ON HIS 73rd birthday today (July 26) former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra release a 14-minute video clip on his Thaksin Official YouTube channel where he said he does not want his body to be cremated when he dies wishing for his struggle to be immortalized for his children and grandchildren, Sanook.com said. At one
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Asean dismayed over Myanmar’s ‘highly reprehensible’ executions
By Reuters and published by CNA MYANMAR’S Southeast Asian neighbours issued a stinging rebuke today (July 26) of the ruling military’s execution of four political activists, calling it “highly reprehensible” and destructive to regional efforts to de-escalate the crisis. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which includes Myanmar, said it was “extremely
Read moreThai doctor now ignores daily Covid tally amid big jump in ATK positive total
A LEADING doctor at Chulalongkorn University said today (July 26) on his Facebook Page that he no longer pays attention to the daily Covid-19 tally because the total number of people testing positive via antigen test kit (ATK) over seven days has ballooned above 200,000, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Thiravat Hemachudha, a professor of
Read moreStudent dashing across the road badly injured after being hit by car
A SEVENTH grade female student who ran across a road in Rayong without heeding a warning from her caretaker and not waiting for her friends was badly injured after being hit by a sedan this afternoon (July 25), Sanook.com said. At 4 p.m. today Pluak Daeng Foundation was notified of an accident on Road
Read moreBMA watching Nana area as part of Monkeypox measures
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (July 25) unveiled measures to handle Monkeypox in the metropolis with one of them being monitoring Nana area where there are Nigerians living together and taking proactive action if need be, Naewna newspaper said. The steps were taken after the World Health Organisation had activated its highest alert level
Read moreMonkeypox ‘a mild disease that is difficult to control’
A PROMINENT virologist said in a Facebook post today (July 25) that Monkeypox is a mild disease with mortality rate likely to be less than 3 in 10,000, especially among the most vulnerable, but difficult to control, INN News said. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty
Read moreMyanmar executes four democracy activists, drawing condemnation and outrage
By Reuters and published by CNA MYANMAR’S military junta today (July 25) said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out “terror acts” in the Southeast Asian nation’s first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation. Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused
Read moreChadchart moving to fix budget allocation with community projects to get funds
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said after visiting a community in Pathumwan district today (June 24) that the biggest problem the metropolis faces is districts not getting funds for basic community projects as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) had previously mainly allocated budget for big schemes and that he is going to rectify it, Matichon
Read moreBody of Thai-Belgian tourist who drowned while rafting found
RESCUERS in Chiang Mai today (July 24) found the body of a 30-year-old Thai-Belgian tourist who had drowned while whitewater rafting in Mae Taeng river with two friends and a guide on Friday afternoon, Amarin TV said. The body of Mr.Nicolas Hinckxt, who worked as a programmer in Belgium, was found at Ban Mae
Read moreMonkeypox escapee held in Phnom Penh, declared persona non grata
CAMBODIA confirmed that a Nigerian man infected with Monkeypox who had escaped medical treatment in Thailand was arrested last night (July 23) and he is now under the care of a medical team at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, Sanook.com said today. The head of Phnom Penh’s Chamkamon district Mr. Thein Sothom announced the arrest of the
Read moreOver 524,000 Thais worldwide give thumbs down to Prayut, all censured ministers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER 524,000 Thai people worldwide have cast “no-confidence” votes against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 10 other cabinet members who have barely survived a censure/no-confidence motion at parliament today (July 23). According to “The Voice of the People” polling project coordinator/Thammasat University vice rector Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, a total of 524,806
Read moreMonkeypox escapee has likely fled to Cambodia
POLICE tracked the Nigerian man infected with Monkeypox and is Thailand’s first such case to the Thai-Cambodian border with his mobile phone signal having been picked up at Sa Kaeo province bordering Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, the head of the Public Health Ministry’s Disease
Read moreBelgian tourist missing while rafting in Chiang Mai still not found
AFTER searching all day and late into the night rescuers and divers in Chiang Mai had not found a Belgian man who fell off a rubber dinghy while rafting in Mae Taeng river with two fellow countrymen and a guide yesterday afternoon with the search continuing today (July 23), Sanook.com and Matichon newspaper said.
Read morePrayut, all other censured ministers survive no-confidence vote
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha and 10 other cabinet members survived today’s (July 23) censure/no-confidence motion, with the premier-cum-defence minister being given 256 votes of confidence against 206 votes of no confidence. Following four long days of censure debate, beginning last Tuesday, most MPs on both sides of the parliament aisle
Read moreUN court rejects Myanmar claims, will hear Rohingya case
By AP and published by Toronto Star The Hague, Netherlands — Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday (July 22) dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction sets
Read moreMove Forward MPs call for release of lese majeste detainees at parliament
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MPs today (July 22) staged a brief demonstration in the middle of the parliament chamber calling for an immediate release of a couple of woman activists detained under lese majeste charges. On the last day of a four-day censure debate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 10 other cabinet
Read moreWoman biker dies while chasing gold chain snatcher
THE heartbroken daughter of a woman who died in Sisaket province this week after her motorcycle hit the fence of a house upon losing balance while chasing another biker who had just snatched her gold chain urged police to quickly arrest the culprit, Matichon newspaper said today (July 22). Ms. Nattaya Pongket, 28, said
Read morePrayut held responsible for 21bn baht ‘foolish waste’ on engineless Chinese sub
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha was today (July 22) held accountable for a “foolish waste” of the taxpayer’s money amounting to 21 billion baht involving the navy’s planned purchase of a Chinese-built submarine without engine. During the last day of a four-day censure debate, Pheu Thai MP Yutthapong Charatsathian alleged that Prayut
Read morePhuket chasing Monkeypox-infected Nigerian man after he escaped
PHUKET is rushing to track down a Nigerian man who is the country’s first Monkeypox case as he did not return to the hospital for treatment, switched off his mobile phone and moved out of a condo and hotel he was staying in as police closed in on him, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry’s
Read moreKickback cash allegedly ‘arranged to pay some MPs for their post-censure yea votes’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HARD CASH HAS BEEN allegedly prepared at a house inside an army barracks as a payoff for certain coalition and renegade MPs in exchange for their votes in support of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and others on Saturday, said a Pheu Thai MP today (July 21). During the third day
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