SAFELY back home are 20 of 23 crew members of Thai-flagged bulk carrier “Mayuree Naree” that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on March 11 with Oman having rescued them while efforts are still underway to help the remaining three, Amarin TV said this morning (March 16). Senior executives of Precious Shipping Plc,
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Lots of Khmer workers sneaking back to Thailand as govt eases rules
UPON returning to their homeland and being unable to get jobs a lot of Cambodian migrant workers are now sneaking back to Thailand via natural channels while the government relaxed rules allowing those still in Thailand but whose papers have expired to stay on for another six months, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 14).
Read more50,000 Khmer migrant workers returning home from Thailand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO LESS THAN 50,000 Cambodian migrant workers were estimated to legally depart from Thailand to their home country via a checkpoint in eastern Thai border province since the last few days until today (Aug.6) following recent border clashes and due to sustained tensions between the two neighbouring countries, according to
Read moreCambodians dump good jobs in Thailand and take their fridges back home
A GROUP of around 50 Cambodian workers who had dumped their jobs to return to their homeland amid war fears arrived at Chong Sangam checkpoint in Sisaket province with a whole lot of belongings including refrigerators, Amarin TV said this evening (June 17). This checkpoint is currently open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Read moreRescued scam workers almost clash with Karen fighters at Myawaddy
A GROUP of 275 foreign scam workers, mostly Ethiopians and other Africans, who were among thousands rescued from call centre complexes in Myawaddy township, just across from Thai border town Mae Sot, early February almost clashed with Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) fighters as they rose up to protest being held at a squalid,
Read more5 factors preventing Thaksin from bringing Yingluck back: Thepthai
A FORMER Democrat MP said in a Facebook post today (Feb. 10) there are five key factors preventing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra from bringing his sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra back to Thailand from her self-exile overseas, Naewna newspaper said Mr. Thepthai Senapong voiced his opinion in his post entitled “Will
Read moreThaksin puts off Yingluck’s return to Thailand
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said today (Feb. 9) his sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s return to Thailand to mark Songkran festival here this year as anticipated hinges on appropriateness, Naewna newspaper said. Asked what factors are preventing her return, Thaksin replied that there are many factors involved. Asked whether she would
Read moreBoonsong’s release not leading to Yingluck’s return: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Dec. 3) categorically denied yesterday’s release of former Pheu Thai commerce minister-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom on parole might probably prompt a foreseeable homecoming of her fugitive aunt/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from self-exile abroad. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, dismissed speculation
Read moreThaksin brags about Yingluck’s planned homecoming ahead of Songkran
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has reconfirmed that his sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra would return home from self-exile abroad by next April. During a recent interview with Nikkei Asia in Thailand, the de facto Pheu Thai boss said the fugitive former prime minister who has been earlier
Read morePM mum on hearsay of Yingluck seeking royal pardon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 16) declined to respond to rumours that the fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been seeking royal pardon so she could return home sooner or later from self-exile abroad. Srettha smiled and walked away when asked by reporters at Government House to comment
Read moreThai team in US for talks with the Met on return of 2 antique sculptures
AS the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City is returning two antique bronze sculptures to Thailand, the Culture Ministry has sent a team there to hold talks with the management on doing so with the two antiques expected to arrive here next month,, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 26).
Read moreThaksin seeks annex to ‘secret deal’ to bring Yingluck back home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra is virtually seeking a fresh annex to a “secret deal” which he had earlier made with the powers-that-be to the extent that his sister/deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra be literally free to return home from self-exile abroad sooner or later without
Read moreYingluck’s planned homecoming only up to Thaksin: Ex-Democrat MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER AND WHEN deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra might eventually return home from self-exile abroad without being subsequently thrown into jail would only depend on her own brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra and nobody else. Former Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Apr. 15) posted on his
Read moreYingluck will probably come back as soon as after Songkran next month
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER-cum-convict at large Yingluck Shinawatra would probably return home as soon as after Songkran festival next month and be probably given a curtailed, one-year jail sentence upon her anticipated homecoming, according to a former Red Shirt leader. Former MP/Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has posted on his Facebook
Read moreYingluck’s planned return without being imprisoned could be ‘the last straw’: Jurin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PLANNED HOMECOMING of deposed prime minister-cum-convict at large Yingluck Shinawatra without imprisonment could possibly be “the last straw” for those who might no longer tolerate an evident undermining of the country’s rules of law and judicial process, said a prominent lawmaker today (Mar 6). Former Democrat leader Jurin Laksanavisit
Read moreYingluck patiently awaits homecoming in Thaksin’s style
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK Shinawatra has been patiently looking to follow suit of an unprecedented homecoming style of her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, a partisan source confirmed today (Dec.27). After nine years in self-exile overseas following the 2014 coup staged by army chief-turned-prime minister Prayut
Read moreSrettha working on bringing Yingluck back home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately looking for ways and means to help one of his predecessors, namely self-exiled Yingluck Shinawatra, come home sooner or later without being literally put behind bars, a noted political activist alleged today (Nov.20). Students’ & People’s Network For Thailand Reform leader Pichit Chaimongkol posted
Read more41 Thais return safely from northern Myanmar, over 200 still stuck there
MYANMAR officers brought 41 Thais who had fled fighting in northern Myanmar across from Tachileik to Mae Sai town today (Nov. 18) but over 200 more are stranded at a military camp in Laukkaing city with preparation being made to bring them back too, Matichon newspaper said. Receiving them on the Thai side were
Read moreGovernors told to push families to bring Thai workers back from Israel
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul tonight (Oct. 28) sent an urgent Line message to all governors across the nation to coordinate with families of Thai workers in Israel to persuade them to return home immediately, TV Channel 7 said. This step came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had earlier in the day issued
Read morePM tells Thais in Israel to change their minds and return immediately
PRIME MINISTER Sretta Thavisin said in a post published on X, formerly Twitter, this afternoon (Oct. 28) that as Israeli forces have intensified their ground operation along the Gaza Strip with the war likely expanding Thais in Israel should change their minds and return home immediately, Matichon newspaper said. The government is extremely concerned
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