A COUPLE filed a police report against an online lottery vendor after the number on five tickets they had ordered but did not received, 727202, turned out to be the first prize winner in Sunday’s draw, with the total payout being whooping 30 million baht, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 2). At 10.30 a.m. Mr.
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Drought ironically hits Nakhon Sawan’s outer district
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMERS IN AN OUTER district of Nakhon Sawan are ironically affected by drought despite an average distance of 40 kilometres between their villages and the capital district where flash floods are anticipated sooner than later in the current monsoon season, officials said today (Oct.2). The villagers in five subdistricts of
Read moreNarumon tipped to be named another Trade Representative
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN OUTSPOKEN NARUMON PINYOSINWAT will likely be named another Thailand Trade Representative very shortly, government sources said today (Oct.2). The former deputy labour minister and former government spokeswoman is largely speculated to join Nalinee Taveesin who has already been named Thailand Trade Representative by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Nalinee had
Read moreAll nine districts of Sukhothai hit by flash floods
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL NINE DISTRICTS of Sukhothai are critically affected by flash floods due to torrential rain and an overflowing river, officials said today (Oct.2). An estimated 1,365 households in low-lying terrains in 165 villages throughout Sukhothai are being evacuated, following the weekend’s torrential rain and Yom River overflowing from northern provinces
Read moreCouple’s bodies found in container shipped from Philippines
MYSTERIOUS decomposing dead bodies of a man and a woman were found in a shipping container at a depot in the Lat Krabang area early this morning (Oct. 2) with this batch of containers having been sent to Thailand from the Philippines, Sanook.com said. Preliminary inspection shows that these containers were all empty with
Read moreVote against Pita led to Pornthip being turned away from Iceland restaurant: Chaithawat
MOVE FORWARD leader Chaithawat Tulathon today (Oct. 1) said the root cause of Senator Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan being told to leave a restaurant in Reykjavík, Iceland, by its Thai owner is the anger felt by many people over senators blocking the party’s former leader and current advisory chairman Pita Limjaroenrat from becoming prime minister,
Read moreBridge over Ping river collapses after heavy rain
AN OLD BRIDGE crossing Ping river and connecting Chiang Mai’s Chom Thong district to Lamphun’s Wiang Nong Long district dramatically collapsed last evening (Sep. 30) with vibrations felt throughout the neighbouring area after torrential rain lashed many parts of the North particularly the upper part of this river, Sanook.com said this morning. Mr. Chatchai
Read moreTropical Storm Koinu to hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11
THE CEO of a public-listed engineering company issued a warning that a tropical depression hanging over the Pacific has turned into Tropical Storm Koinu and as it moves westwards will hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chawalit Chandrarat, CEO of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, said Koinu
Read moreMajor airline employee held for sex with teen boy at airport
POLICE arrested an employee of a top airline based at Suvarnabhumi Airport on the charges of having sex with a 15-year-old teen boy at a bathroom within the airport, Amarin TV said this evening (Sep. 30). Pol. Lt. Col. Monchailuang Prasert, a Provincial Police Region 1 inspector, together with a team from Suvarnabhumi Airport
Read moreThai owner of shop in Iceland shows Senator Pornthip the door
SENATOR Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan is in the eye of social media storm today (Sep. 30) after a TikTok video went viral showing a Thai man telling a woman with colourful hair to leave his shop in Reykjavík, Iceland, because he does not like what she did to Thailand, and it was later confirmed that
Read moreAppeals Court rejects Anon’s bail request in Section 112 case
PROMINENT activist lawyer Anon Nampha who last Tuesday (Sep. 26) was entenced to four years in jail without parole and fined 20,000 baht for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, and the Emergency Decree over demonstrations in 2020 had his request for temporary release on bail rejected
Read moreNo current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan’s Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – There are no talks with the Taliban to negotiate a peace settlement, Afghan anti-Taliban leader said on Thursday (Sep. 28), vowing to step up “guerrilla warfare” to bring the hardline Islamists to the negotiating table. Speaking in an interview in Paris, Massoud, the exiled leader of
Read moreEx-Democrat deputy leader gets 4 years’ jail in sexual harassment case
FORMER Democrat Party deputy leader Prinn Panichphakdi was today (Sep. 29) sentenced to six years in jail, but this reduced to four years, plus told to pay 2 million baht compensation to his sexual harassment victim Mrs. Hathairat Thanakitamnuay, or Anna, wife of wealthy protester Mr. Thanat Thanakitamnuay, or Hiso Luknut, Matichon newspaper and
Read moreSrettha receives complaints from local people during Phuket visit
UPON arriving in Phuket this afternoon (Sep. 29) for a briefing on the construction of a key interchange on this tourist island Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin also received some complaints from local residents which he said he will look into and legally try to resolve, Naewna newspaper said. While heading for the briefing on
Read moreVictim warns public to beware of power bill scammers
A WOMAN living in Bueng Kan province who lost over 30,000 baht in an electricity bill scam issued a warning for others to be careful and not fall for such tricks, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 29. Ms. Orapin (surname withheld), 30, said on Sep. 22 a power bill from the Provincial Electricity
Read morePadipat ‘technically’ ousted from Move Forward as new opposition leader moves in
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER Padipat Santipada was yesterday (Sep.28) “technically” ousted as a Move Forward member to give way for the naming of the newly-voted Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulanond as opposition leader. The Move Forward executive board resolved to “technically” oust Padipat as partisan member in accordance with the constitution
Read moreCourt drops murder charges against officials over vanished activist
By AFP and published by CNA A THAI court today (Sep. 28) dropped murder charges against four national park officials over the disappearance of an environmental activist almost a decade ago, but jailed one on a lesser offence. It was the latest twist in a long-running legal saga after ethnic Karen leader Porlajee Rakchongcharoen,
Read morePM forgoes own pay as donation for child care
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin has offered to forgo his monthly pay and to turn it into a donation for child care activity. Government spokesman Chai Wacharong confirmed today (Sep.28) that the prime minister has willingly offered to do without a total of 125,590 baht in monthly pay plus any allowances
Read moreFEATURE: The fourth generation of Soi Rajakrue figures has quietly come of age
By Out-Crowd IT HAS BEEN A QUARTER of a century since senior members of the Soi Rajakrue elite clique completely stopped playing the roles of a powerhouse over Thailand’s complicated, cloak-and-dagger politics due to the passing of former prime minister Chatichai Choonhavan in 1998. Now the fourth generation of Soi Rajakrue figures has virtually
Read moreIn major blow to TikTok, Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media
By Reuters and published by CNA Jakarta – Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, the trade minister said on Wednesday (Sep. 27), in a blow to short video app TikTok, which is doubling down on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to boost its e-commerce business. The government said the move, which takes
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