By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATORIAL FRAUD issue has today (May 26) intensified with the Constitutional Court being formally asked to immediately suspend nearly half the total senators, allegedly associated with the Bhumjaithai, from performing their legislative duties due to their attempted interference in the affairs of the executive branch. A group of persons,
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Southeast Asian nations want to discuss tariffs with Trump as a unified bloc, Malaysia PM says
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Southeast Asian nations will forge a common front to face challenges including economic headwinds from US tariffs and a four-year civil war in Myanmar, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said today (May 26). Opening an annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,
Read morePM denies trip to UK was just a holiday
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra said this evening (May 25) before flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend the 46th Asean summit that her trip to UK and Monaco was far from being a vacation with progress made on bringing Formula 1 city circuit Grand Prix to Thailand, Amarin TV said. The Prime Minister said
Read morePheu Thai MP denies Thaksin has fled overseas
A PHEU Thai party-list MP quashed rumours that de facto party boss/ father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has fled abroad and blasted rumour-mongers for stirring trouble, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 25). The MP, Mr. Anusorn Iamsa-ard, said Thaksin returned to Thailand in August 2023 after 17 years of self exile for
Read more‘Friend to many and enemy to none’ – Thailand celebrates 150 years of Peacebuilding Diplomacy
IN AN era of interminable tumult and turmoil, the tourism destinations which survive will be those which can live at peace with themselves, with their neighbours and the world at large. This brilliant speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa pinpoints how Thailand plans to navigate the swirling storms of global
Read moreFarmers call for help as price of 1 kg paddy rice is lower than a pack of instant noodles
FARMERS at northeastern Khon Kaen province urged the government to help them as the price of one kilogramme of paddy rice is now only 6 baht, lower than a pack of instant noodles generally sold at 7 baht, Amarin TV said today (May 24). This TV channel’s reporters went to Ban Kota village in
Read moreThree dead in police helicopter crash
A POLICE helicopter crashed in Prachuap Khiri Khan province this afternoon (May 24) killing two pilots and a mechanic but one person managed to bail out, Naewna and Thai Rath newspaper said. The helicopter, later identified as Bell 212 and assigned to Kanchanaburi Aviation Unit, crashed near Prachuap intersection within Wing 5 area with
Read moreOil spill at Bangkok intersection after tanker overturns
A MIDNIGHT last night (May 24) a 16,000-litre oil tanker overturned in the middle of Suk Sawat intersection in Rat Burana district spilling a large amount of oil which led to the traffic being rerouted and some people living nearby evacuated, Amarin TV said. At 00.01 a.m. Rat Burana police station was alerted of
Read moreThaksin to use more ‘resources’ to fight legal battles ‘until the end’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will likely use more of his “resources” whilst striving to keep himself, his daughter-turned-prime minister and his Pheu Thai-led government affected the least possible by multiple legal battles, according to partisan sources. Though yesterday’s final verdict passed by the Supreme Administrative Court for
Read moreTangmo Nida’s mum to appeal after court dismisses case against 3 defendants
AFTER Nonthaburi Provincial Court dismissed the case against three of six defendants in the drowning of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022 her mother said she is going to appeal, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 23). Mrs. Panida Siriyuttayothin, Tangmo Nida’s
Read moreForeigner who assaulted Phuket doctor gets jail
REGION 8 Appeals Court today (May 23) overturned the lower court’s verdict dismissing a case against a Swiss man on charges of having kicked a Thai woman doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year and sentenced him to one month in
Read moreSickly woman hangs self after daughter scolds her
A WOMAN suffering from Parkinson’s disease hanged herself after calling her daughter who she missed but was again severely scolded for doing so, Amarin TV said this evening (May 22). At 2.20 p.m. Pol. Lt. Warinthon Sotawong, deputy chief for investigation at Huai Luang subdistrict police station in Udon Thani, was informed of a
Read moreKhon Kaen taxi drivers ready to join Bangkok protest
NORTHEASTERN Khon Kaen taxi drivers said this afternoon (May 22) that they are ready to join forces with their colleagues in Bangkok in closing the Government House to pressure the authorities to seriously organise and take legal action against unlicensed black-plate taxis and ride-hailing services that have led to them losing customers and income,
Read moreYingluck finally ordered to pay in part for loss-ridden rice subsidy scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT today (May 22) passed judgment to overrule the Central Administrative Court’s earlier verdict for fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and finally gave an order for her to pay compensation in cash for damage done in a previous Pheu Thai government’s graft-infested rice subsidy scheme. The
Read moreBig event to draw Chinese tourists in H2 taking place soon
IN celebrating 50 years of Thai-Chinese relations the government is launching a big event, “Sawadee Ni Hao”, to attract more Chinese tourists to Thailand in the second half of this year, TV Channel 7 said this morning (May 22). Ms. Sasikarn Wattanachan, deputy government spokesperson, said over 13 million foreign tourists visited the country
Read morePaetongtarn visits UK, Monaco to boost trade and soft power
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has begun a five-day official visit to the United Kingdom and Monaco from May 21 to 25, accompanied by a delegation from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and other government agencies. The trip seeks to expand trade opportunities in the European Union, increase international market
Read morePattani villagers panic as ranger shoots colleague and runs away
VILLAGERS in Far-South Pattani province panicked after being warned to beware of an armed ranger on the run after shooting his colleague while on duty this afternoon (May 21), Amarin TV said. At 3.20 p.m. Pol. Col. Aphakorn Wirupak-arak, superintendent of Panare police station, was alerted of a shooting at the 4215th Infantry Regiment
Read moreCourt suspension of pro-Bhumjaithai senators’ duties sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LEGAL MOVE was made today (May 21) in pursuit of a Constitutional Court order to keep as many as 138 senators suspected of involvement in electoral fraud charges and allegedly associated with the Bhumjaithai from taking part in the naming of members of “independent” agencies by the end of
Read morePhuket lawyer being sued over sex for dropping charges claim
A NONTHABURI lawyer is suing a well-known Phuket lawyer after a woman complained that he had demanded sex in exchange for dropping defamation charges against her, TV Channel 7 said this morning (May 21). Lawyer Nattachapong Boonkerd, 44, aka Lawyer Kop, said the unidentified 51-year-old woman asked for help after the Phuket lawyer demanded
Read moreRock star Sek Loso jailed for threatening police, taking drugs
THE Supreme Court today (May 20) sentenced rock star Seksan Sukphimai, whose stage name is Sek Loso, to two years, 12 months and 20 days in jail for threatening police with a pistol and drug abuse and was immediately taken to Min Buri special prison, Amarin TV said. He had been arrested on December
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