2024: The year of gold frenzy in Thailand
Gold prices witnessed a sharp spike in 2024, captivating both local and global markets. Spot gold this year, according to news agency Reuters, surged 28 per cent to $2,615.99 per ounce as of December 27.
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Gold prices witnessed a sharp spike in 2024, captivating both local and global markets. Spot gold this year, according to news agency Reuters, surged 28 per cent to $2,615.99 per ounce as of December 27.
The much-debated digital wallet scheme promised by the Pheu Thai Party finally got off the ground in 2024, although in an abridged form.
Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said Sunday.
People living on both sides of the Tha Dee Canal in Mueang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat are being advised by the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation to move their valuables to higher ground and to evacuate any vulnerable relatives to safer places, due to the threat of flooding posed by the steadily rising water level in the canal.
Flags flew at half-mast on Monday as South Korea mourned 179 people killed in the worst plane crash on its soil, as investigators probe why the Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames.
The Thai Embassy in Seoul has lowered its flag to half-mast for seven days as a mark of respect to the victims and their families of Sunday’s tragic plane crash that killed 179 people, including two Thai nationals.
Thirty-eight people died and 257 others were injured in 269 road accidents on the second day of the New Year holidays, bringing total deaths and injuries over two days to 93 and 575 respectively in 592 road accidents, according to the Directorate to Prevent and Reduce Road Accidents.
After their motor boat capsized about 40 metres off Rin Beach on Pha-ngan Island in Surat Thani early this morning, nine passengers and three crew were rescued, but a South Korean remains missing.
A total of 1,685 motorcycle and car drivers appeared in courts on Friday and Saturday and were placed on probation for driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving or drinking while driving.
A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, killing everyone aboard except for two flight attendants plucked from the wreckage.
Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga says that he has completed the drafting of a new bill to regulate trade in oil and gas, which is aimed at ensuring fairness to all stakeholders, especially fair prices for consumers, enhancing Thailand’s energy security and liberalising oil imports.
The Thai Embassy in Seoul has reported that there are two Thai nationals among the 181 passengers aboard a Jeju airplane that crashed while landing at Muan Airport in South Korea this morning.
A Thai pilot, and former president of the Thai Pilots Association, said today that there is little to no chance that the pilot of a plane would land without knowing that the landing gear had failed.
Airports of Thailand CEO Kirati Kitmanawat said today that there have been no reports of there being anything wrong with the ill-fated Jeju aircraft, the runway or of a bird hitting the plane during its stopover at Suvarnabhumi international airport.
The appointment of Thaksin Shinawatra as a personal advisor to Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship has surprised many, including former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Fifty-two people were killed and 318 others injured in 322 road accidents on the first of the notorious 10 dangerous days of holiday travel, lasting until January 5th, according to Education Minister Pol Gen Permpoon Chidchob, in his capacity as head of the ‘Directorate to Prevent and Reduce Road Accidents during New Year Festival’.