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
Month: April 2024
Move 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
Read moreWWII tunnels not a new find, says author
THE AUTHOR of a book entitled “At War With My Father” disputes that the mysterious tunnel which residents of Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhla Buri district said over the weekend they discovered, believed to have been built by Allied prisoners of war and forced labourers during World War II, is a new find as it had been
Read moreYingluck being named UN special envoy for Myanmar could be April Fools’ Day prank
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said today (Apr. 2) unconfirmed hearsay of deposed Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra being named a special envoy for Myanmar attached to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Office might only be an April Fools’ Day prank. Parnpree was responding to a news report published yesterday
Read moreUS, Filipino air forces holding joint air exercise over South China Sea
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES and Philippine air forces are scheduled for later this month to conduct a joint air exercise over the latter’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. Code-named Cope Thunder, the joint US-Philippine air exercise is scheduled from Apr. 8 until Apr. 19, marking the first bilateral
Read moreFilipino woman helped after fighting off rapist
A FILIPINO woman was helped by a Good Samaritan after getting injured when fighting off a rapist in Chonburi early this morning (Apr. 2), TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Col. Phonprom Muangbangyung, deputy superintendent at Huai Yai police station, took a team to investigate the edge of Huai Chak Nok Reservoir in Huai
Read moreApril Fools’ Day story: Woman makes a fool of herself for nothing
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ORDINARY ISAAN woman named Valissa works from dawn till dark at night at a roadside restaurant in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima. Little did she know about a fine for telling the police a lie about the money which she has literally earned. The 30-year-old woman from Amnart
Read morePM orders crackdown on cybercrime in 30 days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Apr. 1) ordered for the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) to crack down on suspected online criminals within a 30-day period from now. During his official visit to the CCIB headquarters, the prime minister instructed CCIB chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Watnakornbancha to immediately take
Read morePM blasted for saying cannabis policy yielded bad results
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin was slammed by netizens after saying that the liberal cannabis policy had caused huge damage to the Thai people with this outstripping any economic benefit, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 1). Srettha, who mentioned this during an interview on a possible policy to relist cannabis as a category 5
Read moreBig demand for used air-conditioners in Khon Kaen as mercury soars
WITH THE temperature reaching 40 degrees Celsius in northeastern Khon Kaen city today (Apr. 1) the sweltering heat led to people rushing to buy used air-conditioners with there also being long queues for cleaning service, TV Channel 7 said. An air-conditioning technician at Thanakorn Air Khon Kaen shop in Nai Mueang subdistrict, Mueang district,
Read moreWorld Bank cuts Thai GDP growth outlook to 2.8% this year
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S economic growth is expected at 2.8 percent this year before accelerating to 3.0 percent in 2025, the World Bank said today (Apr. 1). The growth outlook for 2024 and 2025 was reduced from 3.2 percent and 3.1 percent respectively, as forecast in December. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy
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