PM’s office minister Chusak to oversee DSI
The Cabinet approved the appointment today of PM’s office minister Chusak Sirinil to oversee the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), in place of Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong.
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The Cabinet approved the appointment today of PM’s office minister Chusak Sirinil to oversee the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), in place of Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong.
A Bangkok condominium resident staged a one-of-a-kind protest against fellow tenants who kept noisy dogs and cats by releasing two large snakes onto their shared floor, claiming she had to take matters into her own hands.
What began as a battle for control of the Senate between the ruling coalition’s largest parties, Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai, has turned into a conflict that threatens to reshape Thailand’s political landscape.
Leading Thai companies have pledged to increase investment in the United States beyond US$2 billion in the near future, said Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A free trial of the extension of the Pink Line electric train service, between Si Rat and Muang Thong Thani stations, is open to the public from today until June 16th, from 6am to 10pm on week days and from 6am to 11.30pm on weekends.
Two defence volunteers were killed and two others were injured by insurgents, while they were exercising in front of their base in Mai Kaen district of Pattani province today.
The rescue mission continued this morning after a 33-year-old construction worker fell into a sinkhole yesterday at the Orange Line mass transit site in Bangkok’s Pom Prap Sattru Phai district
Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira officially announced today that phase three of the cash handout scheme has been postponed indefinitely, but he promised that the government will revive the scheme “when the situation is right.”
The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has slashed Thailand’s 2025 economic forecast, citing uncertainty over trade tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Thailand’s controversial submarine project faces further uncertainty and delays after Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai failed in his efforts to secure the German MTU 396 engine for installation in the Chinese-made Yuan class warship.
Three years into his term, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has offered a glimpse of the Thai capital’s future if his long-term projects – including the Business Lab, Bangkok Public Square, “Bo Farang” water sports park, new hospitals, and a City Data Control Centre – bear fruit.
Thida Thavornseth, a former leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), or red-shirt movement, suggested today that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra should accept the prison sentence imposed on him by the court and serve his time in prison, as many other red-shirt followers have done.
Deputy Senate Speaker Kriangkrai Srirak and several other senators reported to the Election Commission’s (EC) office today, to acknowledge charges of electoral collusion in the 2024 Senate election.
COVID-19 cases in Thailand have been increasing steadily for the past 11 weeks, with 31,688 new cases being reported between May 11th and 17th, according to Dr. Thira Woratanarat, a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University.
Police have found seven of the bank accounts belonging to Rai Khing Temple were allegedly used by the former abbot, Yam Inkrunggao, formerly Phra Dhammawachiranuwat, to transfer money into the accounts of “Arunyawan”, an alleged broker for an online gambling platform, between 2020 and last year.
The Thai prime minister will travel to the United Kingdom and Monaco, between May 21st and 25th, to boost tourism and promote Thai “soft power,” said government spokesperson Jirayu Houngsub.