Hong Kong task force deployed to Thailand following Xingxing rescue
Hong Kong has dispatched a task force to Thailand to follow up on reports of its residents being trafficked into forced labour in Southeast Asian nations, including Thailand.
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Hong Kong has dispatched a task force to Thailand to follow up on reports of its residents being trafficked into forced labour in Southeast Asian nations, including Thailand.
Firefighters are trying to control wildfires in Khao Kho National Park in Phetchabun province today. So far, about 1.6 hectares of forest have been destroyed and the fires are still raging.
Thailand pledges to protect the rights of children, women, and vulnerable groups as part of its seven priorities as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2025-2027.
A new cable-stayed bridge spanning the Chao Phraya River is now open for pedestrians to tour and to view Bangkok’s high rises and skyline until next Sunday.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is to ask businesses to allow their employees to work from home, where practicable, if air quality deteriorates to the critical “red” level in at least five of the capital’s 50 districts or to the “orange” level in 15 districts. The BMA has revised and re-issued its work from home (WFH) guidelines.
A large shipment of Thai durian was refused entry to China after arrival at Nanning airport in Guangxi province on Saturday. Chinese customs officials discovered that the shipment did not have a certificate from Thailand’s Department of Agriculture, confirming that it is free of the prohibited BY2 chemical.
The outlook for the Thai economy in 2025 points to a potential for growth while also being bogged down by the underlying challenges.
The alleged assassin of former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya has claimed that he was offered 60,000 baht by an unnamed individual for the hit, according to Pol Maj-Gen Atthaporn Wongsiripreeda, commander of Metropolitan Police First Division.
The government is planning to arrange for Thai students to attend summer camps, for about six weeks, to broaden their horizons and knowledge, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on National Children’s Day today.
314 children and teenagers were reported missing from home during last year, which is the highest number in six years and 6% more than in 2023, according to the Missing People Information Centre of the Mirror Foundation.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has not done anything regarding his recent campaign speeches which would warrant election officials issuing a formal warning, Itthiporn Boonpracong, chairman of the Election Commission, said today.
Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga is under increasing pressure from political opponents, with rumours circulating that he is about to be fired from his post and see his party expelled from the coalition government. The leader of the United Thai Nation Party hinted recently that the political attacks against him were linked to his ongoing efforts to end monopolies in the country’s energy sector.
A former Thai marine, wanted by Thai police for the alleged assassination of former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya in Bangkok last Thursday night, was flown back to Thailand today from Cambodia.
The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash in 2018, has brought a legal action against Italian helicopter manufacturer Leonardo SpA LDOF.MI in a London court valued at 2.15 billion pounds ($2.65 billion).
Two more Chinese nationals, 27-year-old Wu Changoing and 36-year-old Zhu Chao, were rescued by Thai border troops in Phop Phra district of Tak province last night, after they were dropped off at a location near the border, with a promise that they would be picked up by another driver to take them into Myanmar.
Former provincial councillor of Suphan Buri, Phusit Roongrojchaiporn, his wife and two children died in a fire at their home in the Mueang district this morning.