CONSTRUCTION TYCOON Premchai Karnasuta who was jailed for two years and six months on Dec. 8, 2021 on the charges of conspiring to slay a black panther and jointly possessing the game’s carcasses in a western forest reserve on Feb. 5, 2018 will likely be released early from jail today (Oct. 17), Naewna newspaper
Month: October 2023
Thai workers stuck in Israel’s ‘red zone’ appeal for help
EVEN AS repatriation of Thai workers from Israel is continuing with two flights scheduled for today (Oct. 17), some Thai workers stuck in the so-called “red zone” where fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants is raging appealed for help, TV Channel 7 said this morning. As soon as the Thai embassy in Tel
Read moreFlood alert in 6 Esaan provinces amid increased dam discharge
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VILLAGERS IN LOW-LYING TERRAINS of six northeastern provinces were today (Oct.16) alerted to brace for more excessive water coming from dams in the next few days, officials said. A large volume of rainwater to be released daily from Ubonrat dam in Khon Kaen and Lampao dam in Kalasin would likely
Read morePM keen on swapping engineless sub for surface ship
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin said today (Oct.16) he will be looking at a possible swap of an already-purchased, Chinese-built submarine for a Chinese-built surface ship for the Thai navy. The prime minister said he plans to negotiate with high-level Chinese government officials during the first Asean-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Summit
Read moreSrettha rides Tesla SUV to work, to hold talks on investment soon
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin arrived at Government House in a Tesla Model Y crossover electric SUV this morning (Oct. 16) and told reporters he will be flying to the US to hold talks with Tesla Inc. on possibly investing in Thailand next month, Naewna newspaper said. Srettha said he rode a Tesla to work
Read moreAnother 130 Thais return from Israel; 32 more flights likely
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said he was happy another group of 130 Thais returned home on an air force Airbus A340-500 flight that landed at Don Mueang Airport at 6.50 a.m. this morning (Oct. 16) and that there will be at least another 32 repatriation flights from Israel, Thai Rath, Naewna newspapers and Amarin
Read more3 villagers killed, 2 missing in Phayao flash floods
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THREE VILLAGERS WERE KILLED and two others missing due to last night’s (Oct. 14) torrential rain and flash floods in Phayao, officials said. The three fatalities reportedly caused by the flash floods coming down the mountains to valleys occurred in Chiang Muan district of the northern province to which Agriculture
Read moreMP says provincial governors, mayors should issue night venue licences
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP Thaopipop Limjitakorn suggested today (Oct.15) provincial governors, mayors and other local leaders be legally empowered to issue operating licences and set up the zoning for night entertainment venues in lieu of the central government. Thaopipop was responding to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s directive for the Ministry of
Read moreMost people back 10,000-baht digital wallet project: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LARGE MAJORITY of people have been found endorsing the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project, the latest NIDA Poll says. According to results of the NIDA Poll conducted earlier this month with a total of 1,310 Thai nationals from all walks of life and in all regions of
Read moreThai people are not the target of Hamas: Ministry
AMID news that Hamas fighters spoke in Thai to lure Thai workers hiding in their camps along the Gaza border and take them hostage, the Foreign Ministry last evening (Sept. 14) confirmed that Thais were not their special target, TV Channel 7 said. Mrs. Kanchana Patarachoke, the ministry’s spokesperson, said both Israelis and foreigners
Read moreSrettha to visit China, Saudi Arabia next week
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin will be visiting both China and Saudi Arabia next week where he will be attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the former and Asean-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit at the latter, Matichon newspaper said today (Oct. 14). Srettha will be in Beijing during Oct. 16-19 and
Read moreAir force calls up reservists, THAI pilots in starting evacuation flights tonight
THE THAI air force has summoned reservists with experience in flying Airbus A340 aircraft as well as roped in Thai Airways International pilots with similar experience in preparing to launch flights to evacuate Thais from Israel starting tonight (Oct. 14), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. As more than 7,000 Thais in Israel have said
Read more10,000-baht digital wallet reaching people on Feb.1: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin said today (Oct.14) a sum of 10,000 baht in digital wallet will be delivered to each of the eligible people on February 1, 2024. The prime minister reconfirmed that the digital wallet is scheduled to be provided for each and every Thai national aged 16 years
Read moreThird Siam Paragon shooting victim dies
RELATIVES of a 30-year-old Thai woman who has been in coma after being shot in the head and body by a 14-year-old suspect who went on a shooting spree in Siam Paragon mall on Oct. 3 said she died peacefully at 2 a.m. today (Oct. 13), Amarin TV and Sanook.com said. Ms. Penpiwan Mitthampitak,
Read moreMore than one way for govt to find money for digital wallet project: Prommin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THERE IS MORE THAN ONE way for the Pheu Thai-led government to adequately finance their 10,000-baht digital wallet project, confirmed Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general to the prime minister, today (Oct.13). Prommin was apparently responding to doubts expressed publicly as to where the government could potentially find a sum of 560 billion
Read moreA few lower Esaan provinces spared severe flooding
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW LOWER NORTHEASTERN provinces are being spared severe flooding which could otherwise wreak havoc without a water-holding dam during the weekend, officials said today (Oct.13). Ubonrat dam in Khon Kaen is currently releasing no more than 15 million cubic metres of water daily onto Chi River running through the
Read more19 more Thais returning from Israel today
THE THAI Embassy in Tel Aviv arranged for the return of 19 more Thai workers injured in the Israel-Hamas war with the El Al airline flight having departed at 4.30 a.m. local time this morning (Oct. 13) and due to land at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 5.15 p.m., Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said.
Read moreMassive petition against digital wallet project filed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MASSIVE PETITION against the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project has been submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman. Chief Ombudsman Somsak Suwansujarit confirmed today (Oct.12) the petition was recently filed by the so-called Universities Network for Thailand’s Reform and has already been accepted by his agency which,
Read moreBerserk foreigner stabs three tourists in Chiang Mai
AN AMERICAN man was arrested in the wee hours of this morning (Oct. 12) on the charges of stabbing three tourists in two areas of Chiang Mai city with one of his victims in serious condition, Sanook.com said late afternoon today. Police arrested Mr. Brian Andrew Burggraf, 27, American national, at Jed Yot Plaza
Read more35 Thais return from Israel with more airplanes being arrange
ALTOGETHER 35 Thais caught in the Israel-Hamas war returned to Thailand today (Oct. 12) while one more worker died taking the death toll to 21 and more airplanes are being arranged to bring others home, Thai News Agency and Naewna newspaper said. Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said after welcoming the returning workers
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