Commander of HTMS Chonburi transferred pending investigation
The Navy has transferred the commander of HTMS Chonburi to the Royal Thai Fleet Command on a temporary basis, pending the outcome of the investigation into an accident in which…
Thai and Karen youth unite in battle against dams and dictators
More than 60 students from Thailand and Myanmar recently gathered at a riverside spot last week in Mae Hong Son’s Mae Sariang district, where the bullets only recently stopped flying,…
Analysis – American election and Russian nukes
File photo : Russian President Vladimir Putin//AFP The world we live in today is facing ominous man-made danger. Whoever is elected the new president of the US in November will…
Move Forward MP demands probe into death of a conscript
Photo by @tisanachoonhav2 Move Forward MP for Bangkok Tisana Choonhavan has called on the army to investigate the suspected suicide of a conscript, who used to be her assistant, to…
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve security law giving government more power to curb dissent
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political…
Thai women ranked the third among foreign wives married to Korean men
Last year Thai women ranked third among foreign wives married to Korean men after Vietnam and China, according to Statistics Korea, as reported by Korea Times on Tuesday. Last year,…
Cabinet approves Bt300m for small projects in north
The mobile cabinet approved, in principle, 13 small projects today, worth an estimated 300 million baht, proposed by northern provinces. It also ordered the Ministry of Transport to conduct a…
UTTC cuts Thailand’s growth forecast this year to 2.6%
Thailand’s economic growth forecast for 2024 is 2.6%. This is a reduction from 3.2%, as earlier projected, due to the fragile economic recovery, a slowdown in private investment, the weak…
Thailand to attend the third Summit for Democracy in Seoul
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will take part online in the third Summit for Democracy held in South Korea on Wednesday, according to an informed source. The summit’s theme is…
Deputy foreign minister downplays concerns over Japan’s visa-free policy
The Thai Foreign Ministry today downplayed reports suggesting that Japan may consider cancelling visa-free privileges for Thai tourists, due to an increase in the number of Thais overstaying their visas.…
Commercial surrogacy financier sentenced to 50 years in prison
The Chinese financier of a transnational commercial surrogacy service and his three Thai accomplices were sentenced to 50 years in prison each today by the Criminal Court, after they were…
One Piece Exhibition arrives in Bangkok for an unforgettable adventure
Calling all One Piece fans! The highly anticipated exhibition “The Great Era of Piracy Asia Tour” has finally docked in Bangkok, Thailand! Running until May 12, 2024, at CentralWorld Live,…