By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters, published by US News & World Report THAILAND warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia. Digital minister
Month: February 2021
Over 5 million baht donations for elderly woman, aging son
IMAGES of an elderly woman giving some rice to her aging son to eat as sat on the floor and waited to register for 7,000 baht handout under Rao Chana (We Win) scheme in Kamphaeng Phet province yesterday (Feb.17) so stirred Thai people that they have now got 5.1 million baht in donations, Amarin TV
Read moreWoman takes marriage certificate to husband’s wedding to another woman
GOING viral on Thai social media today (Feb. 18) is a woman’s Facebook post where she said she attended her husband’s wedding to another woman even though she was not invited, Sanook.com said. A live-streamed clip shows this woman, dressed in black, taking her marriage certificate to show her husband, who is a government official,
Read morePathum Thani market Covid cluster spreads to 10 provinces
THE Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department said this afternoon (Feb. 18) that a cluster of coronavirus infection at Pornpat market in adjacent Pathum Thani province spread to 10 provinces during Feb. 9-16 with the number of cases jumping to 359, Siam Rath newspaper. Of the 359 cases, 332 are in Pathum Thani but the
Read moreMyanmar junta targets paralysing strikes, as arrests near 500
By Reuters Staff, published by MSN MYANMAR’S military junta has issued arrest warrants against six celebrities for encouraging strikes that have paralysed many government offices in protests against this month’s coup, with total arrests since then now nearing 500. Late yesterday (Feb. 17), security forces opened fire in Myanmar’s second biggest city of Mandalay as
Read moreElderly woman and son walk 35km to register for cash handout
STRIKING a sympathetic cord among Thai netizens today (Feb. 17) are photos of an elderly woman and her aging son who started their 35- kilometre walk from their house in Kamphaeng Phet province at midnight to get to the closest Krung Thai Bank branch, which they did at 4 a.m., and there they sat and
Read moreExplainer: Topsy-turvy weather comes from polar vortex
By Seth Borenstein, AP, published by Microsoft News IT’S as if the world has been turned upside-down, or at least its weather. You can blame the increasingly familiar polar vortex, which has brought a taste of the Arctic to places where winter often requires no more than a jacket. Around the North Pole, winter’s ultra-cold
Read moreInjured surfer writes message in the sand before collapsing on remote Auckland beach
By Julia Gabel, NZ Herald A BADLY injured surfer on a remote West Auckland beach was able to write the word “HELP” in the sand before he collapsed. The man had been surfing alone at Karekare Beach today (Feb. 17) when he lost his board and was swept into the rocks by large waves. He
Read moreImpacts of global economy, Covid-19 on Thailand
DURING a censure debate, targeting the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, the opposition Pheu Thai Party MP for Maha Sarakham, Suthin Khlangsaeng, said that the country’s high public debt is attributable to the government’s failure to address economic problems, NNT said today (Feb. 17). However, several factors have affected the Thai economy
Read moreThai child modelling agent charged over child sex abuse images
By BBC THAI police have arrested the head of a child modelling agency after more than 500,000 indecent images of children were found on computer hard drives. Danudetch “Nene” Saengkaew, 23, has been charged with child sexual abuse and downloading child abuse images. Investigators say the images were found in a raid on the
Read morePenguin, 3 others denied bail, prosecution of 18 others put off
FOUR protest leaders held in pretrial detention since last Tuesday (Feb 9) were denied bail for the second time while the issuing of an order to prosecute 18 other protest leaders and followers was postponed to March 8, Sanook.com reported today (Feb. 17). People’s Party members had assembled at the Attorney General’s Office on Ratchadapisek
Read moreDaily Covid count rises again to 175
THE coronavirus tally over the past one day to late this morning (Feb. 17) rose again to 175 from just 72 yesterday but the death toll stayed stationary at 82, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said of the 175 new cases 168 were domestic while seven overseas
Read moreMyanmar Coup Opponents Call for New Show of Force
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report OPPONENTS of Myanmar’s military coup called for more big protests today (Feb. 18) to show that the army’s assertion of widespread public support for overthrowing elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and holding new elections was false. They voiced scepticism at the junta’s promise at
Read moreDitched WhatsApp for Telegram? Your secret chats might not be as safe as you thought
By Aaron Brown, Express SECURE messaging platform Telegram is a little less secure than first thought, thanks to a new glitch that allowed bad actors to access self-destructing audio and video messages long after the sender and recipient believed these messages were permanently deleted. The bug, which impacted the macOS version of the messaging service,
Read moreThailand-China deal on promoting Thai fruit export
WITH seasonal fruit about to hit the market, including durian, rambutan, and mangosteen, the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce has signed an agreement with CCIC Thailand to provide better traceability service for Thai fruit exported to China, following a new traceability requirement for all imported farm products into China, NNT said today (Feb. 16) With this
Read moreProsecutors to file charges against protest suspects tomorrow
PROSECUTORS will be filing charges of violating the emergency decree against three People Party leaders and 15 other suspects at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Feb. 17) over a demonstration held on September 19 last year with the three leaders also facing charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law,
Read moreTen ministers targeted in censure debate
THE no-confidence debate against 10 cabinet ministers commenced today, and this is the second time the current administration is being censured. The debate is taking place from February 16 to 19, with the voting on February 20, NNT said. The government is given 20 hours to debate, while the opposition has 42 hours. As a
Read moreOnly 72 new Covid cases today, Samut Sakhon makes progress
THAILAND logged only 72 new coronavirus cases over the past day to this morning (Feb. 16) while the death toll did not increase and remained at 82, Sanook.com reported. The Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said the new cases raise the cumulative confirmed cases to 24,786 with 23,563 patients having recovered while
Read moreThammasat University medical student infected with Covid-19
AN urgent announcement was issued by Thammasat University’s Facebook page Thammasat Today this morning (Feb. 16) that it has been confirmed a medical student at the Rangsit campus has got infected with coronavirus, Sanook.com reported. The initial announcement said, “Urgent! A medical student at TU’s Rangsit campus has caught Covid-19. Confirmation will be made through
Read moreTsunami not expected after 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu: PTWC
By Reuters Staff, published by CTV News A TSUNAMI was not expected after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu today (Feb. 16), the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. The US Geological Survey pegged the quake at a magnitude of 6.2 with a depth of about 10 km, after having initially
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