Tourism tops agenda of Prime Minister’s Feb. 27-29 visit to the South
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin has embarked on a three-day visit to the three Muslim-majority provinces of South Thailand, specifically to promote tourism. The trip will include a range of social, cultural and economic activities designed to highlight the growth potential of Narathiwat and Yala, which share a direct land border with Malaysia, and Pattani, […]
Read MorePM buys oil painting at Pattani market for 30,000 baht
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Feb. 27) purchased an oil painting entitled “Peace” for 30,000 baht in cash from an artist in Pattani. At a community market in the capital district of the southern province, the prime minister viewed and obviously admired the oil painting on display and bought it […]
Read MoreNo talk between Thaksin and Hun Sen about maritime boundaries dispute: MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO TALK HAS BEEN recently held between de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra and former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen about unsolved dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over overlapping maritime boundaries and undersea natural resources off both countries’ shores, said Pheu Thai MP Noppadon Pattama today (Feb. […]
Read MoreEnormous damage in Chiang Mai national park fire: Anutin
INTERIOR Minister Anutin Charnivarikul said today (Feb. 27) that he is closely following the forest fire at Ob Luang National Park in Chiang Mai’s Hot district with this causing enormous damage both in the forested areas and triggering dust and smoke problems that has spread to many provinces, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. […]
Read MoreSuspect in murder of Taiwanese man arrested in Cambodia
CAMBODIAN police have arrested a Thai woman who together with four Taiwanese men are wanted in the murder of another Taiwanese man whose body was found at an abandoned restaurant on Suvarnabhumi Airport road 4 on Sunday (Feb. 25) with all five having fled to the neighbouring country within hours of his death, Naewna […]
Read MoreUS cautions after Hawaii neighbour Kiribati gets Chinese police
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington/Sydney – The United States on Monday (Feb. 26) cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a neighbour of Hawaii. Kiribati’s acting police commissioner Eeri Aritiera […]
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