Thai minister to brief India about border tensions
By TV Channel 7 and Thai Newsroom THAILAND’S Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow arrived in India last night (Nov. 29) for a two-day visit during which he will inform New Delhi about the situation at the Thai-Cambodian border and the reasons for suspending the Thai-Cambodian Peace Declaration. Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, […]
Read MoreParts of Trang still flooded despite rain having stopped falling
ALTHOUGH severe flooding has eased in seven of nine Trang districts, with only one district spared inundation, floodwaters are still roof-high at houses along Trang river despite the rain having stopped for four days now with villagers saying there was complacency that a diversion canal would work well as it has done over the […]
Read More‘Big Joke’ presses PM to release true southern floods death toll
WITH many people now doubting the accuracy of the government’s death toll in the severe flooding of the South and calling for the real total to be released, former deputy national police chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, too urged Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to do so and mentioned that the current […]
Read MorePrawit opts to vie for PM again in upcoming election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader Prawit Wongsuwan will definitely run for prime minister again in an upcoming election, no matter if he may have a couple of running mates vying alongside for head of a future government. The former deputy prime minister who was given an overwhelming support from today’s (Nov.29) general […]
Read MoreChinese man sneaking into Thailand injured in landmine blast
A CHINESE man who illegally crossed over from Cambodia to Thailand at Ban Nong Charn, Sa Kaeo province, got injured after stepping on a landmine early this morning (Nov. 29) with a team of Border Patrol Police and soldiers rescuing him, Amarin TV said. At 5.50 a.m. officers of 4th Border Patrol Police Task […]
Read MoreImmigration Bureau waives overstay fine for foreigners stranded in floods
FOREIGN tourists stranded in their accommodations at eight severely flooded southern provinces, particularly Songkhla, and unable to depart the country within the permitted timeframe do not have to pay a 500-baht a-day overstay fine, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Nov. 28). Pol. Maj. Gen. Cherngron Rimphidee, deputy police commissioner-general and spokesperson for the Immigration Bureau, […]
Read MoreThaksin’s son-in-law tipped to be named among trio of Pheu Thai candidates for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NATTAPONG KUNAKORNWONG, son-in-law of de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra, will likely contest an upcoming election as one of a trio of partisan candidates for prime minister, according to a partisan source. Nattapong, spouse of Thaksin’s daughter Pintongta Shinawatra, is largely speculated to contest alongside former transport minister Suriya […]
Read MorePM flies to Hat Yai for fourth time to oversee flood relief work
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul said before flying to Hat Yai city, Songkhla province, today (Nov. 28) for a fourth visit since severe flooding began last Friday that while the situation has improved District 8 remained inundated but refused to comment about concerns over Mafia in that district, Naewna newspaper said. Anutin was accompanied by […]
Read MoreSupercars, Tesla vehicles destroyed in warehouse blaze
A FIRE quickly spread through a warehouse in Nonthaburi storing supercars and Tesla vehicles this morning (Nov. 28) causing 200 million baht damage with a fire truck too engulfed in flames as firefighters fought the blaze, Amarin TV said. At 8.30 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Phon Phueanphrom, deputy superintendent for investigation at Chaiyaphruek police […]
Read MoreOver 100 bodies found in Hat Yai floods: Police
THAI police said in a Facebook post this evening (Nov. 27) that Forensic Science Centre 9 revealed that they have found over a hundred dead bodies in Hat Yai flooding with 20 of them still to be identified, Naewna newspaper said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Kitrat Phanphet mobilised a forensic science team, teams […]
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