By Agencies and published by CNA THAILAND confirmed on Thursday (Aug. 22) Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa. The patient landed in Bangkok on Aug. 14 and was sent to hospital with mpox symptoms. The Department of Disease
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Phumtham tipped to be named defence minister in Paetongtarn Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHUMTHAM WECHAYACHAI, a right-hand man for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, is largely speculated to be named defence minister in an imminent Cabinet lineup. According to a partisan source, Thaksin has decided to replace Pheu Thai-attached Sutin Khlungsang, currently an acting defence minister, with Phumtham, an acting deputy
Read moreHot pot chain shuts down after 20 years
SHUTTING down after 20 years of running a chain of hot pot restaurants is Hot Pot Buffet with the management announcing the closure on its Facebook page which has over a million followers, TV Channel 3 Plus News and Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 22). This chain was established 2004 under its original name
Read moreSouth Korean call centre gang nabbed at luxury condo
EIGHT members of a South Korean call centre gang who were scamming victims from a luxury condo in Ekamai Soi 3 were rounded up in a raid mounted by Immigration Police today (Aug. 22). Under the direction of Immigration Bureau chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Ittipol Itthisarnronnachai a police team raided this luxury condo on
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