By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – Myanmar’s National Defence and Security Council agreed today (July 31) to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August. Acting president Myint Swe announced the decision to prolong the state of
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Husband says dead Japanese woman was depressed
AFTER a young Japanese woman was found dead in a Chiang Mai hotel room this morning (July 31) her distraught husband told police that she was depressed and had previously tried to strangle herself with a hair dryer cord but he managed to save her life, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon. The unidentified
Read moreBhumjaithai to join Pheu Thai-led coalition partners and vote Srettha for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob is becoming a ninth coalition partner headed by the Pheu Thai to vote Srettha Thavisin for prime minister on the upcoming Friday. All 71 Bhumjaithai MPs will join the 310-MPs-strong Pheu Thai-led coalition in Friday’s joint House/Senate meeting to cast yea
Read moreMotorists warned to avoid protests taking place across Bangkok
METROPOLITAN Police Bureau issued a warning for motorists to beware of various groups holding protests across Bangkok today (July 31) and carefully plan their trips in advance, Sanook.com said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirasant Kaewsangek, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police Bureau and spokesman, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Sophon Sarapat, deputy chief and deputy spokesman, mentioned
Read moreMove Forward MP starts countdown to senators losing PM-picking power
A MOVE Forward MP today (July 30) tweeted that there are 287 days in the countdown to senators losing their power to vote for a prime minister when their five-year tenure ends on May 11, 2024, Matichon newspaper said. The party-list MP, Mr. Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, said in his tweet that on that day senators
Read moreMan stabbed by neighbour for turning off Wi-Fi
A MAN who allowed his neighbour to use his Wi-Fi for free was critically stabbed in the neck when he turned it off thus preventing him from surfing the Internet, Sanook.com said today (July 30). A police team from Sala Daeng station rushed to a rented house in Thawi Watthana district together with Ruamkatanyu
Read morePita pushes fair competition in alcohol industry during Chai Nat visit
MOVE Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat attended a local brew event at Chai Nat province today (July 30) to help push fair competition in the alcohol industry, TV Channel 7 said. Pita said he came to this central region province to taste its famous liquor made from palm sugar and use this opportunity to make
Read moreAs Khanun forms, China warns of third typhoon in three weeks
By Reuters – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom Beijing – Chinese forecasters on Saturday (July 29) warned of the approach of Tropical Storm Khanun, which is expected to rapidly gain typhoon strength and strike China’s densely populated coast sometime next week. Khanun, now more than 1,000km east of the Philippine archipelago in the
Read more4 dead, scores injured as fireworks warehouse explodes in Narathiwat
A VIOLENT explosion at a firecracker warehouse in southern Narathiwat province this afternoon (July 29) killed four people and injured 90 others with many still trapped in their damaged houses as rescuers have difficulty in reaching them, Sanook.com said. At 3 p.m. Su-ngai Kolok charity web page posted a message that an explosion at
Read moreDisturbed, naked foreign man rounded up at Pattaya Beach
JUST as Thai and foreign tourists were walking and exercising on Pattaya Beach early this morning (July 29) a completely naked foreign man showed up and started shouting as he paced up and down the abutting footpath, Naewna newspaper said. At 6 a.m. Pol. Capt. Sontaya Khansap, an inspector at Pattaya City police station,
Read moreDespite being blasted, Chuwit insists Thaksin not returning on Aug. 10
FORMER MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit reconfirmed today (July 29) that former prime minister/de facto Pheu Thai Party boss Thaksin Shinawatra will not be returning to Thailand on August 10 despite his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra saying this is just a delirious projection,TV Channel 7 said. Chuwit had late last night posted a message on
Read moreSomsak, Suriya lobbying senators to back Srettha for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAM MIT GROUP LEADERS Somsak Thepsuthin and Suriya Juangroongruangkit have been quietly lobbying senators in support of Pheu Thai candidate for prime minister Srettha Thavisin, partisan sources said today (July 28). In addition to solid support from a dozen Palang Pracharath MPs who are practically under their control, Somsak and
Read moreDemocrats in talks with Thaksin but not part of coalition yet
AS PHEU Thai Party continues to forge a coalition government, Democrat Party Secretary-General Chalermchai Sri-on was asked to fly to Hong Kong to hold talks with the party’s de facto leader Thaksin Shinawatra but he sent a representative with no conclusion reached yet, Manager Online and Naewna newspaper said today (July 28). Instead of
Read moreFive Thai tourists die in Laos road crash
FIVE THAI tourists returning to Chiang Rai after a holiday in Laos and China’s Yunnan province died yesterday (July 27) after an 18-wheel trailer truck slammed into their van on R3A road just a hundred metres from the border, Naewna newspaper said today. Upon being contacted by the Laotian Red Cross, Siam Ruamjai Foundation
Read moreProtesters urge 8 coalition partners to not switch sides
DEMONSTRATORS joining a rally called by the Labour Network for People’s Rights at Ratchaprasong intersection last evening (July 27) urged the eight parties in the Pheu Thai-led coalition to clarify if there are any conflicts and not switch sides, TV Channel 7 said. The demonstrators also urged senators to listen to the people’s voice
Read moreSuper deal worked out in Hong Kong: Chuwit
FORMER MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit said today (July 27) that a super deal was stuck in Hong Kong on Tuesday between former prime minister/de facto Pheu Thai Party boss Thaksin Shinawatra and some politicians who had gone there to meet him, Sanook.com said. At a press conference entitled “Why is Thaksin returning home?”
Read moreMove Forward MP to Resign in addition to already-served jail term
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP Nakhornchai Khunnarong of Rayong confirmed today (July 27) he will resign as an elected lawmaker shortly in addition to an already-served jail term due to a convicted crime which he perpetrated 24 years earlier. Nakhonchai admitted that he had been sentenced to one and a half years
Read more3 held in seizure of 32kg heroin heading for Australia
THREE suspects were arrested after police found over 32 kilogrammes of heroin hidden in hollowed out wooden crates in which jade stone statues and other auspicious objects were packed for shipment to Australia, Amarin TV said today (July 27). Pol. Maj. Gen. Montree Thetkhan, chief of Crime Suppression Division police, said the heroin was
Read moreEgyptian girl drowns at Phang Nga waterfall
A SIX-YEAR-OLD Egyptian girl drowned at Ton Pariwat waterfall in Phang Nga province after slipping off a small concrete bridge while posing for photos this afternoon (July 26), TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Uthen SiriPhuwadol, head of Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary where this waterfall, locally called Namtok Song Phraek, is located
Read moreAt last, Thaksin will return home on August 10
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AT LAST, DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra will return home on August 10, confirmed the deposed prime minister’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra today (July 26). Paetongtarn posted on her Facebook page to confirm her father will come back home after 17 years in self-exile overseas though he had earlier
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