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Anutin firmly opposed to recriminalising cannabis
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/07/2024
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stands firm on his party's cannabis policy, committing himself on Tuesday to putting the brakes on the push to return it to the narcotics list when the issue comes before Narcotics Control Board (NCB).
Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Published on 09/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and class-action suits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
Driving out the gangs
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/08/2023
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will now look into five major biker gangs based in the country after arresting the leader, an Austrian national, and some members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in Pattaya on July 21.
China envoy lauds Belt & Road push
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/04/2023
» Chinese ambassador Han Zhiqiang on Monday expressed confidence that China's Belt and Road Initiative would promote mutual growth and bring benefits to Thailand and China.
Anutin dismisses bid to re-outlaw weed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/11/2022
» Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday dismissed a plan to return marijuana to Type 5 narcotics status, saying that would fall under the remit of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).
Three more held in Samui hotel looting
Published on 09/09/2022
» SURAT THANI: Three more suspects, two of them believed to have been the masterminds, have been arrested in connection with the looting of 400 items worth 14 million baht from a deserted hotel on Koh Samui, police said on Friday.
Experts bid to improve EEC water management
News, Published on 05/07/2022
» The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) yesterday officially embarked on a policy to enhance water resource management in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) area.
Japan's Hagiuda visits
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/01/2022
» Japan has committed to promoting economic cooperation with Thailand, as well as industrial investment and development.
Top diplomat to join ILC
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 14/11/2021
» Vilawan Mangklatanakul, director-general of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, has been elected as a member of the International Law Commission (ILC) for a five-year term starting in January 2023, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Most say it's still too early to reopen country: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 17/10/2021
» A majority of people disagree with the government's decision to reopen the country on Nov 1, saying that the time is not yet right for it, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.