By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ESTIMATED 15 MILLION Thai nationals will likely be granted 10,000 baht in cash each in lieu of a digital wallet with the same amount under a new Pheu Thai-led government, a partisan source said today (Aug. 21). Officially categorised as “fragile” groups of people, the 14.98 million people nationwide
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Thai Sang Thai renegade MP ousted for voting Paetongtarn for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI SANG THAI MP Supaporn Salabsri was today (Aug 21) ousted from the opposition party on grounds of severe disciplinary violation following last Friday’s vote for prime minister. The woman MP of Yasothorn was among six Thai Sang Thai MPs who recently endorsed the naming of de facto Pheu Thai
Read morePaetongtarn urged to pick young generation, kick out the old one from new Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (Aug. 21) suggested to mostly pick the young generation and kick out the old one in an imminent cabinet lineup so that she could successfully run the country. Thanaporn Sriyakul, director of the Institute for Political & Policy Analyses, advised the 38-year-old daughter of
Read moreTouring local wisdom and soft power in Northeast Thailand
A STUDY trip organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the diplomatic corps and media to the Northeast was appropriately themed: “The Charm of Isaan:Transforming Local Wisdom into Creative Economy.” Participants were transported back in time to an era when simplicity, carbon-neutrality, organic and herb-based food were just a normal
Read morePre-dawn floods swamp hundreds of houses in Phayao
TORRENTIAL rain led to forest runoffs flooding over 400 houses in Phayao before dawn this morning (Aug. 21) with the residents barely having time to save their belongings, Amarin TV said. Heavy rainstorms lasting all day and night led to waves of forest runoff gushing into Baan Wiang Moo 1 and Baan Pin Moo
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