By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN AS a surprise retort, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today (Apr. 3) lambasted the Democrats in the middle of the House chamber, saying they could be merely looking to skip over from the opposition bloc to the Pheu Thai-led coalition government. In response to former Democrat leader
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Thai F-16 fighters patrol border area as fighting escalates in Myanmar
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR FORCE’S F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon jets have been conducting several rounds of air patrols daily in Thai airspace over a northwestern border area in the wake of escalated fighting inside Myanmar, according to an air force source. The General Dynamics F-16AM/BM fighters have scrambled from Wing 4 in
Read moreMove Forward leader going all out to battle party dissolution case
AFTER the Constitutional Court today (Apr. 3) accepted a case seeking the dissolution of Move Forward Party filed by the Election Commission on charges of attempting to “overthrow democratic system with His Majesty the King as Head of State” party leader Chaithawat Tulathon said he is ready to fight this case with all his
Read moreBriton dies after crashing through glass bathroom door
A BRITISH businessman died early this morning (Apr. 3) after becoming dizzy and smashing through a glass bathroom door at his home in Chonburi with shards then piercing his chest, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.10 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Surasingh Sukmak, a deputy superintendent, was informed of a foreigner
Read morePM, govt warned to not repeat mock jail sentence for Yingluck
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin and the Pheu Thai-led government have been warned today (Apr. 3) to not repeat the alleged compromising and flaunting of the country’s rules of law in favour of deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra who is reportedly looking to return home from self-exile abroad. During the first
Read moreGold zooms with price up 450 baht now exceeding 40,000 baht
Updated report by Thai Newsroom and Reuters – published by Yahoo!News DOMESTIC GOLD price surged to a new record high this morning (Apr. 3) with 96.5% gold ornaments being sold at 40,200 baht a baht weight, up 450 baht from the previous day. In its third announcement at 11.04 a.m. the Gold Traders Association
Read moreA strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Taipei – A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday (Apr. 3), collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands. A five-storey building in lightly populated Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving
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