ARRESTED by the police in their “Devil’s Wing Operation 67/1” is the head of a transnational drug network and his finance chief with 34 assets, including a house, four plots of land, cars, gold jewellery and firearms worth 105 million baht seized, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 4). Deputy National Police Chief Pol.
Month: January 2024
US, Philippine navies conduct joint patrols; so does Chinese navy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A UNITED STATES CARRIER Strike Group and the Philippine navy are conducting joint maritime patrols in the South China Sea whilst the Chinese navy is doing exactly the same in a separate, simultaneous scenario in the tension-filled region, an informed source said today (Jan.4). The US Strike Group led by
Read moreThammanat urging rice farmers to give up 3-harvests-a-year farming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AGRICULTURE & COOPERATIVES MINISTER Thammanat Prompao said today (Jan.3) rice farmers are being encouraged to give up their three-harvests-a-year occupation and grow another cash crop as an alternative. During the first day of floor debate on the 2024 budget bill, the agriculture minister confirmed that the Agricultural Extension Department plans
Read moreOnly the third time in the world an electric train wheel fell off
UPON suspending the operation of the whole batch of Yellow Line electric trains after a wheel fell down and landed on a taxi’s bonnet last evening (Jan. 2) Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachote said this is only the third time in the world something like this has happened, TV Channel 7 said. It was
Read moreJustice Minister defends Thaksin over prolonged stay outside prison
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER THAWEE Sodsong today (Jan.3) defended de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra from allegations surrounding his extended stay outside a prison. On the first day of floor debate on the 2024 budget bill today, Thawee called Thaksin a “peacemaker” who has returned from 17 years of
Read moreNew Year festival spending tops 54 billion baht
CONSUMER spending during the New Year festival reached 54.4 billion baht while foreign tourism income last year totalled 1.2 trillion baht, TV Channel 7 said today (Jan. 3). Mr. Chai Watcharong, a spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office, said tourism promotion such as waiving visa requirements for tourists from China, Kazakhstan, India and Taiwan,
Read morePM taken to task over Thaksin case during budget debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin was today (Jan.3) taken to task for allegedly doing nothing about de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra since he returned from self-exile abroad last year. During today’s budget debate at parliament, former deputy prime minister-cum-former commerce minister Jurin Laksanavisit took the floor to
Read moreAgain! Yellow Line’s wheel falls on taxi below
JUST a few days after a 3km stretch of MRT Pink Line’s conductor rail fell on the road, this evening (Jan. 2) a wheel of the MRT Yellow Line fell on the bonnet of a taxi on the road below, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Sorrayut Suthatsanajinda, a newsman, posted a report about this accident
Read more5 dead in fiery plane collision at Tokyo airport
By AP and published by CTV News Tokyo – A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport today (Jan. 2) and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was
Read moreMPs warned against mentioning ‘untouchable’ Thaksin during budget debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra appears to be “untouchable” as opposition MPs were today (Jan.2) warned against mentioning him during a three-day budget debate from tomorrow until Friday. Pheu Thai whip Wisut Chaiyanarun called on Move Forward and Democrat MPs among other opposition lawmakers to never
Read moreToo soon to say whether Paetongtarn will join the Cabinet: Phumtham
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI WHEELER-DEALER Phumtham Wechayachai commented today (Jan.2) it is too soon to say for the time being whether Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra might probably be named a new member of cabinet. Phumtham said whether Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, could possibly
Read moreThailand, China to permanently waive visas for each other’s citizens from March: PM
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News THAILAND and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens from March, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today (Jan. 2). Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which relies heavily on tourism, in September waived entry requirements for Chinese tourists until February this year. “This will upgrade the relationship
Read more190 killed in New Year holiday road accidents so far
WITH FOUR days of New Year holidays having now passed, as many as 190 people have been killed in 1,570 accidents nationwide while 1,574 got injured and it was Kanchanaburi where the highest number of accidents occurred while Bangkok recorded the most fatalities, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 2). The Department of Disaster Prevention
Read moreSouth Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck during visit to Busan
By Agencies and published by CNA Seoul – South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck today (Jan. 2) during a visit to the southern port city of Busan, the Yonhap news agency reported. Lee, who narrowly lost the 2022 presidential election, is conscious and has been transported to
Read moreTest shows crashed speedboat captain took amphetamine
THE CAPTAIN of a speedboat that slammed into some rocks at Maiton island while returning to Phuket from a trip to Phi Phi island yesterday (Dec. 31) with seven Russian tourists and a crewman aboard has been found to have traces of amphetamine in his body, Amarin TV said this evening (Jan. 1). Pharmacist
Read moreBangkokians warned big building sites still unsafe
AFTER some hair-raising accidents at construction projects in Bangkok last year, Democrat Party’s deputy leader who is also a professor in civil engineering warned that residents are still risk of being killed or injured at big building sites thus should support his campaign to set up an independent organisation to monitor them, TV Channel
Read moreMassive earthquake jolts Japan followed by a tsunami
By Agencies and published by CNA Tokyo – A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan today (Jan. 1), triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate. A tsunami around one-metre high struck parts of the coast along the Sea of Japan with a larger wave expected, public
Read moreMany dogs and cats ran away from home during New Year fireworks
WHILE New Year fireworks enthral revellers, it terrifies their pet dogs and cats at home with a large number having run away leading to some worried owners posting messages to help find them at Watchdog Thailand Foundation (WTF) webpage, Thai Rath newspaper said. It was revealed that one dog got so scared he died
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