiership.
Police in Aranyaprathet district of Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province have contacted relatives of a Thai woman, who reportedly fell to her death from a building in Cambodia’s border town of Poipet, a hub of transnational scam syndicates and casinos.
Bhutan’s Their Majesties King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema attended a royal merit-making rite for the late HM Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall in the Grand Palace last night.
Thailand is no stranger to police corruption, but allegations linking former national police chief Torsak Sukvimol to a massive bribery scandal have stunned the public.
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hailand and Cambodia have agreed to begin withdrawing and adjusting their heavy weapons from their shared border on November 1.
Thailand and Cambodia badly need peace and restoration of bilateral relations in their mutual interest, but domestic pressure has forced the Thai government under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to maintain certain nationalist narratives that could impede an end to the conflict.
Cybercrime officers have arrested three men for offering to buy entitlements from co-payment scheme participants who wanted cash ranging from 10% to 20% of the entitlement face value, which is 2,400 baht for participants who are in the tax system and 2,000 baht for those who are not.