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COVID-19 infections are expected to increase after Songkran, due to bodily contact between many people gathering together in tight spaces to splash water and the movement of massive numbers of people around the country, according to Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University, in his Facebook post today.
Thailand-based American scholar Paul Chambers faces expulsion from the country he has long called home, after falling foul of the strict royal defamation law.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has wished the Thai people a happy Songkran and a year of good fortune.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners", state media said, as he arrived in Vietnam on Monday on the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour.
Fifty-nine people were killed and 458 others were injured in 460 road accidents across Thailand during the first two days of this year’s Songkran festival, April 11–12, according to the Road Safety Command Centre.
Former director of the National Office of Buddhism, Nopparat Benjawattananon, who has evaded prosecution on corruption charges in Thailand for about eight years, has recently been arrested by US marshals in Texas.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today that he is not worried about the Senate’s objections to the controversial draft Entertainment Complex bill (“casino bill”) or the government’s decision to postpone its deliberation in parliament.
The Cabinet has resolved to cut the property ownership transfer fee from 2% to 0.01% for detached houses, semi-detached houses, terraced houses or townhouses, and condominium units priced at no more than seven million baht each.
The official death toll from the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building has risen to 36, with the latest body being recovered from the debris late Saturday night. 59 other people are still missing.
An earthquake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, occurred in Myanmar this morning and the tremors were felt in Thailand’s Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son provinces.
Four para-military rangers were injured when a motorcycle sidecar, rigged with an explosive device, exploded near their lodgings in Ra-ngae district of Narathiwat province this morning.
The ‘Maha Songkran World Water Festival 2025’ began today at Sanam Luang, opposite the Grand Palace in the heart of Bangkok.
The Thai government must investigate the sources of heavy metal and arsenic contamination in two rivers north; Sai and Kok, to ensure the safety of people in the area, said Pita Limjaroenrat, chief advisor to the Progressive Movement today.
Thailand and Singapore have unveiled a co-produced action-comedy film, to mark the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.
Thirty-two people are confirmed dead and 62 others are still listed as missing, as the search continues, following the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on March 28th, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
A group of US senators on Friday urged the government's markets watchdog to investigate whether President Donald Trump or his allies broke securities laws ahead of his dramatic reversal on global tariffs.
