Public urged to not hoard fuel with diesel price fixed for 15 days
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by CNA THAI Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (March 4) urged the public to not stockpile fuel with the price of diesel fixed at 29.94 baht per litre for 15 days, effective immediately, while internationally oil prices rose 1 percent as the US-Israeli war on Iran […]
Read MoreAs Mideast conflict widens, US says attacks on Iran will last weeks and intensify
By AP and published by Yahoo!News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Israeli and US airstrikes pounded Iran in an escalating campaign that US President Donald Trump said Monday (March 2) would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies retaliated across the region, striking Israel and a variety of targets inside Gulf states, including […]
Read MoreThailand has enough oil reserve for short term: Panel
WITH the US-Israel air war against Iran having expanded today (March 2) engulfing Lebanon, Gulf states and a British air base in far-away Cyprus, Thailand’s Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) reassured that there are sufficient oil reserves for 60 days and contingency plans could be utilised to secure supplies from […]
Read MoreThailand remaining neutral in Middle East war: PM
CARETAKER Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (March 1) that Thailand is staying neutral in the US-Israel war on Iran with the conflict also affecting Phuket as 24 flights were either cancelled or delayed today, Amarin TV said. All relevant agencies, including Foreign Affairs, Defence, Labour, Interior, Public Health and Finance ministries, have made […]
Read MoreIran hit with more strikes after Khamenei’s death, Trump issues new warning
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Jerusalem – Israel said on Sunday (Mar. 1) it had launched another wave of attacks on Iran, as Iranians grappled with uncertainty after the killing of their veteran supreme leader in US and Israeli strikes a day earlier, while President Donald Trump warned Tehran of consequences for retaliation. […]
Read MoreTwo tourists lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
A BIG search for two men holidaying in Thailand and getting lost in a forest at Koh Phangan late last night (Feb. 3) successfully found and rescued them with neither having been injured, Amarin TV said today. The island’s District Chief Mr. Paisit Thongjerm was alerted about the two tourists, Mr. Boris Sand Responton, […]
Read MoreTwo tourists lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
A BIG search for two men holidaying in Thailand and getting lost in a forest at Koh Phangan late last night (Feb. 3) successfully found and rescued them with neither having been injured, Amarin TV said today. The island’s District Chief Mr. Paisit Thongjerm was alerted about the two tourists, Mr. Boris Sand Responton, […]
Read MoreRemains of Thai man killed during Hamas attack being repatriated
THE FOREIGN Ministry is preparing to repatriate the body of a Thai man who was killed during the multipronged attack on Israel by Hamas-led fighters on Oct. 7, 2023 and held at Gaza Strip since then while expediting the search for one remaining Thai person’s body, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 20). The […]
Read More‘War is over’, says Trump as Hamas releases 7 hostages
By AFP – published by CNA and AP – published by CBC Gaze City – Hamas started releasing all surviving hostages on Monday (Oct. 13) in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as US President Donald Trump headed to the region for a peace summit, having declared the war “over”. Trump’s lightning visit […]
Read MoreIsraelis being recruited to work illegally on Koh Phangnan?
A KOH PHAGNAN journalist shared a Facebook post today (Oct. 7) alleging that Israeli nominee companies are recruiting only their country folk or those who speak Hebrew to work for them and they could be coming here on tourist visas to illegally take up these jobs, Naewna newspaper said. Calling himself Suer Thuen (Illegal […]
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