By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a rare phenomenon in power play, fugitive, former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has personally told her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to kick out the Bhumjaithai from the Pheu Thai-led coalition government in the face of unresolved, inter-party conflict. During a recent, closed-door
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Crisis-hit Thai tourism staring down an abyss
LED by sharp drops in its two top source-markets, Thailand ended the January- March first quarter with 9.5 million arrivals, an anemic 1.91% increase over the 9.37 million in the first quarter of 2024. Most disturbing is the downward trend from a high of 3,709,102 arrivals in January to 3,119,445 in February and 2,720,457 in
Read moreTrio of coalition partners mutually compete for southern MP seat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TRIO OF COALITION partners are vying for a vacant MP seat of Nakhon Si Thammarat in a by-election scheduled for later this month. Regardless of political etiquette otherwise practically observed among coalition partners, the Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob, the Klatham,
Read moreElection Commission being pressed to suspend secretary-general
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION is being pressed to suspend its secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from officially performing, pending probe into last year’s senatorial rigging scandals about which he has reportedly done nothing as yet. A group of reserve senators plans to call on the Election Commission at the headquarters tomorrow (March 12)
Read morePolice panel votes to dismiss “Big Joke”
THE POLICE disciplinary committee unanimously voted to dismiss and not lay off former deputy national police chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, who faced charges of being linked to online gambling websites, Amarin TV said this evening (March 7). The meeting’s resolution will now be forwarded to National Police Chief Pol. Gen.
Read moreThailand deports 40 Uyghur men back to China after more than a decade in detention
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Taipei, Taiwan – A group of at least 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials said on Thursday (Feb. 27). The men made a public appeal last month to halt the deportation, saying they faced
Read moreMonk and layman die in fire at Thai temple in New York City
A THAI Buddhist monk and a layman died in a fire at Wat Usa Buddhayaram temple in New York City in the early hours of Wednesday morning (Feb. 12) (local time) with the blaze raging violently as it snowed in the bitter cold, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 14). Facebook user Mr. Thanat Inthisan who
Read moreNon-partisan contestants win most heads of provincial administration
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATES vying for head of provincial administration, also known in Thai as Nayok Or Bor Jor, have won most of the contested seats in yesterday’s (Feb.1) elections in 47 provinces in all regions of the country. Those non-partisan contestants were voted Nayok Or Bor Jor by constituents in most
Read moreThai gunman nabbed in Battambang after killing ex-Khmer MP in Bangkok
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUSPECTED THAI gunman who killed a former Cambodian MP in Bangkok yesterday was arrested in Battambang today (Jan.8), police said. Ekalak Paenoi, a former chief petty officer of the Marine Corps, was apprehended in Battambang by Thai policemen who had quietly hunted down the murder suspect and quickly brought
Read moreFemale tourist who died in Khao San road hotel fire had just got engaged
A YOUNG Brazilian woman who was among three persons who died in the fire at a six-storey hotel in Khao San road area last night (Dec. 29) had just got engaged last week after her boyfriend popped the question, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Aside from the Brazilian woman who tragically died after getting
Read moreBig hunt for missing Belgian tourist
A LARGE-SCALE search operation has been launched in northern Mae Hong Son province for a young Belgian woman tourist who mysteriously disappeared yesterday (Sep. 6), Naewna newspaper said this morning. Pol. Lt. Col. Suwit Bunyapeng, Tourist Police inspector at this province, said he received a report yesterday that the female tourist, Ms. Cloe Ferari,
Read morePaibul named Palang Pracharath secretary-general in place of Thammanat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAIBUL NITITAWAN was today (Sep. 6) named secretary-general of the Palang Pracharath, now the second largest opposition party, in place of Thammanat Prompao who has practically defected to the Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition. In today’s general caucus of the Palang Pracharath, 24 persons were named members of
Read moreFarmers, fishermen sue firm for importing havoc-wreaking blackchin tilapia fish
OVER 1,400 aquatic farmers and fishermen in Samut Songkhram province together with two networks today (Sept. 5) filed a lawsuit against a private company and nine of its executives for importing the havoc-wreaking blackchin tilapia fish from Ghana which is now causing severe ecological damage and ruined their livelihood, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper
Read moreLegal action against Thaksin expected for sponsoring political session at home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FRESH LAWSUIT IS being largely anticipated sooner than later to be filed against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who had allegedly illicitly manipulated and directed a recent meeting of several leaders of coalition parties at his house. Hours after the Pheu Thai-attached Srettha Thavisin had been deprived
Read moreVietnamese man held in robbery of cryptocurrency from Chinese businessman
A VIETNAMESE man who is suspected to be one of six persons who robbed a Chinese businessman out of 70 million baht in cryptocurrency plus 10 million baht in cash and other assets after raiding his house at a luxury housing estate in Pathum Thani last Wednesday (Aug. 14) has been arrested, TV Channel
Read moreHamas says its leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran by an Israeli airstrike
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beirut – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday (July 31), and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack. Israel has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200
Read moreHis Majesty the King calls on leaders to focus on sustainable prosperity and development
HIS MAJESTY THE KING, on his 72nd birthday anniversary today (July 28), called on the nation’s leaders to unite around sustainable prosperity and development during a ceremony at Amarindra Winitchai Throne Hall within the Grand Palace. His Majesty stressed the importance of collaborative efforts among high-ranking officials to ensure all citizens’ happiness, security, and
Read moreRule-undermining lawsuit against Move Forward put off
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT today (June 18) postponed the handling of a highly contentious case of the Move Forward’s alleged acts to undermine rule of the country until early next month. The Constitutional Court put off the rule-undermining lawsuit filed by the Election Commission against the Move Forward until July 3.
Read moreExclusive lectures on how Visit Thailand Year 1987 revolutionised global tourism
In 1987, Thailand marked the auspicious 60th birthday of His Majesty the late King Rama IX the Great with an extraordinary national celebration known as Visit Thailand Year. It was a grand invitation for visitors worldwide to join the Thai people in marking the late King’s historic 5th 12-year cycle of life.
Read moreWorkers protest as crane collapses killing 7, injuring many others
HUNDREDS of Myanmar workers refused to let rescuers enter a factory construction site in Rayong after a tower crane collapsed killing seven workers and injured many others as they demanded 5 million baht compensation for each of their colleagues killed, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Mar. 29). This factory is being built by Sin
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