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Taipei, Taiwan -- A suspected gas explosion in a Taiwan department store killed at least four people and injured 26, authorities said on Thursday, with the force of the blast spraying large pieces of debris over the street below.
The Interior Ministry has issued a one-year ban on the issuance of firearm carry permits, effective from tomorrow, in an effort to reduce gun-related violence.
Bangkok is suffering very high levels of air-borne pollutants today, with five districts being at the Red (unhealthy) level the remaining 45 districts at the Orange (unhealthy for the vulnerable) level. The average amount of PM2.5 dust in the air is 63.5µg/m³, against the safe level of 37.5µg/m³, according to the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
US President Donald Trump committed Wednesday to announcing "reciprocal tariffs" on other countries, saying he could sign an order for them within a day, a move that could open new fronts in a trade war.
The Bhumjaithai party has decided not to take part in the attempt by the Pheu Thai and People’s parties to amend Section 256 of the Constitution and to insert a new chapter 15/1, to pave the way for a charter drafting assembly to write a new constitution.
Deputy Prime Minister for Security Affairs Phumtham Wechayachai has agreed to consider the proposal, from Sa Kaeo’s provincial governor, for a budget of 385 million baht to build a 55km-long fence along the most porous section of the Thai-Cambodian border.
Two police major generals have been abruptly transferred to inactive posts at Operations Centre of the Royal Thai Police (RTP) for their alleged connections with casinos and “grey” businesses in Myanmar, according to an order signed by the police commissioner-general, Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet.
A Buddhist monk and a Thai national were killed in a massive blaze that engulfed a Thai Buddhist temple in the Bronx, New York, on Wednesday morning (local time).
Chinese business tycoon Chaiyanat Kornchayanant is due to appear before public prosecutors on Thursday, after he was released from prison following his acquittal of money laundering and narcotics trafficking by the Bangkok South Criminal Court yesterday.
Thailand is setting its sights on becoming a global gaming hub, with plans to build a casino industry that generates billions in revenue, draws some of the biggest names in the business and benefits a thriving tourism sector.
China’s President Xi Jinping inquired about and shared his views on the pros and cons of having casinos in the country during his recent meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Beijing, as Thailand considers an entertainment complex that includes casinos.
Chinese businessman Chaiyanat Kornchayanant, his Thai wife and 17 co-defendants, including five legal entities, were acquitted of money laundering and illegal narcotic charges yesterday, due to insufficient evidence, by the Bangkok South Criminal Court in one of the country’s most high-profile transnational organised crime trials.
A group of 53 call centre workers from eight countries are to be passed from Burmese to Thai authorities this afternoon at the border.
In 1991, Dominic Paul Grief, (previously known as Duang Thannarin), was adopted by a British family at just six months old. Taken from a Thai orphanage to the UK, he spent his childhood on the outskirts of London. Now, at 33, he is preparing to return to his motherland permanently.
All 50 districts of Bangkok are suffering PM2.5 airborne pollution at levels above the safe level today. According to the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the average is 49.7µg/m³, categorised as “Orange” (unhealthy for sensitive groups).
Thailand may end its 53-year-old ban on the sale of alcohol in the afternoon, as well as on Buddhist religious days, as the prime minister ordered a study today into the regulations in a bid to boost the tourism industry.
