By Thai Newsroom Reporters EIGHTY-FOUR PERCENT of respondents to a recent poll said they would resolutely vote for the brand-new People’s Party if they were about to cast ballots in a general election tomorrow. Of a total of about 51,000 people who responded in the latest poll via Matichon’s YouTube channel to the question
Month: August 2024
Chinese rocket’s breakup puts over 1,000 satellites and other objects at risk
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – A Chinese rocket stage that broke apart in space this week created more than 700 pieces of debris, putting over 1,000 satellites and other objects in a high-traffic region of Earth’s orbit at risk of hazardous collisions, analysts said on Friday (Aug. 9). China’s state-owned Shanghai
Read morePublic cash donation for People’s Party amounts to 4.5 million baht in four hours
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AVALANCHE OF MORE THAN 4.5 million baht in cash has been donated in a short period of four hours today (Aug. 9) by members of the public for the People’s Party. About 7,700 people have so far donated a combined 4.5 million baht in cash for the People’s, a
Read morePeople’s Party set up for all 143 ex-Move Forward MPs, Natthapong named People’s leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S PARTY today (Aug. 9) registered all 143 MPs of the court-dissolved Move Forward as partisan members and named MP Natthapong Ruengpanyawut leader of the brand-new party. In an extraordinary party caucus, the People’s majority unanimously resolved to name five members of their executive board including Sarayut Jailuck as
Read more‘Hi-so’ Israeli woman held on drug charge on Koh Phangan
AN Israeli woman was arrested on drug trafficking charges on Koh Phangan after a sting operation led to police finding 1.4 grammes of ecstasy crystals on her, MNG Online said yesterday (Aug. 8). Pol. Lt. Gen. Saksira Phuek-am, head of the Tourist Police, had ordered Pol. Lt. Col. Vinij Bunchit, attached to Tourist Police
Read more100,000 small-sized merchants have so far offered to join digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO LESS THAN 100,000 small-sized retailers and vendors so far have reportedly agreed to join the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project, said Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (Aug. 8). Julapun said he believed many more grocery retailers, food and beverage vendors and restaurant owners in addition to the estimated
Read moreTransvestite hunted in brutal murder of student
POLICE are hunting for a transvestite in the brutal murder of a young university student who was badly assaulted before his body was set on fire at a dormitory in Bang Khen subdistrict, Nonthaburi city district, yesterday (Aug. 7), Amarin TV said today. Pol. Maj. Gen. Prathana Phaenpha, Nonthaburi provincial police chief, and Pol.
Read moreTaylor Swift Vienna concerts cancelled due to planned attack
By Reuters and published by CNA Berlin – Taylor Swift’s three concerts in Vienna this week were cancelled after government confirmation of a planned attack at the stadium, the organiser said late on Wednesday (Aug. 7). “With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice
Read moreTaekwondo -Thailand’s Panipak wins historic flyweight gold
By Reuters and published by The Straits Times Paris – Panipak Wongpattanakit made history at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, becoming the first person from Thailand to win two gold medals when she defended her Tokyo title in the taekwondo women’s flyweight division against China’s Guo Qing. Panipak won 6-3 2-3 6-2, clinching the
Read moreAll 143 ex-Move Forward MPs to Join new party en masse on Friday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL 143 FORMER MOVE FORWARD MPs will together join a new party on the upcoming Friday to maintain their MP status following today’s (Aug. 7) dissolution of the reformist party, said ex-Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakun. Sirikanya confirmed all the 143 ex-Move Forward MPs will definitely join the other party
Read moreMove Forward dissolved by court on attempted rule-undermining charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD was today (Aug. 7) dissolved at the order of the Constitutional Court for violating the lese majeste law by openly making campaign-promised moves deemed by court as tantamount to undermining rule of the country, thus putting an end to the four-year-old reformist party. The Constitutional Court judges
Read moreCertain parties trying to buy out Move Forward MPs with money, positions: Pita
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN PARTIES HAVE desperately attempted to recruit some Move Forward MPs with money and positions in the wake of a possible dissolution of their reformist party, said former Move Forward leader/current Move Forward MP Pita Limjaroenrat today (Aug 7). Without naming names, Pita said some persons closely connected with some
Read moreJanjaem says she didn’t punch in time after losing to Khelif
THAI boxer Janjaem Suwannapheng is coming home with an Olympics bronze medal after losing to Algerian boxer Imane Khelif in the women’s welterweight semi-final fight with all five judges giving the latter every round, Naewna newspaper said early this morning (Aug. 7). After the match Janjaem, 24, said she had planned to fight well but
Read moreTight security at Constitutional Court over Move Forward verdict
THE Constitutional Court imposed tight security around Ratchaburi Direkrit Building within the Government Complex where it is located to ward off trouble tomorrow (Aug. 7) when it is due to deliver its verdict in a lawsuit to dissolve Move Forward Party, Naewna newspaper said this evening, Only those who are authorised to work or
Read moreNaruemon named leader of brand-new Klatham Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI TRADE Representative Naruemon Pinyosinwat was today (Aug 6) named leader of an MP-less Klatham Party. In a general caucus of the Klatham at a Bangkok hotel, Naruemon was unanimously named leader of the brand-new party with Satchavit Leelavanich being named secretary-general of the party. Naruemon, a former deputy labour
Read moreDutchman found with sex pill production paraphernalia in his condo
A DUTCHMAN who is a former soldier was arrested in Pattaya after initially caught with a small amount of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) in his possession but a search of his condo uncovered equipment and chemicals to produce sex pills, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. The suspect, Mr. Simon Leonardus Petrus Scherps, 63, was first
Read moreIn pictures: Historic winning of an Olympics silver medal by View
ALTHOUGH Thai badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn, or View, lost to Viktor Alexsen from Denmark in Olympics final men’s singles badminton match last night (Aug. 5), with scores of 11-21 and 11-21, Thai people are still joyous that he is coming home with a silver medal because he did his best, Naewna newspaper said this
Read moreDigital wallet project sales figures not being sent to Revenue Dept
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO SALES VALUES OF merchandise traded under the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project will be eventually accessed by the Revenue Department as widely feared by retailers and vendors anywhere, according to Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat. The total sales values of goods to be sold by retailers and vendors ranging
Read moreSuthin orders mental health checkup for all army trainers after abuse
DEFENCE Minister Suthin Klangsang today (Aug. 5) ordered all army supervisors and trainers at all training camps nationwide undergo mental health checkup after 10 privates were stripped naked and abused by two non-commissioned officers while undergoing training at a camp in Chiang Mai, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 5). The minister held a tense
Read moreNakhon Nayok resorts flooded in the middle of the night
SOME tourists staying in resorts at Nakhon Nayok suddenly found their rooms flooded in the middle of the night after Khun Dan Prakarn Chon Dam released water from midnight onwards without warning, Amarin TV said this morning (Aug. 5). At 2 a.m. all Ruamkatanyu Foundation units in Nakhon Nayok were alerted by the rescue
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