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Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit offered a public apology today to Thai mass transit commuters for the delay in implementing the 20-baht single ticket system for train and bus services in greater Bangkok, from October 1st to November 15th.
The scheduled 20th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) and related meetings, set for next week, due to be held in Bangkok next week, have been postponed to a later date, according to a brief announcement today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Typhoon Kajiki has already weakened to tropical storm and will enter Thailand’s northern province of Nan this evening. Widespread flooding has been reported in Chiang Mai and Nong Khai provinces today, after very heavy rain since Monday night.
Tempers flared again today at Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaew province, this time between scores of Thais and Cambodians confronting each other across the barbed wire fence erected by the Thai Army.
Thailand’s focus will be fixed on the Constitutional Court this Friday (August 29), as embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra awaits a ruling that could end her fledgling political career and reshape the country’s political landscape.
The Criminal Court today acquitted Piyarat Chongthep, known as “Toto,” a Bangkok MP of the People’s Party, in a lèse-majesté case.
Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said he will look into a petition, filed by a deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), seeking justice over, what he considers to be, unfair treatment in this year’s police reshuffle.
Chaos erupted in the border area at Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province this afternoon, when Cambodians gathered behind the barbed wire fence, erected by the Thai Army, hurled objects at Thai soldiers stationed there and managed to dismantle part of the fence.
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories - Gaza's civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing regret over the "tragic mishap".
The former abbot of Phra Bat Nam Phu Temple in Lop Buri, Phra Ratcha Wisutthiprachanat, better known as ‘Luang Phor Alongkot’, was arrested by Crime Suppression Division officers on Monday night on embezzlement and money laundering charges, in connection with public donations to the temple.
As the morning sun filters through the forest in a quiet corner of Phitsanulok province, four female elephants, each accompanied by her caregiver, walk slowly toward their feeding stations.
Thai troops are authorised to conduct immediate retaliation if Cambodian forces are found violating Thailand’s territory, Second Army Region Commander Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang said yesterday.
The Treaties and Legal Department of the Foreign Ministry today defended the merits of the controversial MOU 43 between Thailand and Cambodia, amidst repeated calls by nationalist groups for its revocation, claiming that the document places Thailand at a disadvantage.
Thailand’s First Army Region command today clarified reports of chaos between Thai troops and Cambodian protesters along the border in Sa Kaeo province, saying the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding on the Cambodian side.
Thailand and Sweden signed an agreement on Monday, under which the Royal Thai Force (RTAF) will procure four Swedish-made Saab Gripen E/F fighter jets, at a total cost of Bt19.5 billion.
The Finance Ministry is laying the groundwork for implementation of a negative income tax (NIT) within the next two years, with the aim of propping up Thais whose income falls below a stipulated minimum threshold.
