By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately looking for ways and means to help one of his predecessors, namely self-exiled Yingluck Shinawatra, come home sooner or later without being literally put behind bars, a noted political activist alleged today (Nov.20). Students’ & People’s Network For Thailand Reform leader Pichit Chaimongkol posted
Day: November 20, 2023
Navy Chief prefer already-ordered submarine rather than frigate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NAVY CHIEF ADM ADUNG Pan-iam today (Nov.20) expressed his preference for a Chinese-built submarine for which a purchase order has been earlier placed rather than a frigate as a probable option from another Chinese shipbuilder. The navy chief confirmed the Yuan-class S26T submarine could be eventually procured, albeit with a
Read moreChadchart tells protesting waste collectors to not hold public hostage
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt urged protesting rubbish collectors to not hold the public hostage by letting garbage pile up after many of them staged a demonstration at Lak Si district this morning (Nov. 20) , Matichon newspaper and TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. More than 50 garbage truck drivers and collectors said they
Read moreThai Q3 GDP grows 1.5% y/y, below forecast
THAILAND’S economy expanded 1.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, official data showed today (Nov. 20), slower than expectations. On a quarterly basis, Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy grew a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent in the July-September quarter, data from the National Economic and Social Development Council showed. Economists in a Reuters
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