By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES registered lack of a quorum for the first time today (Aug.31) under a newly-formed, Pheu Thai-led coalition government. During today’s motion for the Pheu Thai-led government to take measures to stem a chronic slump of the prices of varied farm goods, a Move Forward MP for
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‘Sickly’ Thaksin has petitioned for royal pardon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PETITION FOR ROYAL pardon over an eight-year jail term earlier sentenced for “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has already been filed barely a week after his return from self-exile abroad. Caretaker deputy prime minister Wissanu Krea-ngam confirmed today (Aug.31) the deposed prime minister has recently had
Read morePrawit closes home to politically-minded visitors for good
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (Aug.31) declared his own home inside army barracks closed to politically-minded visitors for good after a decade and a half of use for power plays. Prawit told reporters his home, inaptly named “Baan Pa Roy Tor Ha Chang Wat” located in the premises of
Read moreWaiter accidentally shoots man celebrating friend’s birthday
A MAN who was among 10 people celebrating a friend’s birthday at a restaurant in Phra Pradaeng district, Samut Prakan province, was accidently shot in the right rib cage by a waiter who was unloading bullets from a pistol behind a bar counter in the wee hours of this morning (Aug. 31), Amarin TV
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