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The government has decided to declare war on narcotic drugs across the country with an expectation of positive result in three months. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Thursday called a high-level meeting of relevant agencies, including the military, the Internal Security Operations Command, Justice Ministry, Interior Ministry, Foreign Ministry and the police for discussion
Warong Dechgitvigrom, a candidate in the Democrat Party’s leadership race, said if he becomes the party leader, he will replace the party’s liberal democracy ideology with a new concept of “welfare democratic society”. Speaking at his vision presentation as a candidate for the election of the party’s leader, he said he doesn’t support the liberal
It was a reunion of “old friends” in almost 30 years when Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad made a courtesy call on Privy Council President Gen Prem Tinsulanonda at the latter’s Sisao residence this morning. Though it was a brief meeting but it provided a rare occasion for the two to recall their relationship that
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The two bombs sent to former Vice President Joe Biden and a third to actor Robert De Niro on Thursday were similar to the devices intended for several other high-profile Democrats and critics of US President Donald Trump, authorities said. None of the 10 devices exploded but authorities stepped up a
Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon said today the upcoming general election scheduled for Feb 24 next year cannot not be postponed, but the national pre-university tests for students will have to be rescheduled to allow young voters to go to the polls. He was responding to growing concerns that more than 6 million students
Prime Minister’s Deputy Secretary-General Puttipong Punnakan has been appointed the new government spokesman, replacing Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Wednesday that the appointment of the new government spokesman was meant for a “change of atmosphere and for a “change of image for the better”. He added that he had already talked with
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia arrived in Bangkok this afternoon for a two-visit during which he will discuss with Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on ways to reactivate the stalled peace talks in southern Thailand. Mahathir, who is accompanied by his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, and
The Election Commission (EC) is investigating what is seen by many as attempts by ousted prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra to exert influence over Pheu Thai Party, EC secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma said today. He was responding to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon’s remarks on Monday that the media should ask the EC whether it should
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will have to be a fugitive for his entire life because the statute of limitations of all the legal cases pending against him in court is infinite, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Monday. Thaksin was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of
As former coup leader Gen Sunthorn Kongsompong’s son, new Army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong can never say what many people think regarding toppling a government by military force. The real issue, therefore, is what he will actually do in the future, not what he ambiguously said the other day. But even if what he said
Prime Minister Hun Sen has renewed his vow not to negotiate with former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and reiterated that he would only hold direct talks with the international community over political issues in Cambodia, according to the Phnom Penh Post Online on Monday. During his meeting with Cambodian students studying in Istanbul, Turkey, on
Ms Kanchana Silpa-archa, a former deputy education minister and the only daughter of the late former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa, is expected to be voted the new leader of Chart Thai Pattana Party at its general assembly this week , informed sources in the party said Sunday. The sources said Kanchana’s younger brother, Varawut, has
