99 Citizens Group urges Prayut to step down before eight-year term ends
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A 99 CITIZENS GROUP has today (July 31) kicked off a fresh move for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down before his eight-year term supposedly ends next month. Today’s anti-Prayut movement steered by the Campaign For Democracy Committee and endorsed by the so-called 99 Citizens group including academics, political […]
Read MoreAir Force repeats calls for procurement of F-35A fighters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR FORCE has repeatedly called for the planned purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters to get on par with others deployed by neighbouring countries. Air force spokesman AM Prapat Sonjaidee insisted again today (July 31) that a dozen F-35A Lightning II stealth […]
Read MoreOver 60m baht assets seized in raids on 4 drug networks
A LARGE-SCALE operation against four major drug networks along the northern border led to the seizure of big amounts of methamphetamine pills, Ketamine and raw opium as well as the impounding of over 60 million baht assets from one of them, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sarayuth Sanguanphokai, chief of Narcotics Suppression Bureau, […]
Read MoreMyanmar troops, Karens clash heavily for 7 hours near Thai border
HEAVY CLASHES between Myanmar junta troops and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) together with members of People’s Defence Force (PDF) civilian resistance group raged for seven hours till 5 p.m. today (July 30) just across the border from Tak province and fighting is still continuing, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Hundreds of […]
Read MoreBeware! Blocking an ambulance carries heavier penalty than you think
MOTORISTS should be careful to give way to an ambulance as not doing so and this leading to the patient dying could lead to a murder charge under Section 79 of the Land Traffic Act, TV Channel 7 said today (July 30). The warning was issued after a young woman driving on the far […]
Read MoreDeputy police chief: Murdered man a foreigner, woman Thai
DEPUTY NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchart Teerasawat flew to Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) this morning (July 30) to personally check the investigation of the murder of a couple found buried in a community forest and after a meeting confirmed the man was a foreigner and the woman a Thai, Naewna newspaper said. A villager picking […]
Read MoreMPs reminded of being representatives of people, not powers that be
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PROMINENT ACADEMIC has reminded all MPs of the basic principle that they all have been elected as representatives of the people and not the powers that be who might possibly have the highly questionable electoral system retwisted. Pichai Rattanadilok na Phuket, director of National Institute of Development Administration’s Political […]
Read MoreMalaysia detains Thais who tested positive for marijuana
AMID heavy cross-border travel to Malaysia during the current holiday three Thais who had travelled from Satun province to the neighbouring country and tested positive for marijuana at their checkpoint were immediately detained at a police station for three days and fined 50,000 baht, Amarin TV said this evening (July 29). The three Thais, […]
Read More13 others being watched after second monkeypox case emerges in Bangkok
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry is speeding up the search for people who might have got infected with monkeypox after 13 persons linked to the country’s second case, a Thai man who got infected in Bangkok, are now under observation for symptoms and quarantined for 21 days, Matichon newspaper TV Channel 7 said today (July […]
Read MoreChina’s Long March booster rocket is falling to Earth, Thailand too affected
By Matichon, The Verge, AP/Reuters via ABC News THAILAND’S Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTA) said today (July 29) that remnants of the Long March 5B rocket will be falling to earth on Sunday July 31 with Thailand too affected because it passes the country everyday, Matichon newspaper said. The massive booster is […]
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