By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra might probably freshly face wealth concealment allegations involving her spouse’s failure to officially, completely report all his assets. The prime minister, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, had evidently failed to report 1.6 million baht in cash profit from the sale of corporate
Month: March 2025
Chaos as people flee Police Hospital amid misunderstanding it was going to collapse
THERE was chaos at Police Hospital this morning (March 31) with members of the public and patients running out of a building while medical personnel moved other patients to safety amid fear that it was going to collapse but this turned out to be a misunderstanding, Amarin TV said. Several people were heard shouting,
Read moreLabour Ministry, Criminal Court urgently evacuated after Govt Complex building tilts
ALL those working or visiting the Labour Ministry, in Din Daeng district, the Din Daeng Social Security Building and the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road were urgently told to evacuate this morning (March 31) with this likely due to the huge earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, last Friday which also jolted the whole Thailand, Naewna
Read more4 Chinese men nabbed for taking files out of collapsed building
THE Chatuchak district office has filed a complaint with police that four Chinese men had smuggled 32 files out of the compound of the unfinished 30-storey State Audit Office building that collapsed with the force of the massive earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday (March 28), Amarin TV said this evening (March 30). Pol.
Read moreOver 50% tourists have disappeared from Andaman coast: Trang Deputy Governor
THE massive earthquake in Myanmar’s Mandalay city last Friday (March 28) has hit tourism along the Andaman coast with Trang Deputy Governor CPO2 Anan Boonsamran saying more than half holidaymakers have disappeared, with some cancelling their trip, after panicking upon reading fake news on social media, Naewna newspaper said today (March 30). Speaking to
Read moreAll 81 bridges, flyovers safe to use: BMA
BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said this evening (March 29) that all 81 bridges and flyovers in the metropolis are safe to use after the massive earthquake in Myanmar’s Mandalay city at 1.20 p.m. yesterday, TV Channel 7 said. BMA’s Public Works Department sent officials to check all of them and as initial visual inspection
Read moreChadchart urges public to not panic as engineers start inspecting buildings
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt urged the public to not panic after yesterday’s powerful earthquake in Myanmar that shook the whole country as an army of engineers is now busy inspecting buildings in the metropolis to ensure their safety, Naewna newspaper said. As of last night Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Traffy Fondue website was notified by
Read moreBangkok expressway system usable, only Din Daeng entrance and exit ramps closed
THE Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) clarified that the whole expressway system is usable with only the entrance and exit ramps of the Din Daeng stretch closed, Amarin TV said this afternoon (March 29). After yesterday’s powerful earthquake with the epicentre being in Mandalay,Myanmar, rattled the whole of Thailand, Exat inspected all Bangkok expressways
Read moreDin Daeng expressway, MRT Yellow and Pink lines remain closed
AFTER Bangkok was shaken by a powerful earthquake centred at Myanmar’s Mandalay city at 1.20 p.m. yesterday (March 28) measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale, traffic has returned to normal today except for Din Daeng expressway and MRT Yellow and Pink lines which remain closed, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said. The Expressway
Read more23 aftershocks since the 8.2 magnitude earthquake at 1.20 p.m.
THE THAI Meteorological Department said at 6.57 p.m. today (March 28) that there have been 23 aftershocks so far since the 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar’s Mandalay city at 1.20 p.m. Thai time, Naewna newspaper said. The details of the aftershocks to this earthquake, which was first reported to be 7.3 on the Richter
Read moreRevenue Dept urged to dig into PM’s tax evasion scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT was today (March 28) prompted to officially determine whether Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra may have taken legal loopholes to evade tax in corporate shares transferred to her by close members of her family. People’s MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn formally petitioned Revenue Department Director-General Pinsai Suraswadi to look into
Read moreBangkok Governor declares metropolis a disaster zone
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt this afternoon (March 28) declared Bangkok a disaster zone after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale centred at Myanmar’s Mandalay city rattled the metropolis with tremors also felt across the country, Naewna newspaper said He said the earthquake at 1.20 p.m. had damaged many buildings in the
Read moreStrong quake leads to building being built in Chatuchak collapsing
A POWERFUL earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale centred at Myanmar’s Mandalay city this afternoon (March 28) was felt in Thailand with many highrise buildings swaying and one building under construction in Bangkok’s Chatuchak area collapsing, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said. The Aeronautical Radio Centre of Thailand said it has temporarily suspended
Read moreStrong 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Bangkok
By Amarin TV and AP – published by Yahoo!News A POWERFUL 7.4 magnitude earthquake centred in Myanmar city of Mandalay rattled the whole of Thailand this afternoon (March 28) including Bangkok with highrise buildings swaying. The Earthquake Watch Division said the quake’s depth was 10 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of damage. CAPTION:
Read moreMyanmar releases 4 Thai fishermen, 3 Filipinos
MYANMAR’S State Planning and Administration Council sent a letter to the border authorities of Dawei district late last night (March 27) notifying that the sentences of four Thai fishermen and three Filipinos have been reduced and waived and they are now to be deported, Thai Rath newspaper said early this morning. The four Thai
Read moreGlobal automakers say Trump’s tariffs will be painful for them and US consumers
By AP and published by Yahoo!Finance Frankfurt, Germany – Whatever domestic economic gain comes from US President Donald Trump’s new 25% tax on imported cars – and experts are sceptical – automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain. In Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Canada and across Europe, the world’s largest
Read moreEntertainment complexes, casinos to draw 100 billion baht investment: Julapun
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by Yahoo!News AFTER the cabinet approved a draft law on setting up entertainment complexes which will also have casinos earlier today (March 27) Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said new investment will be approximately 100 billion baht with this generating significant economic results, Amarin TV said this
Read moreFrenchman wanted in killing of prison guards arrested in Phuket
A FRENCHMAN suspected to have participated in an ambush of a prison van in France last year in which a convict nicknamed “The Fly” was set free with two prison officers killed and three others seriously injured has been arrested in Phuket, Naewna newspaper said today (March 27). Thai and French police said six
Read moreGraft-busters uncover ticket scam at Similan National Park
THE National Anti-Corruption Commission’s “Andaman Shark Task Force” yesterday (March 25) mounted a sting operation at Similan National Park, off Phang Nga province, and found that several boats fraudulently under reported the number of tourists they brought to the islands and even those with E-tickets these were cheaper ones for Thais, Naewna newspaper said
Read moreTrump places 25% tariff on imported autos
By AP and published by Canadian Press and Yahoo!News Washington– US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (March 26) he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains. “This will
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