THAILAND welcomed a total of 8,596,452 foreign tourists during the first four months this year with total expenditure reaching 353.331 billion baht amid an increase in arrivals from Asean countries, East and South Asia plus Africa last week, Matichon newspaper said today (May 1). Statistics revealed by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports show
Read moreDay: May 2, 2023
Court rescinds polling agency’s ban on ex-Democrat MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (May 2) rescinded the Election Commission’s decision to ban a former Democrat MP from contesting the May 14 general election in Nakhon Nayok. The Supreme Court overruled the order earlier given by the Election Commission’s branch office in charge of Constituency 2 of the central province
Read more‘Policeman’ faces arrest over cyanide killings
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said this afternoon (May 2) that a policeman has been found to be linked to the cyanide serial killings with a request for a warrant for his arrest being made soon while a company in Bangkok is suspected to have imported the lethal poison, Naewna newspaper
Read moreTikTok clip of Prayut’s traffic-halting motorcade gone viral
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW-MINUTE ROAD TRAFFIC halt by police in Songkhla to accommodate Sunday’s motorcade of caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has exponentially gone viral online. A TikToker who happened to be among those motorists being temporarily stopped on the southern road by the local police produced a clip online to show
Read moreBiden: US-Philippines ‘ironclad’ partners amid China tension
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – US President Joe Biden reiterated US commitment to the Philippines’ security and noted the “deep friendship” of the two nations as he welcomed Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for White House talks on Monday (May 1) as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine
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