SET suspends trading after earthquake hits Bangkok
The Stock Exchange of Thailand suspended trading at 2.17pm after Bangkok was hit by a strong earthquake.
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand suspended trading at 2.17pm after Bangkok was hit by a strong earthquake.
BANGKOK (AP) — A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway.
The Myanmar government has agreed to pardon and free four Thai crew members of a fishing boat, captured by Myanmar officials on September 30th last year while fishing in Myanmar’s waters, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in her Facebook post today.
The prime minister has declared Bangkok an emergency zone after a 7.4-magnitude quake rocked Bangkok this afternoon.
The Cabinet approved a controversial draft bill today, to establish integrated entertainment complexes that will include casinos, a move aimed at boosting tourism, stimulating the economy and addressing illicit gambling.
Police are looking for a man of Chinese appearance who intentionally placed bags at the Brahma Shrine in front of the BTS Building on Phahonyothin Road, Bangkok, Thursday night and immediately left the scene.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Senator Somchai Lenglak has lost his parliamentary status, because he was not qualified to contest senatorial election after the Supreme Court withdrew his voting rights for ten years for involvement in vote buying during the general election in 2023.
The Cabinet approved the Culture Ministry’s proposal, to register the Loy Krathong festival as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
The Thai government is considering shortening the pre-travel visa-free stay in Thailand for Chinese tourists, from a maximum of 90 to 30 days, Tourism and Sports Minister Sorawong Thienthong said today.
The chief of Mu Ko Similan National Park, in the Andaman Sea, was transferred, to a provincial office of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, pending an investigation into alleged corruption concerning the sale of park entrance tickets.
US President Donald Trump announced steep tariffs on auto imports and parts Wednesday, in a move set to fuel tensions with trading partners ahead of further promised levies next week.
Former prime minister and Democrat party-list MP Chuan Leekpai has refuted the prime minister’s statement, made during the no-confidence debate, that her father, Thaksin Shinawatra, went into exile because he was persecuted.
At the end of the harvest season in the 4th lunar month, it’s time for Boon Pha Wet, one of the biggest merit-making traditions of people in the Northeast of Thailand.
Over 100 ethnic Karen civilians, who had sought temporary refuge on Thai soil in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province to escape fighting in Myanmar, returned to their homes, as the fighting has died down.
Bangkok police are looking for a Singaporean man for questioning over the suspicious death of his Thai girlfriend in a Sukhumvit area condominium room.
Police agreed today to release eight suspects on bail, including an army colonel and a doctor, who were arrested on embezzlement charges for their alleged involvement in the misappropriation of taxpayer-funded prescription drugs, from the Veterans’ General Hospital, for resale.