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The Education Ministry has cancelled a parade on Monday, planned at the Suphachalasai National Stadium to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of Thai Red Cross Youth, due to the high levels of airborne pollution in the capital.
This week’s protest against the so-called “daddy-daughter” running of Thailand was small, but the names of those who led it shall not go unnoticed. It’s not every day that Warong Dechkitvikrom and Jatuporn Prompan were in the same demonstration fighting for the same cause.
About 144,000 people have suffered from asthma attacks, skin diseases, eye infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the first three weeks of January, when the level of PM2.5 dust in the atmosphere exceeded the safe level, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
An adultery law, under which a married person can sue for divorce from their spouse and demand compensation from them if they are found to have had sexual intercourse with a third party, came into force on January 22.
The public will be able to use all train and public bus services in Bangkok for free from tomorrow until January 31 as a short-term measure to reduce traffic and reduce airborne pollution in the capital.
Office of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has launched an investigation into an advertisement on the ‘Dark Web’ offering 22 million sets of personal data, claimed to have been harvested from OPPO smartphones, for sale at US$20,000 (~680,000 baht).
The Thai health insurance industry has undergone significant changes in recent years, driven by various factors including economic challenges, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and evolving policyholder behavior.
An elderly grandmother’s legal battle against her eldest son and three grandchildren has shone a spotlight on the bitter disputes that can emerge within Thailand’s family-run businesses.
Pol Lt Sunaree Kiewsalap, a nurse at the Police General Hospital, was visiting Tokyo as a tourist last November. While at the Asakusa train station, on the Ginza Line, an elderly man collapsed unconscious.
People living in Bangkok are advised to suspend all out-door activities today, as the amount of PM2.5 dust has reached the Red (unhealthy) level in all but two districts, averaging 88.4 microns (µg/m³). The safe level 37.5µg/m³.
Thailand’s exports during 2024 were estimated at 10.5 trillion baht (US$ 300.5 billion), representing a year-on-year increase of 5.4%, against the projection of between 1-2%, according to the Office of Trade Policy and Strategy at the Commerce Ministry.
Five para-military rangers were injured, four of them seriously, when a bomb exploded in the pavilion of a monastery in Ra-ngae district of Narathiwat province on Thursday morning.
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand legally married today, following the official enactment of the equal marriage law on January 22nd.
Bangkok remains choked by excessive PM2.5 airborne pollution today, as the number of districts declared pollution red zones have increased to 14 from yesterday’s 5. The average level of PM2.5 has also increased to 71µg/m³, according to the Air Quality Information Centre of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Thai immigration police have not received any orders to repatriate 48 Uyghurs, who have been detained in Thailand’s detention centers for a decade, back to China, said spokesman Pol Colonel Katatorn Kamthiang.
The Olympic Committee of Thailand (OCT) stands on the brink of a new era as it prepares to elect its next president.
