Thai-US mission launched to find remains of missing HTMS Sukhothai crew
The Thai and US navies launched a joint operation today, to search for the remains of five crew missing from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai corvette, to salvage some weaponry and…
Agriculture Ministry backs down on Sor Por Kor land claims in Khao Yai park
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives has agreed to revoke all Sor Por Kor land certificates for all land reform plots in the Khao Yai area, to end the…
Purchases of e-trucks and e-buses in Thailand are now tax deductible
The Electric Vehicle Board has agreed to promote the use of commercial electric vehicles in Thailand, such as truck or buses, by making the purchase price tax deductible, according to…
House rejects self-selection of gender-based name honorifics
The opposition Move Forward party has vowed to continue to push for a bill seeking to allow members of the LGBTQ community to choose their own honorific name prefixes, after…
Man arrested in Pattaya following vicious attack on Chinese tourist
Pattaya police collect evidence at the crime scene. Pattaya police have arrested a 41-year-old Thai man for attempting to rob, rape, detain and set fire to a Chinese tourist in…
Cambodia promotes ex-leader Hun Sen’s youngest son as deputy PM
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia’s parliament on Wednesday approved ex-ruler Hun Sen’s youngest son as a deputy prime minister, the latest member of the family to be promoted since the…
Taylor Swift gets government grant to perform in Singapore.
The upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Singapore have received financial support from the Singapore government in the form of a grant, as reported by the Straits Times online. Tourism-related sectors,…
Two scouts killed and 13 others injured in a road accident in Sadao district
A boy and a girl scout were killed and 13 others and their teacher were injured when a pickup truck rammed into the roadside pavilion in which they were resting…
Australian writer will not appeal suspended China death sentence
File photo : Yang Jun//Reuters Chinese-Australian dissident Yang Jun will not appeal a suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, his family said Wednesday in a statement denouncing China’s…
Southern MPs complain about expensive air tickets to coastal provinces
Southern MPs of Bhumjaithai party have been airing their grievances over the high cost of domestic flights to the Andaman coastal provinces, such as Phuket, Krabi, Phang-nga, Satun and Trang,…
Hun Sen describes his reunion with Thaksin as “a meeting of brothers”
Photo : Hun Sen’s Facebook page Former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen has described his relationship with his former Thai counterpart, Thaksin Shinawatra, as that of brothers and an excellent…
Firefighters trying to control forest fires in three national parks in Chiang Mai
Park officials are trying hard to control forest fires raging in Don Inthanon, Mae Thjo and Ob Luang national parks in Chiang Mai province. Two teams of firefighters from the…