By Thai Newsroom Reporters AT LAST, PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha has made up his mind to run for head of a post-election government under the tickets of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party. Prayut confirmed to reporters today (Dec.23) he will certainly register himself as a member of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart which
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Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Nepali jail
By AFP and published by CNA Kathmandu, Nepal – French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on Friday (Dec. 23) after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali jail. Sobhraj, 78, whose life was chronicled in the successful series The Serpent, was
Read moreSunken warship’s life jacket found near Koh Tao
A LIFE JACKET from HTMS 442 Sukhothai that sank off Prachuab Khiri Khan on Sunday night (Dec. 18) was found floating near Koh Tao, almost a hundred nautical miles away, but no sailor seen nearby, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). At 10.15 a.m. Surat Thani’s Governor Mr. Wichawut Jinto was alerted about
Read morePolice raid illegal silicone implant factory supplying to a big clinic
A TEAM of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Consumer Protection police together with Food and Drug Administration officials raided an illegal factory in Suphanburi producing silicone implants for nose and forehead with one of its clients being a well-known beauty clinic in Bangkok with nationwide branches, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). Pol.
Read moreMyanmar junta foreign minister meets some Asean counterparts at ‘informal’ Thai meeting
By AFP and published by CNA THREE Southeast Asian foreign ministers and a regional envoy tasked with solving the Myanmar crisis met with the junta’s top diplomat at an “informal” meeting in Thailand yesterday (Dec. 22), the Thai government said. The meeting came shortly after the United Nations Security Council adopted its first resolution
Read moreHandout of electoral candidates’ calendars not allowed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ELECTORAL CANDIDATES ARE NOW prohibited by law from handing out calendars which may contain a picture of themselves, either posing side by side with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha or not, according to a senior official of the Election Commission. Election Commission secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee today (Dec.22) cited the electoral rules
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