By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED CABINET under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is speculated to be reshuffled for the first time early next month with key ministerial seats to be swapped between the Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai, according to partisan sources. Paetongtarn’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who allegedly pulls the
Day: April 24, 2025
Police crack down on illegal cryptocurrency exchange network
THE Central Investigation Bureau police kicked off “Operation Crypto Phantom” by raiding eight shops in Phuket, Chonburi and Bangkok that were secretly providing digital asset exchange services without going through the authorised exchange centre in order to dodge taxes with this leading to cash flowing to various illegal businesses, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr.
Read more70-80% conscripts found to be addicted to drugs
JUSTICE Minister Tawee Sodsong revealed that each year as many as 70 to 80% of new conscripts doing mandatory army service are addicted to drugs and urgent discussions are needed to solve this problem and introduce rehabilitation measures, TV Channel 7 said. Under the 1954 Military Service Act, every April men aged 21 or older
Read moreDhara Dhevi Hotel’s gutted spa building uninsured
THE FIRE that gutted the spa building of Chiang Mai’s iconic five-star Dhara Dhevi Hotel was extinguished several hours after it broke out at 2 a.m. on Wednesday but this structure is uninsured, Amarin TV said last night (Apr. 23). It was only at 4 p.m. yesterday that the blaze was finally extinguished at this
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