More academics join drive to protect central bank independence
THE NUMBER of academics and members of Economics for Society group, among them four former Bank of Thailand governors, who oppose political parties dominating the central bank has grown to 830 with the meeting to select the chairman and two qualified members of the central bank board taking place on Monday Nov. 11 after […]
Read MoreDirector clarifies after social media storm over a cat
AFTER Thai netizens were outraged at the TV series “Mae Yua” (English title “The Empress of Ayodhaya”) anaesthetising a black cat with the pet seen having convulsions, stiffening and vomiting the director, Mr. Sant Srikaewlao, posted a clarification on his Facebook page and shared a video clip to show that the small animal is […]
Read MoreUltra-conservative party drumming up support to scrap Thai-Khmer MoU
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE are being encouraged to undersign a petition calling on the Pheu Thai-led government to unilaterally scrap a 2001 Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand and Cambodia on a profit-sharing undersea resources development scheme. Thai Pakdee chair Warong Dechgitvigrom said today (Nov. 9) he is currently soliciting […]
Read MoreUS charges man over alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
By AFP and publiished by CNA Washington – US prosecutors announced charges on Friday (Nov. 8) in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist. The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian […]
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