By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER PITA Limjaroenrat said today (June 30) more and more senators may already have decided to vote him for prime minister. Pita was responding to speculation that many of the unelected senators will either abstain from voting or cast yea votes for any other candidate for prime minister
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Prawit tipped as Pita’s rival for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER PRAWIT Wongsuwan will likely be named prime minister in rivalry against Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, partisan sources said today (June 30). Prawit, the leader of the fourth largest elected party, will likely compete in a sustained effort to rise to power though he may have only
Read moreDon Mueang ranked as 26th most dangerous airport in the world
IN A REPORT updated this month luxury travel website The Boutique Adventurer has ranked Don Mueang International Airport as the 26th most dangerous airport out of 29 it has listed, Sanook.com said today (June 30). Mentioned in this list are not just airports in developing countries with some of those in developed nations, such
Read morePheu Thai will never leave Move Forward: Chonlanan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER CHONLANAN Srikaew reconfirmed today (June 29) his party will never leave the Move Forward despite sustained discrepancy over the House speaker seat. Chonlanan responded to speculation that the Pheu Thai might probably opt out by leaving the post-election coalition consisting of eight parties and led by the
Read moreNot the first time – airport moving walkway devoured passenger’s sandal in 2019
AFTER a woman’s left leg was severed till the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport early this morning (June 29) it has led to netizens criticising airport safety with one of them mentioning that a similar incident occurred four years ago but fortunately he pulled his foot out of the jammed
Read morePhitsanulok quake shows buildings should be strengthened: Expert
AFTER a 4.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Phisanulok and was felt in Phichit and Kamphaeng Phet provinces at 12.17 a.m. today (June 29) an academic pointed out that buildings in this zone should be strengthened as a ministerial regulation governing seismic resistance of structures was only enforces in 2021, Naewna newspaper said. Amorn Pimanmat of
Read morePassenger’s leg severed by moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport
A FEMALE passegner’s left leg was ripped off to the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang International Airport early this morning (June 29) and she was quickly taken to Bhumibol Hospital for treatment, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Karan Thanakuljeeraphat, director of Don Mueang Airport, said at 8.30 a.m. that the unidentified
Read moreThammanat denies planning to name Suchart for House speaker
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP THAMMANAT Prompao today (June 28) categorically denied he had planned to name Pheu Thai MP Suchart Tancharoen as a contestant against Move Forward MP Padipat Santipada for House speaker. The re-elected MP of Payao confirmed he has observed the political etiquette to not tamper with the post-election
Read moreAuction company gears up for jump in seized vehicles amid spike in defaults
AMID a spike in non-performing loans (NPLs) and risky debts with this likely leading to an increase in seized vehicles Union Auction Plc (AUCT) has now joined hands with garages to increase their lots to cope with the upcoming influx, Matichon newspaper said this evening (June 28). Mr. Waranyu Sila, AUCT’s CEO, said despite
Read morePheu Thai in aboutface over House Speaker seat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI RANK AND FILE have made an aboutface to insist the House Speaker seat be given to their party though an earlier agreement had been reached to leave it to the Move Forward. Pheu Thai leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (June 28) confirmed that the party’s executive board members
Read moreMyanmar soldiers pull back after heavy Karenni attacks
MYANMAR’S 135th Infantry Battalion troops battling Karenni fighters near Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province have retreated from their base near border to a stronghold about five kilometres further inland but junta forces had launched three airstrikes on a Karenni position yesterday (June 27), Naewna newspaper said today. A senior leader of the Karenni Army
Read moreWagner mutiny exposes risks for China’s deep Russian ties
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – As news broke on Saturday that mercenary Wagner troops were careering towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion, several businessmen from southern China began frantically calling factories to halt shipments of goods destined for Russia. While the mutiny – the biggest test of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
Read moreLese majeste law abuse ‘most inappropriate, detrimental’ to monarchy: Pita
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER/PRIME minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat today (June 27) viewed any abuse of the lese majeste law to thwart his rise to power as “the most inappropriate and detrimental” to the constitutional monarchy. Pita called on all of his political opponents to reconsider their desperate efforts to groundlessly render him
Read moreChonlanan concerned over rival against Pita for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER CHONLANAN Srikaew today (June 27) expressed concern over the probability of a partisan rival who might be named prime minister in sheer competition with Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat. Chonlanan apparently referred to either Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan or de facto Ruam Thai Sang Chart boss
Read morePolice move to clear criminal record of 13 million Thais
WITH the announcement of the amendment of police regulations on fingerprinting on May 27, 2023 which in the past led to fingerprinted suspects having a criminal background thus unable to apply for a job despite the charges having later being dropped against them the police are now rushing to clear the record of 13
Read moreThe Lisa effect: Ayutthaya temple puts up eye-catching sign to draw visitors
AFTER Thai K-pop star Lisa Manoban, a member of Korean supergroup Blackpink, visited three Ayutthaya temples recently leading to tourists and worshippers thronging them, a fourth temple has put up a sign “Lisa passed this temple” to likewise draw the crowds, Sanook.com said today (June 27). The abbot of Wat Intharam Phra Khru Palad
Read moreAborted mutiny sends volatile rouble to 15-month low
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News THE rouble sank to its lowest in nearly 15 months against the dollar on Monday (June 26) in one of its most volatile sessions this year as investors responded for the first time to an aborted mutiny by armed mercenaries in Russia over the weekend. Mercenaries led by
Read moreChadchart oversees tidying of cables on Charoen Krung road
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt and his team today (June 26) followed up on the progress of tidying messy overhead communication cables on Charoen Krung road with it to take about a month to finish the task across the four-kilometre stretch of this road, Matichon newspaper said. In inspecting the cleanup in front of Robinson
Read moreAnutin rules out possibility of minority govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER ANUTIN Charnvirakul today (June 26) categorically ruled out the possibility of a minority government with dozens of MPs to be bought out at a later date from the current coalition partners. Anutin reconfirmed that the Bhumjaithai as the third largest elected party with 71 MPs will definitely not
Read morePolice chasing burglar who looted luxury house in Sukhumvit area
THONGLOR police are hunting for a lone burglar who broke into an unoccupied luxury house in Sukhumvit Soi 69 and among the items he stole were three surveillance cameras, TV Channel 7 said this morning (June 26). Mr. Donthanat (surname withheld), the owner of the four-storey house, told police that a break-in occurred on
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