BKK school director praised for spirit as Uthai Thani teacher probed
Two teachers—one a school director in Bangkok and the other a teacher in Uthai Thani province—are the talk of the town this week, but for different reasons.
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Two teachers—one a school director in Bangkok and the other a teacher in Uthai Thani province—are the talk of the town this week, but for different reasons.
The second ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) will be held in Hanoi on February 25-26, featuring special guests, including presidents and high-level representatives from ASEAN member states. The forum has become an annual event where government officials, scholars, and private sector leaders discuss key issues related to ASEAN’s future.
The appointment of new National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) president Suchart Trakulkasemsuk has been overshadowed by a leaked video showing his meeting with the Parliament president.
Kyiv, Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday -- the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion -- that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thanin Kraivichien passed away on Sunday at the age of 97.
Despite their role of treating patients, medics are often subject to violent attacks by the very people they are trying to help. The latest victim of this disturbing trend was a nurse at Rayong Hospital.
Suspected insurgents detonated two improvised explosive devices (IED), one in Yala and another in Narathiwat, as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra begins his first visit to the restive Deep South today in 20 years.
An increasing number of Thai youths, some of them as young as 10, are using e-cigarettes, or vapes, which are readily available despite their importation, distribution, sale and possession being illegal in Thailand.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra admitted today that mistakes were made and asked for forgiveness from the Muslim population of Narathiwat over the Tak Bai massacre, which occurred during his administration about two decades ago.
The Vatican said on Saturday that Pope Francis' health had deteriorated over the past 24 hours and for the first time described his condition as "critical", reporting he had needed supplemental oxygen and blood transfusions.
Vatican City, Holy See - Pope Francis's condition "remains critical", the Vatican said Sunday on his 10th day in hospital as Catholics around the world prayed for the 88-year-old's recovery.
A further reduction in Thailand’s policy interest rate will help shore up low inflation and ease the burden for local borrowers, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The rice policy subcommittee has rejected farmers’ proposal for the government to guarantee paddy prices, or to revive the rice pledging scheme, in the wake of falling second-crop paddy prices.
The Senate has threatened to seek the impeachment of Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong over the decision, by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), to consider an allegation by a group of failed senatorial candidates and senatorial reservists, claiming that the Senate election last June involved voting collusion and manipulation.
The last 128 of the current cohort of Chinese citizens, transferred into Mae Sot district of Thailand’s Tak province from the Myawaddy border township, are being repatriated today on China Southern Airlines flights chartered by the Chinese government.
Thailand’s accumulated state revenues, collected through the Revenue Department, reached over 646.2 billion baht during the first four months of the 2025 fiscal year, up 3.8% year-on-year, or more than 23.4 billion baht.