INSENSE rainfall lasting hours today (Aug. 23) led to the border city Mae Sot, just across from Myawaddy in Myanmar, being swamped by a second round of flash floods in just 48 hours, Amarin TV said. Residents here panicked as the city had just been cleaned after raging flash floods swept through only two
Month: August 2026
CAAT focusing on regional airports amid greater demand
THE CIVIL Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is focusing on regional aviation as latest data showing increased demand with this presenting a significant opportunity to distribute travel and economic activity away from central hubs, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 23). ACM Manat Chawanaprayoon, CAAT’s director, said this move is not merely about airports being
Read moreAmnesty bill published in Royal Gazette
By Naewna newspaper and AFP A SWEEPING amnesty bill benefitting hundreds of activists found guilty over the last 20 years, but not those sentenced for corruption or lese majeste, became law after being endorsed by His Majesty the King then published in the Royal Gazette today (Aug. 23), Naewna newspaper. The primary objective of
Read moreHouse panel presses agencies to provide information on ‘fake fathers and mothers’ scandal
THE House of Representatives Public Health Committee pressured agencies to provide information on hospitals involved in the “fake fathers and mothers” scandal threatening to summon them for clarification if they drag their feet on this issue, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 22). Mr. Sakoltee Phatthiyakul, a Democrat MP and this camp’s deputy leader who is
Read moreAmerican man high on drugs steals, slashes policeman with cutter
A DRAMATIC incident occurred in Sua Pa area of Bangkok today (Aug. 22) when an American man who later tested positive for consumption of methamphetamine was arrested after stealing from a convenience store then slashing a policeman with a cutter as he was trying to apprehend him, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Kris
Read moreFacebook page spotlights sign at a Phuket shop barring Israeli tourists
THAI social media users flocked in to comment after the Phuket Times Facebook page posted an image of a sign in front of a shop on the island that bars Israelis from entering, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 22). The shopkeeper said “I was once verbally abused by Israelis in front of my shop.
Read moreTwo more flood fatalities in Nan and Mae Hong Son provinces
WHILE the severe flooding in northern Nan province started to ease today (Aug. 21) another man drowned in the floodwaters taking the provincial death toll to three while a fourth man died in similarly flooded northern Mae Hong Son province with red flags also raised in Phitsanulok and Phetchabun provinces, TV Channel 7 and
Read moreDeputy Interior Minister leads team in busting nominee networks in Pattaya
DEPUTY Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit accompanied by Justice Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Rutthaphon Naowarat led their team in raiding a law firm, a hotel and a company in Pattaya City suspected of using Thai nationals as nominees in violation of Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 (1999) today (Aug. 21), Amarin TV said. Worasit said
Read moreThailand and New Zealand aim to triple trade by 2045
THAI Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon today (Aug. 21) signed a declaration elevating the relationship between the two countries to a “strategic partnership” level and agreed to triple bilateral trade to US$7.5 billion (approximately 246 billion baht) by 2045 while outlining plans to resume direct flights between Bangkok
Read moreGovt exam fraud dated back to time of Anutin’s father at Interior Ministry
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PREPLANNED fraud on exam papers for applicants to be hired as chief district officers under command of the Ministry of Interior may have dated back to the time of former interior minister Chavarat Charnvirakul, father of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, nearly two decades earlier, the People’s MP Pukkamon Nunarnan
Read moreMyanmar military offensive targets land for Russia-backed port project
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S military has deployed hundreds of troops to forcibly clear areas marked for a Russia-backed special economic zone in the country’s south, burning villages and sealing off surrounding tracts of land, according to resistance fighters and a local activist with direct knowledge. The offensive around the Dawei Special
Read more5 provinces at highest risk of flash floods while Nan remains swamped
THE Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) this afternoon (Aug. 20) issued an urgent warning that five upper northeastern provinces are facing highest risk of flash floods with Sakon Nakhon being the centre of this new wave of inundation while floodwaters remain high in Nan, TV Channel 7, PPTVHD36 and Naewna newspaper said.
Read moreNo major parties prepared for election in near future
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NONE OF Thailand’s major parties, namely Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai and Klatham, could barely afford to contest a general election in consequence of a possible dissolution of the House of Representatives in the foreseeable future because they would be largely caught off guard and unprepared to spend a great deal of
Read morePanic at Phang Nga school after online shooting threat
A SCHOOL in Phang Nga was terrified today (Aug. 20) after a man brandishing a gun threatened to mount an attack in an online post with the motive apparently stemming from a family dispute, Naewna newspaper said. This followed a shooting spree at a Nonthaburi school on Aug. 7 with a 14-year-old male student
Read moreLaotian gold shop robbers nabbed, being extradited to Thailand
TWO Laotian men have been arrested in their country on charges of mounting a brazen robbery of a gold shop in Chiang Rai on the Thai side of the border making off with 184 baht weight of gold ornaments before fleeing across the Mekong river back to their homeland earlier this month, Naewna newspaper
Read moreTwo dead as severe flash floods swamp Nan province
NORTHERN Nan province is being ravaged by strong flash floods that have killed two people and caused widespread damage with relevant agencies closely monitoring the situation especially in low-lying areas and along the Nan river, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Aug. 19). The body of a bed-ridden patient, identified as Mr. Sinchai, 58, was
Read moreDrug crackdown in Phuket nets suspect at checkpoint
STRICT inspections at a checkpoint in Phuket led to the arrest of a Thai man who was travelling by bus after over 1kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 400 Ecstasy pills (MDMA) were found in his backpack, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 19). A Tha Chatchai police station team mounted this operation under
Read morePeople’s disapproves of new bid to file politically-motivated lese majeste lawsuit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S will ultimately disapprove of any imminent move to file a lese majeste lawsuit against those who may have tacitly said anything in arbitrary relation to the monarchy by literally telling anyone else to “do it for the one above” because such legal action could probably be politically motivated
Read moreThailand and Australia agree to boost strategic partnership in four areas
By Neawna and Thai Newsroom THAI and Australian Prime Ministers, Anutin Charnvirakul and Anthony Albanese, this morning (Aug. 19) signed two joint statements on upgrading strategic partnership in four areas, across trade, law enforcement, defence and innovation, after their full-scale bilateral meeting at Parliament House in Canberra. Albanese officially welcomed Anutin, noting that this
Read moreCanva agrees to boost Thai creators during Anutin’s visit
THAI Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister today (Aug. 18) visited the headquarters Canva Inc., a global technology company in visual communications, in Sydney during his current tour of Australia and New Zealand with this multinational firm agreeing to increase number of Thai Canva Creators from approximately 190 to 1,000 by 2028, PPTVHD36 said. Ms. Rachada Thanadirek,
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