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Chulalongkorn University’s Halal Science Centre has introduced “Halal Route,” an application created to help Muslim travellers from around the world explore Thailand with ease by providing information about Halal tourism services.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says that he has a provisional appointment with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim this Thursday at an undisclosed location in Thailand, not on Malaysia’s Langkawi resort island as reported by some media.
The tri-partite Wage Committee agreed today to increase the country’s minimum wage by between 7 and 55 baht per day, with the highest minimum rate of pay being 400 baht per day, effective January 1st.
Hopes of justice for victims of the 2004 Tak Bai massacre and their families were shattered in 2024 after the 20-year statute of limitations expired on October 25 without punishment for any of those responsible.
Seven parliamentary seats in Chiang Mai province were won by the now defunct Move Forward party in the 2023 general election, but this does not mean that the candidates of its successor, the People’s party, will win in the local elections on February 1st, said Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of the party.
The Pheu Thai party clinched victory when its candidate, Karn Kalptinan, won the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) mayoral election yesterday.
The first 400 tourists entered Phu Kradueng National Park today, following a ten-day closure after a visitor was killed by an elephant in musth on a jungle trail.
Members of the public are being advised by police to be cautious about making hotel or resort bookings during the New Year festival via Facebook pages, as they risk losing their money to scammers.
A deputy traffic inspector, attached to a police station in Nonthaburi province, was ordered transferred to the operations centre, effective Monday, pending an investigation into an allegation that he took a bribe from a driver in exchange for not issuing a traffic ticket.
Though euthanasia is still illegal in Thailand, the conversation around end-of-life care is shifting. Terminally ill patients now have the choice of palliative care or a living will that asserts their right to refuse life-prolonging treatments.
The Royal Thai Police and relevant agencies will jointly launch the regular “don’t drink and drive” campaign during the New Year festival, from December 27th until January 2nd, with the emphasis on strict enforcement of traffic laws.
Panama's president Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday dismissed recent threats made by US President-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of "unfair" treatment of American ships.
The Thai Public Health Ministry has reiterated that it will continue to provide medical services to all migrant workers in Thailand, including illegal migrants, for humanitarian reasons, even though it means an additional financial burden on the state.
A Thai national was sentenced to death and two Germans were handed life sentences for the gruesome murder of a German real estate broker near the resort town of Pattaya, Thai media reported.
The Commerce Ministry has added a variety of Thai coconut, grown in the Sam Phran area of central Nakhon Pathom province and well-known for its fragrant juice, to the national list of geographical indication (GI) products.
