DEPUTY Prime Minister/Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said today (Oct. 22) it is inappropriate to introduce a 1,000-baht departure tax at this juncture as last week’s 2026 IMF-World Bank annual meetings had helped enhance the country’s image and showed a clear interest from many nations in returning to Thailand, PPTVHD36 said. Moreover, feedback from Apec
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Zhang family suspected of holding cache of casino-issued digital tokens
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NOTORIOUS Zhang family has been suspected of still holding an undisclosed cache of digital tokens issued by an online casino, namely Shuffle.com, though they may already have sold off their paltry share in it, former Democrat MP Sirichok Sopa said today (Oct.22). The Shuffle tokens each of which is
Read moreKlatham MPs tipped to get ‘dismissed’, then skip over to Bhumjaithai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST, if not all, of the 58 Klatham MPs including de facto party boss/leader Thammanat Prompao might probably cast votes of confidence for Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other Bhumjaithai members of cabinet following an approaching censure debate so that they all would likely get “dismissed” from their “independent” party
Read moreHair Therapy for Hair Loss: What to Check Before You Commit to a Programme
Sponsored article by Anucha Kasun Hair Therapy for Hair Loss: What to Check Before You Commit MOST people notice thinning hair long before they do anything about it, and when they finally act, the first move is usually a trip to the pharmacy for a shampoo or serum that promises the fastest results. The
Read moreThree teen drug runners rounded up in Sakon Nakhon
BORDER Patrol Police Region 2 today (Oct. 21) arrested three juveniles, two aged 17 and one just 14, as they were smuggling nearly 200,000 methamphetamine pills from Bueng Kan to Sakon Nakhon province, TV Channel 7 and MGR Online said. All three male teenagers confessed to having done this several times previously. A Border
Read moreAll survive after car plunges 30 metres down a ravine
THREE people travelling in a car, one of them being a two-month pregnant woman, miraculously survived today (Oct. 21) after their vehicle veered off a curve and plunged 30 metres down a ravine at Khao Kho, Phetchabun province, Amarin TV said. Officers at Khao Kho police station were notified of this accident with the
Read moreAbhisit ridicules Anutin over response to Zhang scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today (Oct.21) ridiculed what appeared to be his current successor Anutin Charnvirakul’s mentality in response to scandals surrounding Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap’s and her spouse Taiyang Zhang’s previous interest in an online casino and alleged involvement in a transnational money-laundering scam. The former prime
Read moreZhang family’s online casino interest could hold Digital Minister responsible
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ONLINE casino interest, deemed absolutely illegal in Thailand and previously owned by Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Tansap’s spouse, namely Taiyang Zhang, was apparently intensifying to the extent that it could probably hold Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob, son of de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob, responsible. Chaichanok, who
Read moreMore assets of MP facing online gambling charges frozen
THE Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) today (Oct. 20) froze an additional 44 million baht in digital assets of Klatham MP Chonnapat Naksua, representing Songkhla constituency 4, and his accomplices and gave them 30 days to provide evidence to show that these assets are unrelated to their alleged involvement in online gambling, TV Channel 7
Read moreZhang’s income from purported sale of online casino share to be examined
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AUTHORITIES were today (Oct.20) prompted to examine a specific income purportedly from the sale of an online casino share held by Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap’s spouse, namely Taiyang Zhang, and find out whether it may have been literally declared as part of their co-owned assets. Deputy People’s leader/former
Read morePattaya flooded after being pounded by torrential rain
TORRENTIAL rainfall lashed Pattaya this afternoon (Oct. 19) leading to a stretch of Sukhumvit road there getting flooded with left-hand lanes closed to traffic, Amarin TV said. Reporters of this TV station surveyed the situation at 3 p.m. after continuous heavy downpour and warned that Sukhumvit road near South Pattaya opposite Lotus’s shopping centre
Read moreNACC bound to look into Zhang’s online casino stake under asset concealment charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission was today (Oct.19) asked to find out whether the embattled Bhumjaithai MP Suchada Zhang Tansap and her spouse, namely Taiyang Zhang, may have falsified their declared assets by deliberately concealing potential incomes from an online gambling business registered overseas. Political activist Srisuwan Janya filed the petition
Read moreYouTrip faces ‘major outage’ across most services in Singapore and Thailand
By Channel News Asia (CNA) SINGAPORE: Multi-currency e-wallet YouTrip reported a “major outage” affecting most of its services on Monday (Oct. 19). At about 11 a.m., 19 of its 23 services in Singapore were affected, including wallet top-ups, currency exchange and payment authentication, according to its website. Services in Thailand were also hit by
Read moreThieves ransack farmhouse after floodwaters recede
THE owners of a farmhouse suffered a double whammy as thieves had completely ransacked the property after floodwaters receded with total damage estimated at over 200,000 baht, Amarin TV said this evening (Oct. 18). Mrs. Usa Mittasawan, 49, said she and her husband, who works in Chonburi, usually stay at this farmhouse, spanning around
Read moreThailand secures $200 million World Bank loan to develop low-carbon cities
THAILAND has obtained a US$200 million loan (approximately 6.68 billion baht) from the World Bank to support investments in clean energy and develop low-carbon cities, PPTVHD36 said today (Oct. 18). This World Bank loan, being channeled through EXIM Bank and guaranteed by the Finance Ministry, is intended to also help SMEs, farmers, and local
Read moreAnutin and Thammanat dine at an Indian restaurant amid talk of joining coalition
IT APPEARS that Prime Minister/Interior Minister/Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul and Klatham boss/leader Thammanat Prompao enjoyed a pleasant political dinner at an Indian restaurant in the heart of Sukhumvit recently with Bhumjaithai MP Chada Thaiseth and Ms. Traisulee Traisoranakul, secretary to the Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai registrar, joining them, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said
Read moreFurther probe of officials allegedly linked to Khao San road area human trafficking ring
DEPUTY Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit has ordered further investigation of leaked chats linking “government officials” to a human trafficking ring in the Khao San Road area after Department of Provincial Administration’s special task had on Tuesday (Oct. 13) dismantled this network, PPTVHD36 said today (Oct. 17). This task force launched the “Phithak Kulap Tum”
Read moreOne policeman dead in fierce clash in Narathiwat
A HEAVY clash between police investigators and a group of insurgents in Far South Narathiwat’s Si Sakhon district today (Oct. 17) led to a police officer and an assailant being killed while two civilians also got injured, Naewna newspaper said. The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command has issued an urgent
Read moreAssembly of the Poor issues 6 demands before ending anti-IMF protest
THE ASSEMBLY of the Poor ended their peaceful demonstration against the IMF-World Bank meetings yesterday (Oct. 16) by outlining six demands among which are ending state subsidisation of big business and urging the authorities to recognise the needs of ordinary, marginalised people, PPTVHD36 said. During the day-long demonstration participants took turns in delivering speeches
Read more1 dead as insurgents ambush Pattani defence volunteers
SOME INSURGENTS ambushed members of Territorial Defence Corps in Mai Kaen district, Far South Pattani province, killing one of them and injuring another today (Oct. 16), Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. The attack by an unknown number of assailants using firearms of an unidentified type and calibre occurred at around 1.30 p.m.
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