IMMEDIATELY after Prime Minister announced in a televised address at 8.30 p.m. last night (Oct. 12) that Thailand will on November 1 reopen to tourists from 10 low-risk countries under relaxed conditions this step turned into a hot Twitter trend under Thai hashtags #Prayut #Openthecountry with there being a lot of criticism of the move,
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Police to take action against restaurants that defy dine-in ban
THE METROPOLITAN Police warned restaurateurs that they will be arrested if they follow a social media trend encouraging them to open as usual and offer dine-in service which is currently banned to control the coronavirus crisis with only takeaways allowed, Siam Rath said this afternoon (July 4). Pol. Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai, deputy chief and
Read moreEx-cop kills brother, sister-in-law in inheritance row
A RETIRED police detective shot dead his younger brother and sister-in-law at the family compound in Phitsanulok province early this morning (June 3) and then called the police to come and arrest him, Thai Rath newspaper said. When police investigators got to the large over two rai family compound with a few houses built on
Read moreContainers brought in to block Sanam Luang
A MEMBER of Thammasat Alliance and Rally this morning (March 20) posted photos of containers being placed across Sanam Luang area to thwart a rally being held there this evening by REDEM (Restart Democracy), Siam Rath said. Ms Benja Apan said in a post accompanying the photos, with one of them showing coils of barbed
Read moreProtesters set deadline for PM to quit while he makes conciliatory move
ONE of three demonstration groups in Bangkok this evening (Oct. 21) marched from Victory Monument to Government House where they submitted a letter calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign within three days while the Prime Minister said over television pool that both sides should take a step back and let these issues go
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