Boys Freed From Thai Cave Enter Monkhood to Honor Fallen Rescuer
MAE SAI, Thailand — Three weeks after they emerged from a flooded cave complex, guided to safety by expert divers while their families and supporters around the world awaited word…
Hydropower dam collapses in Laos, hundreds missing
Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam under construction in south-east Laos, state media reported today. Laos News Agency…
Cabinet Oks 6th Thai-Lao friendship bridge
The Cabinet today approved the construction of the sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridge linking Nadan district of Ubon Ratchathani with Pheng township in Salavan province. Construction of the one-kilometre bridge spanning…
12 Wild Boars attend pre-ordination ceremony
Eleven of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach will this afternoon have their heads shaven in a ceremony at a local temple in Mae Sai District of Chiang…
Duterte vows “chilling” and “relentless” war on drugs
President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to pursue a “relentless” and “chilling” war against illegal drugs as he laid out plans for the second half of his six-year term in his…
Boys rescued from Thai cave become Buddhist novices | News
Eleven members of the football team who were rescued from a cave in northern Thailand took their first steps to being ordained as Buddhist novices, a gesture to honour those…
Ubon mobile Cabinet meeting begins
Gen Prawit The Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, began meeting at Ubon Ratchathani University amid tight security this morning. Police have been deployed around the Thepparattana Siripapha building,…
Big clean-up needed to restore flood-ravaged village in Sangkhla
Mr Somchai Wutthipimonwitthaya, mayor of Laiwo tambon administration organization (TAO), said that, initially, he thought the situation in Ban Sanaepong would return to normal after flood water receded. But he…
3 major dams are now over 80 percent full
Three major dams on the southwestern part of the country are now more than 80 percent full although the end of the rainy season is about three months away. According…
Court spokesman explains why alleged knifeman was acquitted
The spokesman of the court of justice tried to clarify why the Criminal Court ordered the acquittal of the defendant in a murder case which allegedly led to an apparent…
PM advises detractors to stop reading newspapers for 5 days
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has an advice for people who dislike him. “Stop reading newspapers for five days,” he said, adding that they would start loving him after that.Addressing a…
Surakiart defends panel on Rohingya after Kobsak quits
Former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai who chairs an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis has rebutted criticism by the body’s former secretary Kobsak Chutikul,…