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New overseas income rules
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/06/2024
» The Revenue Department is preparing to amend a law to collect taxes from individuals who have income from abroad, even if that income is not brought into the country.
‘Thaksin won’t flee again,’ says PM
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/06/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not attempt to flee the country again in order to escape a lese-majeste case that has been brought against him, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday.
Wife arrested in hitman case
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/06/2024
» A woman was arrested in Bangkok on Monday over an alleged hitman plan targetting her husband, who died in Maha Sarakham in April.
New visa promotions, retiree insurance reduced
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/05/2024
» The cabinet approved several new visa promotions to attract more tourists on Tuesday, including visa-free and visa-on-arrival schemes and longer stays for students, and a reduced level of compulsory health insurance for retirees.
African countries want answers over old rice sale
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Foreign Ministry will meet with diplomats from African countries to address concerns following reports that Thailand plans to sell 15,000 tonnes of 10-year-old rice to their countries.
Dozens still being treated after turbulence scare
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/05/2024
» Seventy-nine passengers and six crew members were still in Bangkok on Wednesday for treatment of injuries sustained during “extreme turbulence” on a Singapore Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday.
Emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi: Turbulence on flight kills 1
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/05/2024
» A Singapore Airlines flight that made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday had fallen into an air pocket before it encountered turbulence, with one man killed and seven people critically injured on board, a senior airport official said.
Official accused of demanding B9m to save golf course
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/05/2024
» Police arrested an official of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Monday morning for allegedly demanding a nine-million-baht bribe for diverting a planned new road away from a golf course.
Hospital chief admits slapping and stripping teen
Published on 16/05/2024
» A lawyer has asked police to press charges against Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Nanna, the director of Mongkutwattana Hospital, who has admitted to slapping the face of a 14-year-old boy and ordering him to walk naked out of the hospital as punishment for smoking in a restroom.
Complaint against 'son' of Lord Buddha
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/05/2024
» An eight-year-old boy is facing a legal complaint over claims that he is the reincarnated son of the Lord Buddha who possesses magical powers to "connect people's minds".