‘Amazing Thailand’ on West Ham shirts next season
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WEST HAM UNITED are striving to avoid relegation from the Premier League, the top tier of the English football echelon, or else their revenue will drastically plummet with or without a Thai sponsor to feature in front of the Hammers’ shirts next season. West Ham have reached an initial sponsorship […]
Read MoreSecurity stepped up at Surin border after provocation by Khmer troops
THE Thai army tightened security at Chong Chom border crossing in Surin province after provocation by Cambodian soldiers with armoured personnel carriers deployed to control the area, Naewna and Amarin TV said this evening (April 2). ACM Praphas Sonjaidee, the Thai air force’s assistant commander-in-chief and director of the Joint Information Centre for the […]
Read MoreDiesel price hiked yet again, bus fares too rise
FOR the second day in a row the Oil Fuel Fund committee resolved to reduce the subsidy for diesel this time by 3.51 baht/litre to 14.27 baht/litre, resulting in an increase in the retail price at petrol pumps by 3.50 baht/litre to 47.74 baht/litre tomorrow, PPTVHD36 said this evening (April 2). In an announcement […]
Read MoreLabour groups protest high fuel prices at Govt House
REPRESENTATIVES of two large labour union groups and various civil society networks marched to Government House today (April 2) to demand lower fuel prices and action on costly consumer goods plus to stop supporting capitalists, TV Channel 7 said. Led by Mr. Sawit Kaewwan, president of Thai Labour Solidarity Confederation (TLSC), along with the […]
Read MoreNASA launches first crewed lunar mission in half a century
By Reuters and published by CNA CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (Apr 1) on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States’ boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China’s first crewed landing. […]
Read MoreFuel prices rising again tomorrow
ALL oil prices except for Premium Gasohol 95 are rising at 5 a.m. tomorrow (April 2) after the Oil Fuel Fund reduced the subsidy rate, Naewna newspaper said late tonight. This price increase is divided into two main groups as follows: 1/ Benzene and gasohol group: Increased by 1.20 baht/litre This covers Benzene 95, […]
Read MoreSupajee shrugs off ridicule over US streetside campus
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Commerce Minister Supajee Suthumpun today (April 1) shrugged off what she called a “nonsensical” ridicule over her having graduated a master’s degree from a little-known, private university in the United States, saying many other famous Thais did so as well. Supajee told reporters that she graduated with a […]
Read MoreBusiness group slashes Thai GDP forecast over soaring energy prices
THE Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) today (April 1) cut its 2026 GDP forecast for Thailand to 1.2-1.6 percent, down from previous projection of 1.6-2.0 percent, citing soaring global energy prices brought on by the Middle East war, PPTVHD26 said. Mr. Kriengkrai Thianukul, chairman of this key committee, said the […]
Read MorePolice probing murder of senior Narathiwat official, girlfriend
POLICE in far southern Narathiwat province are investigating the ambush and slaying of Chanae district deputy chief and his girlfriend at around 1 a.m. this morning (April 1) focusing on whether this arose from national security or a personal issue, Amarin TV said. AT 9.30 a.m. this morning a team from Narathiwat’s Explosive Ordnance […]
Read MoreHow to choose the right A-Level online course in Thailand
By Anucha Kasun CHOOSING A-Level subjects is stressful enough. Choosing how and where to study them? That’s a whole other conversation, and one that more Thai families are having as online learning becomes a serious alternative to traditional schools. The question isn’t really whether an A-level online course can deliver results. It clearly can. […]
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