ONE of four controversial paintings depicting Lord Buddha as Japanese superhero Ultraman is being auctioned online to raise funds for democracy protesters, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Nov. 14, 2020). The auction of the 121×150 cm painting is being handled by popular actress and singer Inthira Charoenpura, or Sai, via her Facebook page with this ending
Month: November 2020
Trump Bans US Investment in Chinese Military-Linked Firms
By Associated Press, published by US News Beijing — US President Donald Trump has stepped up a conflict with China over security and technology by barring Americans from investing in companies that US officials say are owned or controlled by the Chinese military. The Chinese government accused Washington of misusing national security as an excuse
Read moreRap Against Dictatorship releases new political song
THE rapper group Rap Against Dictatorship which is famous for the viral sensation “Prathet Ku Mee (Which is My Country) anti-junta song released two years ago today (Nov. 13) released a new music video entitled “Patiroop” (Reform) reflecting on the current heated Thai politics, Sanook.com reported this evening. The background of this new music video
Read morePolice: Avoid Democracy Monument Area As 3 Protest Groups Are Flocking In
METROPOLITAN Police Bureau announced roads and bridges to avoid around Democracy Monument from noon tomorrow as three groups of demonstrators are simultaneously holding rallies there, Siam Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Nov. 13, 2020). At a press briefing presided over by two Deputy Metropolitan Police Chiefs, Pol. Maj. Gen Piya Tawichai and Pol. Maj Gen
Read morePublic: Avoid Democracy Monument area as 3 protest groups are flocking in
METROPOLITAN Police Bureau announced roads and bridges to avoid around Democracy Monument from noon tomorrow as three groups of demonstrators are simultaneously holding rallies there, Siam Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Nov. 13, 2020). At a press briefing presided over by two Deputy Metropolitan Police Chiefs, Pol. Maj. Gen Piya Tawichai and Pol. Maj Gen
Read moreFire guts 17 bungalows on Koh Phi Phi
A HILLSIDE resort on a Koh Phi Phi island off southern Krabi province was hit by fire that destroyed 17 of its 20 bungalows at around noon yesterday, Thai Rath newspaper reported this morning (Nov. 13, 2020). That there were no injures is because the resort, Phi Phi Hill Bamboo, is closed as there are
Read moreLabour union threatens to sue police if buses are used to block rallies again
THE Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) labour union said today (Nov. 12) it opposes police using the state firm’s buses to block roads and stop protesters as happened when People’s Party demonstrators faced a bus barricade as they marched towards Government House last month, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Mr. Boonma Pongma, head of this
Read more11.5 tonnes of ketamine seized in biggest haul ever
JUSTICE Minister Somsak Thepsutin announced the seizure of 11.5 tonnes of ketamine worth over 30 billion baht at a warehouse in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao province with this being the largest ever haul of this drug in Thailand, Amarin TV reported. Acting on information from other countries the Office of the Narcotics Control Board
Read moreYellow-shirt protesters targeted wrong car – Thanathorn was not in it
THE vehicle that hundreds of yellow-shirt demonstrators surrounded and bashed up as it left a Nakhon Si Thammarat hotel yesterday was not carrying Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit but a group of five women with the owner getting ready to sue for damage, Sanook.com reported this morning (Nov. 12). Thanathorn ran into this large group
Read moreYouTube back up after worldwide outage
By Reuters staff, published by Hindustan Times, and Daily Express YOUTUBE, owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google , said late on Wednesday it had fixed a glitch that led to a worldwide outage of the video-streaming service. DownDetector.com, a website which monitors outages, showed nearly 286,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the service. The issue
Read moreSingapore, Hong Kong kicking off air travel bubble soon
By Channel NewsAsia Singapore: The air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong will start on November 22, with one flight a day into each city with 200 passengers each way. This will increase to two flights a day into each city from December 7, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said today (Nov.
Read moreRoyalists hound Thanathorn during trip to southern city
YELLOW-SHIRT demonstrators held a protest against Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit outside a hotel in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat city where he was attending a meeting with party members on preparing for the upcoming Provincial Administration Organization (PAO) election, Sanook.com reported this evening (Nov. 11, 2020). The demonstrators, waving Thai and Royal flags, wanted to
Read moreTHAI fights on! Selling lots of products from toothpicks to planes online
THAI Airways International Plc (THAI) opted for an auspicious moment, 11.11, to launch TG Warehouse Sale in an effort to reduce its stocks with plenty of products from toothpicks to airplanes being sold online, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Nov. 11, 2020). Under its sales promotion, with the tagline being “buy a box at a lower
Read moreCouple shot dead over barking pet dog
A COUPLE was shot dead in Chonburi province by their neighbour with whom they had long-running arguments over their pet dog’s excessive barking with this lasting an hour last night (Nov. 10) before he lost his temper and he gunned them down, Thai Rath newspaper report. Samet district police team rushed to the house and
Read moreTrump mounts legal assault as Barr authorizes probes of vote irregularities
By Reuters staff, published by US News Washington/Wilmington, Del. – US President Donald Trump will push ahead on Tuesday with legal challenges to the results of last week’s election after US Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors to look into any “substantial” allegations of voting irregularities. Barr’s directive to prosecutors prompted the top lawyer
Read moreFormer Miss Thailand joins PM’s Secretariat
THE Cabinet today (Nov. 10) approved the appointment of Miss Thailand 2016 Thanaporn Sriviraj as a political official at the Secretariat of the Prime Minister with immediate effect, Amarin TV reported. Ms. Thanaporn, or Jub Jib, is the wife of Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow, who is a Palang Pracharath party-list MP. She graduated from
Read moreTaxi service life extended from 9 to 12 years
THE Cabinet today (Nov. 10) approved the extension of the service life of passenger vehicles with maximum seven-person seating capacity from nine to 12 years for an indeterminate period cancelling the earlier three-year timeframe, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said this action has been taken to
Read moreHungarian diplomat infected with Covid-19 amid vaccine hope
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Nov.10) that a Hungarian diplomat in Bangkok has been infected with coronavirus with there also being three more overseas arrivals found to be similarly infected and all four placed in state quarantine, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The male Hungarian diplomat, 53, did come
Read moreNot just Kamala, Biden too has Indian link
By Times of India, published by Indeed News Chennai: “I may have relatives in India,” US President-elect Joseph Biden had declared on his maiden visit to Mumbai in 2013, when VP-elect Kamala Harris’s Tamil Nadu connection was not headline news yet. Biden, then serving as VP, was referring to a Mumbai resident who, he said,
Read moreProtesters hit 24 police vehicles, 2 buses
THE DRAWN-OUT protest at Sanam Luang yesterday led to three protesters and a policeman being injured while 24 police vehicles either had their tyres deflated or glass broken, INN News reported this evening (Nov. 9). According to the Erawan Centre two protesters suffered cuts from entanglement with barbed wire while one developed pain after being
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