
Thaksin receives first family visit at Khlong Prem Prison
Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a jail term at Khlong Prem Central Prison, today received his first family visit after completing a five-day quarantine.
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Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a jail term at Khlong Prem Central Prison, today received his first family visit after completing a five-day quarantine.

Ex-prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today that her family’s life “has many flavours,” after visiting her father Thaksin in prison and talking to him through a glass partition.

After years of hazardous seasonal smog and other environmental crises, Thais have been given new hope as a draft clean air law moves through Parliament

Thai troops and officials from the Livestock Development Department seized a large quantity of dried foods, such as powdered milk, rock sugar, fermented garlic juice and pork sausage casings, at a sugarcane plantation near Thai-Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo province today.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will receive his first prison visit tomorrow, after completing a mandatory five-day quarantine at Klong Prem Central Prison, said Pol Lt-Col Chen Kanchanapat, deputy director general of the Corrections Department.

Thailand joined 142 United Nations members in voting for a UN General Assembly resolution supporting the two-state solution for Palestine.

Thailand welcomes the announcement of measures by the US Department of the Treasury against a scam network based in Southeast Asia.

A hydro engineering expert at Chiang Mai University has voiced her disagreement with the proposal from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the Cabinet, seeking to save three stone weirs in Chiang Mai province from being dismantled and explore other means to prevent flooding in the northern capital.

Orem, United States - The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk pledged Friday to carry on her husband's work, after US authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured.

Cambodia must adhere to the letter of the agreement reached at the recent General Border Committee (GBC) meeting before Thailand will consider reopening any border checkpoints, said Sihasak Puangketkeow, who is tipped to be foreign minister in the new government.

Former Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, who resigned from the party two years ago, is allowed, under the party’s rules, to run for the leadership again, following the resignation of Chalermchai Sri-on, said former party spokesman Ramate Rattanachaweng today.

Two southern insurgents were shot dead on Friday morning, in clashes with security forces in the mountains of Sabayoi district of Songkhla, close to the border with Pattani province.

The 72nd Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair (BGJF) this week is expected to generate cash circulation of over 3.5 billion baht, underscoring its potential to be a major platform driving forward Thailand’s growing gem and jewelry sector.

Democrat Party leader Chalermchai Sri-on has submitted his resignation, citing health problems that prevented him from fully carrying out his duties and could cause damage to the party.

Reflecting on the early cooking traditions of Southeast Asia, which have evolved over time, helps us appreciate their enduring impact on modern culinary practices, ensuring that these traditions are celebrated and remembered.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he has not yet ordered the reopening of border checkpoints along the Thai-Cambodian border, pointing out that there are several related issues which need to be discussed first.