AN INDIAN man who disappeared after a row with his Thai partner was found to have plunged to his death in a shop upfront an apartment building in Pathum Thani where he had rented a flat, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 20). Pol. Lt. Gen. Anusorn Wiangsima, deputy inspector at Khlong Luang police station, quickly
Month: August 2024
`Paetongtarn not going to take defence minister’s seat: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Aug. 20) categorically denied newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will concurrently assume the post of defence minister in an imminent cabinet lineup. Thaksin said Paetongtarn, his youngest daughter who concurrently acts as Pheu Thai leader, would almost certainly prefer to not take
Read morePalang Pracharath disintegrating again with Thammanat being kept out of new Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH is again disintegrating due to intra-partisan conflict of interest since Palang Pracharath Secretary-General Thammanat Prompao will no longer be given a ministerial seat in an imminent Cabinet lineup. The third largest coalition partner would likely be split into two sides with one loyal to Palang Pracharath leader
Read moreThammanat tipped to be reshuffled out of new Cabinet due to previous personal stigma
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Secretary-General/acting agriculture & cooperatives minister Thammanat Prompao could probably be reshuffled out of an imminent cabinet lineup due to his earlier personal notoriety, a partisan source said today (Aug. 19). Thammanat might probably fail to retain his ministerial seat in the cabinet lineup under newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn
Read moreOCA cancels holding Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Thailand
THE Sports Authority of Thailand said this evening (Aug. 19) that it has just received an urgent email from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) stating that the sixth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (Aimag) set to be held in Bangkok and Chonburi during Nov. 21-30, 2024 has been cancelled because the budget
Read moreInterior, defence ministerial seats tipped to be reshuffled
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW MAJOR MINISTERIAL SEATS could probably be reshuffled between coalition partners in an imminent cabinet lineup under newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a partisan source said today (Aug. 19). De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, father of the woman prime minister, was looking to reshuffle the interior and
Read moreLegal action against Thaksin expected for sponsoring political session at home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FRESH LAWSUIT IS being largely anticipated sooner than later to be filed against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who had allegedly illicitly manipulated and directed a recent meeting of several leaders of coalition parties at his house. Hours after the Pheu Thai-attached Srettha Thavisin had been deprived
Read moreFrench movie giant Alain Delon dies aged 88
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, his three children said today (Aug. 18). He was 88. Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke
Read moreDemocrat Party executive calls for referendum on opening casinos
A DEMOCRAT Party executive committee member today (Aug. 18) urged the new government to hold a referendum on the opening of entertainment complexes housing legalised casinos as pushed by the outgoing Srettha Thavisin government to stimulate the economy with there being many controversial issues surrounding it, particularly morality, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Mekhin Iamsa-ard,
Read morePaetongtarn named PM under formal endorsement by King
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, was today (Aug. 18) formally endorsed by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn as Thailand’s 31st prime minister. A privately-owned hall on Vibhavadi Road was used as venue for the reception of the monarch’s edict to formally name the 38-year-old
Read moreBy-election for MP to replace court-deposed Padipat due in mid-September
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION FOR a constituency-based MP to replace former deputy House speaker Padipat Santipada will likely be held by the middle of next month. The Election Commission is expected to schedule the by-election in Phitsanulok’s Constituency 1 for Sept. 15 to find replacement for Padipat who was immediately stripped of
Read moreCoalition partners’ No. 2 figures to concurrently assume Cabinet seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SECRETARIES-GENERAL of two coalition partners will likely be concurrently given ministerial seats in a new cabinet lineup under Prime Minister-designate Paetongtarn Shinawatra, partisan sources said today (Aug. 17). That refers to Pheu Thai Secretary-General Sorawong Thianthong and Ruam Thai Sang Chart Secretary-General Ekkanat Prompan, both of whom are largely
Read moreThaksin given complete freedom among 50,000 royally-pardoned convicts
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra who had been released on parole earlier this year was today (Aug. 17) given complete freedom among 50,000 royally-pardoned convicts nationwide. The royal pardon was today declared in a royal decree with immediate effect to the extent that the billionaire, politically powerful Thaksin
Read moreMyanmar workers protest over unpaid wages
OVER 700 Myanmar workers staged a protest in front of a factory they are constructing within Rojana Industrial Park Prachinburi after Chinese capitalists had not paid their wages for two months while forcing them to work everyday, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 17). Police at Ro Bo Pai station, Si Maha Phot district, were
Read moreVietnamese man held in robbery of cryptocurrency from Chinese businessman
A VIETNAMESE man who is suspected to be one of six persons who robbed a Chinese businessman out of 70 million baht in cryptocurrency plus 10 million baht in cash and other assets after raiding his house at a luxury housing estate in Pathum Thani last Wednesday (Aug. 14) has been arrested, TV Channel
Read moreRed Shirts in Korat thrilled Paetongtarn voted PM
AS THE House of Representatives elected de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter/party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Thailand’s 31st prime minister this morning (Aug. 16), there was excitement at a gathering of Red Shirts and party fan club in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Amarin TV said. Mr. Sompoch Panadhai, leader of the Red Shirts
Read moreForeigner badly injured in suicide attempt
A FOREIGN MAN, believed to be British, has been left with serious injuries after plunging from a Pattaya condo balcony despite an official spending three hours trying to talk him out of taking his own life, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 16). At 11 a.m. today Pol. Col. Aphinan Boontharat, an investigator
Read moreLast but not least, Paetongtarn voted PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and leader of the core coalition partner, was today (Aug. 16) voted prime minister by a majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives. A total of 319 MPs cast yea votes for Paetongtarn whilst 145 others cast nay
Read moreBackground of Paetongtarn’s husband Pitaka Suksawat
WITH de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter/party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra being named prime minister at tomorrow’s (Aug. 16) special House session, the spotlight is now on her husband Pitaka Suksawat, Sanook.com said today. Before the two of them got married in 2019, Pitaka had earned a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of
Read moreBig lot of fake brand name goods seized
A RAID on a warehouse in Bangkok’s Taweewattana district netted a large amount of knock-off brand name products worth over 20 million baht, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Fake brand name products seized in this raid include 5,067 “luxury” watches, 1,150 bottles of perfumes, 800 mobile phones, 770 headphones, 6,720 mobile
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