Thammanat denies planning to name Suchart for House speaker
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP THAMMANAT Prompao today (June 28) categorically denied he had planned to name Pheu Thai MP Suchart Tancharoen as a contestant against Move Forward MP Padipat Santipada for House speaker. The re-elected MP of Payao confirmed he has observed the political etiquette to not tamper with the post-election […]
Read MoreAuction company gears up for jump in seized vehicles amid spike in defaults
AMID a spike in non-performing loans (NPLs) and risky debts with this likely leading to an increase in seized vehicles Union Auction Plc (AUCT) has now joined hands with garages to increase their lots to cope with the upcoming influx, Matichon newspaper said this evening (June 28). Mr. Waranyu Sila, AUCT’s CEO, said despite […]
Read MorePheu Thai in aboutface over House Speaker seat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI RANK AND FILE have made an aboutface to insist the House Speaker seat be given to their party though an earlier agreement had been reached to leave it to the Move Forward. Pheu Thai leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (June 28) confirmed that the party’s executive board members […]
Read MoreMyanmar soldiers pull back after heavy Karenni attacks
MYANMAR’S 135th Infantry Battalion troops battling Karenni fighters near Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province have retreated from their base near border to a stronghold about five kilometres further inland but junta forces had launched three airstrikes on a Karenni position yesterday (June 27), Naewna newspaper said today. A senior leader of the Karenni Army […]
Read MoreWagner mutiny exposes risks for China’s deep Russian ties
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – As news broke on Saturday that mercenary Wagner troops were careering towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion, several businessmen from southern China began frantically calling factories to halt shipments of goods destined for Russia. While the mutiny – the biggest test of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]
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