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A group of senators are considering filing a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against the Election Commission, for attaching summonses to the front doors of the homes of several senators, instructing them to report to the EC office by May 19th, to acknowledge charges of electoral collusion.
Oyster farmers in Ban Don Bay, in the southern province of Surat Thani, are complaining that a fisheries official is demanding 10,000 baht “under-the-table” to issue a permit to farm oysters there.
Search for those missing among the debris of the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building officially ends, after no further human remains have been found, according to Suriyachai Rawiwan, chief of the Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
More than 300 ethnic Karen civilians, many of them women, children and the elderly, have sought temporary refuge on the Thai side of the border, in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province, following fierce fighting between Myanmar government troops and Karen rebel forces.
Experience the sticky heat on Bangkok’s streets this time of year, and you'll understand why the arrival of the refreshing dish Khao Chae is eagerly anticipated.
From May 13 to 25, Bangkok’s Sanam Luang will be transformed into an open-air gallery unlike any the city has seen.
The recent lowering of Thailand’s credit outlook from stable to negative by Moody’s Ratings' has sparked widespread discussions within economic and political circles.
Doctors at Thai state hospitals will now start prescribing traditional remedies for common illnesses, replacing five modern drugs that are being removed from the National List of Essential Medicines prescribed for free.
The lawful heirs of 12 people who died when the State Audit Office (SAO) building collapsed were each paid one million baht in compensation today by Italian-Thai Development and China Railway No 10 (Thailand), the joint venture responsible for the construction of the building.
The injured elephant in Kui Buri National Park, which was treated by park veterinarians and officials a few days ago, was found dead on Thursday from a serious infection in a hind leg caused by bullet wounds, the park chief, Anuchart Artharn disclosed on Friday.
Billionaire industrialist Prayudh Mahagitsiri, known as “Thailand’s coffee king”, was convicted of corruption last week – a verdict that undermined the transparency he claimed his business is built on.
If the two doctors who were suspended by the Medical Council of Thailand over alleged ethical violations, related to the treatment of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, are from the Police General Hospital, they could face a disciplinary investigation.
The Council board’s decision has reinforced what he said in parliament, that Thaksin was not critically ill during his six-month stay at the Police General Hospital, People’s Party MP Rangsiman Rome said today.
Fifty-three senators from Bangkok and other provinces have been summonsed in connection with electoral collusion and must report to the Election Commission’s Office by May 19.
More than 41,000 people were infected with COVID-19 and 15 died in Thailand between January 1st and May 8th this year, which was fewer than the 777,730 infections and 222 fatalities over the same period last year, according to Dr. Panumas Yanawetsakul, director-general of the Diseases Control Department.
Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said today that he has 15 days to consider the Medical Council board’s decision to find three doctors at fault for helping former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be treated in the Police General Hospital for six months, after his return from self-imposed exile abroad in mid-August 2023, thus avoiding serving time in prison.
