Headless dugong found in a Phuket canal
A headless dugong was found floating in a canal near a pier in Thalang district of Phuket on Thursday. It is the third dead dugong to be found along the Andaman coast this month.
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A headless dugong was found floating in a canal near a pier in Thalang district of Phuket on Thursday. It is the third dead dugong to be found along the Andaman coast this month.
Thai people in their 50s may be the next in line, after the disabled and state welfare card holders, to receive the 10,000 baht cash benefit in the second phase of the “digital wallet” scheme.
Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has dismissed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s claim that the now defunct Move Forward party’s exclusion from the coalition government led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin stems from the party’s refusal to tone down its demand for amendment of the lèse majesté law.
Five border patrol police officers were injured in an IED explosion on a bridge in Yaring district of the southern province of Pattani on Thursday afternoon.
An animal welfare organisation and the Livestock Department in Chiang Rai province are seeking police action against an Akha man who allegedly posed mas someone wanting to adopt dogs, with those he adopted ending up in an illegal slaughterhouse.
Washington, United States - US President-elect Donald Trump is handing top roles for his future White House to a mix of political allies, firebrands and a few relatively conventional figures.
The Loy Krathong festival will be celebrated across the country tonight, with people from all walks of life flocking to watercourses to float their “krathong”.
The Finance Ministry will consider giving a 10,000 baht cash benefit to Thai people who are over 60 but do not hold state welfare cards, as suggested by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during his election campaigning in Udon Thani province yesterday.
Eating fruits is a double-edged sword. People who enjoy a diet high in fruits containing vitamins, minerals and fiber are likely to have a reduced risk of chronic diseases.
In a rare sighting, a mother and baby dugong were seen swimming together in Phuket's Pa Khlok Bay, further encouraging the Department of National Parks and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources in their efforts to protect these marine mammals and restore their seagrass habitats.
Chiang Mai, one of the most popular destinations for the Loy Krathong and Yi Peng festivals this weekend, has reintroduced no-fly zones for floating lanterns in six districts, to prevent possible disruption to aviation.
Thailand’s Board of Investment (BoI) has granted promotional privileges to two major projects, together worth more than 60 billion baht, to build data centres in the eastern province of Chon Buri.
The hopes of embattled Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn to return to the police service were dashed today by the general assembly of Supreme Administrative Court judges, who rejected his petition challenging the legitimacy of his dismissal from the service.
Thailand’s economy is still growing too slowly, with sluggish new investment, despite a large amount of idle capital—“like a rich man who has no future because he does not know the economic direction and chooses to rely on his accumulated wealth, which will one day run out,” said Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra took to the stage to address a large crowd at Sri Nakharam Temple in the Kumphwapi district of Udon Thani yesterday, as he campaigned in support of Sarawut Phetphanomporn, a candidate in the Udon Thani Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) mayoral election.