AMID an accusation that Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul violated Cambodian sovereignty during a visit to Chong An Ma border crossing (called An Seh by Cambodians) in Ubon Ratchathani province last weekend, Thailand’s Joint Information Centre (JIC) chief ACM Praphas Sonjaidee said that his visit was to encourage troops and not demarcate the boundary,
Month: August 2026
Cabinet nod for urgent support measures to start U-Tapao Airport project
THE CABINET yesterday (Aug. 25) acknowledged urgent necessary support measures to start U-Tapao Airport and Eastern Aviation City development project as approved by the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee (EECPC) covering taxation, investment plus facilitating foreign entrepreneurs and personnel among others, Naewna newspaper said this morning. Ms. Lalida Periswiwatana, deputy spokesperson for the Prime
Read more3 US Navy Carrier Strike Group ships heading for Thailand for a short visit
THE Thai Navy confirmed that three ships from a US Navy’s Carrier Strike Group are scheduled to make a short stop in eastern Thailand while an American newspaper reported that USS Abraham Lincoln is heading to visit Thailand early September after an extended mission in the Middle East, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 25). RADM
Read moreAnutin defends Newin’s right-hand man over exam fraud conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (Aug.25) spoke in defence of a right-hand man for de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob, categorically dismissing testimony earlier made by one of the suspects in a fraud conspiracy over last year’s exams for personnel at local government units which allegedly involved that particular person.
Read more‘Expert’ for Pipat’s son found telephoning senators many times over
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CERTAIN female who is currently among a total of 229 suspects in the 2024 senatorial rigging conspiracy and who had evidently telephoned a number of senators many times over had been hired as a former “expert” for Bhumjaithai MP Chalat Ratchakitprakarn, son of Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Transport Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn.
Read moreMan shot in fight over parking space at petrol pump
A HEATED argument over a parking space at a petrol pump in Bang Yai area of Nonthaburi this morning (Aug. 25) led to one of the two men being shot while his assailant fled in his pickup truck, Amarin TV said. A team from Bang Yai police station quickly went to the petrol pump
Read moreThird night of attacks in Far South with convenience store set ablaze
INSURGENTS in the Far South continued their wave of attacks for the third night in a row with gunmen armed with war weapons storming a convenience store in Pattani before setting it on fire at around 8 p.m.(Aug. 24), Amarin TV said. Firefighters were mobilised to control the blaze that engulfed the store in
Read moreUnrest in Far South aimed at replacing 4th Army Region Commander: Academic
FOLLOWING 51 bombing and arson attacks in the three Far South provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala on Saturday night (Aug. 22), with a couple more arson and bomb attacks occurring in Pattani last night, an academic at Rangsit University today analysed that the cause of the unrest is to pressure the authorities to
Read moreNewin’s right-hand man found among suspected exam fraud conspirators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RIGHT-HAND MAN for de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob has been suspected, among others, of involvement in a preplanned fraud over last year’s exam papers for applicants to get hired as personnel at local government units, a partisan source said today (Aug.24). Thongchua Chartkitcharoen, the personally-entrusted, close aide to
Read moreSuspect nabbed in Narathiwat bombing spree; railway track being inspected
A SUSPECT has been arrested in the wave of 40 bombing and arson incidents in Narathiwat on Saturday night (Aug. 22) on charges of damaging a surveillance camera while authorities are rushing to inspect and repair a bombed railway line, Amarin TV said today. A joint force of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers, Narathiwat
Read moreMae Sot hit by second round of flash floods in 48 hours
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
Read moreCAAT 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
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