A CHINESE tourist drowned while swimming in the choppy seas off Koh Samet, Rayong, this afternoon (Dec. 31) while another holidaymaker also died after falling off a cliff at Pam Bok waterfall in Mae Hong Son’s Pai district, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said this evening. The Chinese tourist who drowned, Mr. Lee Yuefeng,
Month: December 2023
9 injured as speedboat crashes into rocks off Phuket
A SPEEDBOAT that took seven tourists to Phi Phi island off Phuket slammed into some rocks at Maiton island on the way back injuring all of them as well as the captain and his crewman, with two of them in serious condition, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 31). At 3.30 p.m. Phuket Regional
Read moreMove Forward’s election victory biggest event of 2023: Poll
MOST PEOPLE rated Move Forward Party’s election victory as the best event of 2023 in a survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll and released today (Dec. 31), according to TV Channel 7, Altogether 40.53% of the respondents in this opinion poll said Move Forward’s stunning election victory was the best development of the outgoing
Read moreNew Year road toll climbs to 71 on second day
WITH just two of seven dangerous days of New Year holidays having passed, as many as 71 people have died in traffic accidents with 37 fatalities occurring yesterday (Dec. 30), TV Channel 7 said. Moreover 404 people got injured in 385 accidents yesterday, with two key causes being speeding, 34.55%, and drink driving, 22.60%.
Read moreIndonesia’s Papua region jolted by 6.5 magnitude earthquake
By AP and published by Fox9.com Jakarta, Indonesia – A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua early on Sunday (Dec. 31), but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake was centred 162 kilometres (101 miles) northeast of Abepura, a subdistrict
Read moreHeavily pregnant woman saved from charcoal-burning suicide attempt
A WOMAN just days away from giving birth to her baby was saved while attempting to commit suicide by burning a charcoal stove in her sedan at northern Nan province today (Dec. 30), Amarin TV said. At 3 p.m. the unidentified 31-year-old woman’s older sister flooded various social media platforms with messages asking for
Read moreForeign tourist arrivals in 2023 topping 27 million
THE TOTAL of foreign tourist arrivals in the outgoing year is soaring over 27 million in line with the government’s target with a new goal set to generate 3.5 trillion baht from this sector in the New Year, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Dec. 30). Mr. Chai Watcharong, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s
Read moreLand Bridge projects to get started in 2025, finished in 2030: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Dec.30) confirmed that the planned implementation of Land Bridge projects in the upper southern region of Thailand will get started in 2025 and finished in 2030. The prime minister said the government is currently putting forward various megaprojects to link two oceans, the Pacific Ocean
Read moreTraffic accidents kill 34 on first day of New Year holidays
THERE were 339 accidents leading to 34 fatalities and 335 people being injured yesterday (Dec. 29) the first day of the New Year holidays, Amarin TV said today. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation’s Road Safety Centre said on the first day of the “Drive safely – Thailand without accidents” campaign most of
Read moreMajority keeping mum about their loan shark debts
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE TOTAL OF PEOPLE OWING illicit debts to loan sharks and yet keeping it a secret from the authorities is believed to outnumber those who have officially notified of it so far, according to Interior Ministry undersecretary Sutthipong Chulcharoen. The undersecretary said today (Dec.29) there are many more people who
Read moreAs many as 500,000 refugees might flee to Thailand from Myanmar
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 500,000 REFUGEES might probably flee armed conflict between Myanmar government forces and ethnic rebel groups across the Thai-Myanmar border into Thai territory during anticipated dry-season offensive early next year. Former deputy National Security Council secretary-general Pongsakorn Rodchombhu said over the weekend a range of 350,000 to 500,000
Read moreCrisis of confidence in govt could arise over Thaksin controversy: Chaithawat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE GOVERNMENT’S ALLEGED FAILURE to give clear-cut response to the sustained controversy over the handling of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra could probably trigger a crisis of confidence in the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, said Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon today (Dec.29). Such a crisis of
Read moreThais and foreigners brawl on Pattaya street
A STREET fight broke out between a group of Thais and some foreigners, believed to be Indians, in Pattaya early yesterday morning (Dec. 28) with a metre long stick, belts, glass bottles, a metal rod and ladles used in the riotous brawl, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said last evening. Traffic came to
Read morePM urged to dissolve National Strategies Committee as living legacy of junta
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin was today (Dec.28) encouraged to disband the National Strategies Committee which could be otherwise virtually viewed as a living legacy of a former coup junta. Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome expressed his consent to the prime minister’s latest views of the 20-Year National Strategies as being
Read more8 nabbed in seizure of big lot of Myanmar rubber sheets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RIVER-CROSSING HAUL of a few tonnes of raw rubber from Myanmar was seized and eight smuggling suspects were arrested in Ranong today (Dec.28), police said. Troops from the 25th Infantry Regiment arrested the suspected smugglers, two Thai nationals and six Myanmar nationals for alleged involvement in the illegal haul
Read moreChina, Vietnam cautioned over dredging, landfill work on South China Sea reefs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHINA AND VIETNAM are advised to stop dredging and landfill work on submerged coral reefs of Spratly Islands in the South China Sea to help preserve the otherwise deteriorated ecological systems. Researchers at the Centre For Strategic And International Studies have recently cautioned that the Chinese, the Vietnamese and others
Read more10,000 tourists enjoy Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan
AS MANY AS 10,000 mostly young foreign and Thai tourists packed Haad Rin beach on Koh Phangan island to enjoy the Full Moon Party that continued all night till dawn today (Dec. 28) in a lively atmosphere with DJs playing loud music amid energic vibes, Naewna newspaper said. Some revellers had painted their themselves
Read moreGiant Kru Kai Kaew statue being moved after big fine
THE management of Bazaar Hotel on Ratchadapisek road is now moving the controversial statue of Kru Kai Kaew, an emaciated, winged figure with golden fangs and scarlet talons, from the front to the rear of the compound after the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) set a deadline and slapped a big fine, Matichon newspaper
Read moreYingluck patiently awaits homecoming in Thaksin’s style
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK Shinawatra has been patiently looking to follow suit of an unprecedented homecoming style of her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, a partisan source confirmed today (Dec.27). After nine years in self-exile overseas following the 2014 coup staged by army chief-turned-prime minister Prayut
Read moreSomsak no longer in charge of Justice Ministry
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Somsak Thepsuthin is no longer in charge of the Ministry of Justice following criticism which he has launched against the agency over the handling of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has issued a directive for the Ministry of Justice
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