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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has called on the government to take tough and decisive action against transboundary drug trafficking, warning that Thailand may take matters into its own hands if Myanmar is unable to act due to issues involving ethnic minorities.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra criticised the Medical Council today, for not observing its own code of ethics, claiming that some council members had scolded him in their Line group.
A police officer was killed and another seriously injured when an unknown number of insurgents opened fire, with assault rifles, on Janae police station in Narathiwat province Wednesday morning.
The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has increased the production of the anti-viral drug Molnupiravir, to cope with a rise in COVID-19 cases.
The Administrative Court issued a statement explaining that it did not order former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay the state about 10 billion baht in compensation, for the losses incurred from the controversial rice pledging scheme more than a decade ago.
A total of 106 medical doctors from Thailand’s three top state hospital medical schools, Siriraj, Ramathibodi and Chulalongkorn, have joined in their support for the Medical Council, in light of the current showdown between the council and Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, in his capacity as the special chairman of the council.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra gave a special lecture on illegal drug suppression today, at the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, marking his first public appearance in nearly two weeks.
A 59-year-old taxi driver crashed his vehicle into Government House, on Phitsanuloke Road in Bangkok’s Dusit district, early Monday morning.
Kuala Lumpur - Southeast Asian nations will forge a common front to face challenges including economic headwinds from US tariffs and a four-year civil war in Myanmar, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday.
Hanoi, Vietnam - French President Emmanuel Macron denied Monday having a domestic dispute with his wife Brigitte after a video appeared to show her shoving his face away when they touched down for a visit to Vietnam, blaming disinformation campaigns for trying to put false meaning on the footage.
Thailand’s exports have increased for ten months in a row, with April’s worth about 857.7 billion baht, up 10.2% percent on March, reflecting the strength of Thai economy, according to Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan today.
The newly renamed Economic Party is likely the first Thai political party to advocate capital punishment for state officials convicted of corruption, as a weapon in the country’s battle against its chronic graft problem.
Government chief whip, Wisut Chainaroon, said today that he is confident all the governing coalition’s 324 MPs will vote for the passage of the 2026 fiscal budget bill in its first reading in the House of Representatives.
Doi Suthep-Pui National Park in Chiang Mai province has halted visits to three waterfalls, due to safety concerns following heavy downpours and the possibility of flash floods.
All Royal Thai Police aircraft—both fixed-wing and helicopters—have been grounded until they pass airworthiness inspections, as a precautionary measure.
The Thai government should resume negotiations with Cambodia to resolve maritime disputes and move towards jointly developing hydrocarbon resources in the overlapping claims areas (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand, according to a recent study by the Senate’s Military and Security Committee.
