By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (Dec.8) shrugged off Palang Pracharath top leader Prawit Wongsuwan’s latest remark that he has practically departed the ruling party for another camp. Prayut apparently ignored the Palang Pracharath boss’s comment made on Tuesday that he has already left the largest coalition partner whilst he may seek
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NBTC tells sports agency to return World Cup licence cash
THE National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) today (Dec. 8) voted to ask the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) to return 600 million baht it had granted to buy the Fifa World Cup 2022 broadcasting licence as not all viewers are able to watch the matches, Matichon newspaper said. The sports agency had also
Read morePolice probing Immigration Bureau’s link to grey capitalists
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas said today (Dec. 8) he is investigating the latest allegations by former MP Chuvit Kamonvisit that Immigration Bureau officers had helped Chinese grey capitalists stay in Thailand, TV Channel 7 said. Chuvit had revealed information on his “Operation Break Underwater Icebergs” to the press indicating that the
Read more15 drug traffickers killed in clash with Thai troops
A TEAM of rangers and soldiers ambushed drug traffickers carrying crystal methamphetamine from Myanmar to Chiang Mai last night (Dec. 7) and in the ensuing gunfight killed 15 of them without any fatalities on the Thai side, Matichon newspaper said. Rangers from Pha Muang Task Force company 3207 together with soldiers from the 4th
Read moreThe next World Cup will jump to 48 teams. Is bigger better?
By AP and published by Yahoo!sports Doha, Qatar – The next World Cup will be the biggest ever after world soccer body Fifa took the leap from a 32-team field to 48 teams in 2026. It means more of soccer’s so-called “little teams” that didn’t make it to Qatar will be given a chance
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