By Thai Newsroom Reporters A 99 CITIZENS GROUP has today (July 31) kicked off a fresh move for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down before his eight-year term supposedly ends next month. Today’s anti-Prayut movement steered by the Campaign For Democracy Committee and endorsed by the so-called 99 Citizens group including academics, political
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Air Force repeats calls for procurement of F-35A fighters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR FORCE has repeatedly called for the planned purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters to get on par with others deployed by neighbouring countries. Air force spokesman AM Prapat Sonjaidee insisted again today (July 31) that a dozen F-35A Lightning II stealth
Read moreOver 60m baht assets seized in raids on 4 drug networks
A LARGE-SCALE operation against four major drug networks along the northern border led to the seizure of big amounts of methamphetamine pills, Ketamine and raw opium as well as the impounding of over 60 million baht assets from one of them, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sarayuth Sanguanphokai, chief of Narcotics Suppression Bureau,
Read moreMyanmar troops, Karens clash heavily for 7 hours near Thai border
HEAVY CLASHES between Myanmar junta troops and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) together with members of People’s Defence Force (PDF) civilian resistance group raged for seven hours till 5 p.m. today (July 30) just across the border from Tak province and fighting is still continuing, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Hundreds of
Read moreBeware! Blocking an ambulance carries heavier penalty than you think
MOTORISTS should be careful to give way to an ambulance as not doing so and this leading to the patient dying could lead to a murder charge under Section 79 of the Land Traffic Act, TV Channel 7 said today (July 30). The warning was issued after a young woman driving on the far
Read moreDeputy police chief: Murdered man a foreigner, woman Thai
DEPUTY NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suchart Teerasawat flew to Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) this morning (July 30) to personally check the investigation of the murder of a couple found buried in a community forest and after a meeting confirmed the man was a foreigner and the woman a Thai, Naewna newspaper said. A villager picking
Read moreMPs reminded of being representatives of people, not powers that be
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PROMINENT ACADEMIC has reminded all MPs of the basic principle that they all have been elected as representatives of the people and not the powers that be who might possibly have the highly questionable electoral system retwisted. Pichai Rattanadilok na Phuket, director of National Institute of Development Administration’s Political
Read moreMalaysia detains Thais who tested positive for marijuana
AMID heavy cross-border travel to Malaysia during the current holiday three Thais who had travelled from Satun province to the neighbouring country and tested positive for marijuana at their checkpoint were immediately detained at a police station for three days and fined 50,000 baht, Amarin TV said this evening (July 29). The three Thais,
Read more13 others being watched after second monkeypox case emerges in Bangkok
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry is speeding up the search for people who might have got infected with monkeypox after 13 persons linked to the country’s second case, a Thai man who got infected in Bangkok, are now under observation for symptoms and quarantined for 21 days, Matichon newspaper TV Channel 7 said today (July
Read moreChina’s Long March booster rocket is falling to Earth, Thailand too affected
By Matichon, The Verge, AP/Reuters via ABC News THAILAND’S Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTA) said today (July 29) that remnants of the Long March 5B rocket will be falling to earth on Sunday July 31 with Thailand too affected because it passes the country everyday, Matichon newspaper said. The massive booster is
Read moreCouple found murdered in Korat believed to be foreigners
AFTER a man picking mushrooms in a Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) forest ran into a mysterious freshly dug hole and alerted the authorities yesterday afternoon (July 28) police and rescuers dug it up again and found a naked couple buried there with the authorities later saying they believe they are foreigners, Naewna newspaper said today (July
Read moreWHO recommends gay and bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox
By Spencer Kimball, CNBC THE World Health Organisation yesterday (July 27) recommended that gay and bisexual men limit their number of sexual partners to protect themselves from monkeypox and help slow transmission of the rapidly spreading virus. The WHO’s monkeypox expert, Rosamund Lewis, said men who have sex with men are the group at
Read moreSamut Prakan badly flooded after heavy rain
TORRENTIAL rainfall in several districts of Bangkok and Samut Prakan from 10 a.m. onwards today (July 28) led to several areas of the latter already badly flooded, Matichon newspaper. Hit with pouring rain were Don Mueang, Lak Si, Chatuchak, Dusit, Phaya Thai, inner Phra Nakhon, Din Daeng, Huai Khwang, Lat Phrao, Bang Kapi, Bueng Kum
Read moreThree suspects arrested in food fraud raid
POLICE arrested three suspects on trademark counterfeiting charges in a raid on a single-storey house in Pathum Thani province where unbranded monosodium glutamate (MSG) food additive was found falsely-labelled under a well-known brand, Sanook.com said yesterday (July 27). Altogether 54,445 items separated into 21 categories were seized during the raid and aside from the
Read moreMinistry moves to state that only marijuana inflorescence is a controlled herb
THE Public Health Ministry is rushing to improve its ministerial announcement decriminalising marijuana to specify that only the inflorescence is controlled with a conclusion expected to be reached next week, Sanook.com said this evening (July 27). Dr. Narong Saiwong, the deputy permanent secretary, and Dr. Yongyot Thammawut, the head of the Department of Thai
Read moreThai, foreign investors eager to buy hotels in Bangkok, major tourist cities
AS a result of tourism having improved in the first half of this year both Thai and foreign investors are now keen on buying hotels in Bangkok and four key tourist cities, Phuket, Samui, Pattaya and Chiang Mai, with several deals having already been concluded, Matichon newspaper today (July 27). Mr. Phattarachai Thaweewong, research director
Read moreChula varsity opens lab to test Monkeypox, result out in 24 hours
A RAPID test for Monkeypox with the result available within 24 hours was launched today (July 27) by Chulalongkorn University’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Thiravat Hemachudha, a professor of neurology and head of this centre, said tests will be conducted by real time PCR, Conventional
Read moreTrat police giving free helmets to those caught not wearing one
INSTEAD of fining riders caught not wearing a crash helmet, police in southern Trat province today (July 27) began giving the traffic violators one each free of charge to ensure their safety in case of an accident, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Somchai Yusawat, deputy chief of Trat Provincial Police, together with Pol. Lt.
Read moreProtest against execution of 4 activists held in front of Myanmar embassy
MYANMAR citizens joined by Thais held a protest amid the rain in front of the Myanmar embassy on Sathorn road this afternoon (July 26) over the execution of four political activists by the junta yesterday, Matichon newspaper said. The protesters released a statement condemning the execution of democracy campaigner Kyaw Min Yu, better known
Read morePrayut, Anupong irked at ‘renegade votes’ cast by some Palang Pracharath MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha and Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda have looked considerably frustrated and appalled at last Saturday’s event in which certain coalition MPs voted no-confidence in the latter and their overt moves to promote Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan as interior minister. Prayut and Anupong today (July 26) discussed
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