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Thailand 'ready' for Songkran festivities
Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 07/04/2024
» This year's three-week-long Songkran festival with festivities to take place across the country is expected to give tourism a much-needed boost as it is expected to bring in tens of billions of baht in tourism income.
Anutin issues order to halt gun licences
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/11/2023
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed an order instructing firearms registrars to stop issuing licences to carry guns for one year in an attempt to curb gun violence, said Traisuree Taisaranakul, secretary to the interior minister.
Shaking up conscription
News, Published on 11/05/2023
» Academics and human rights defenders have expressed mixed responses to calls to scrap compulsory military service, which is gaining national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls.
Go softly, softly: 4th Army head
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/11/2022
» The newly appointed commander of the 4th Army Region, Lt Gen Santi Sakuntanark, says security authorities will avoid the use of force against suspected insurgents in the strife-torn southern border provinces except for self-defence as law enforcement is stepped up to deal with them.
Jockeying for leverage
News, Published on 10/07/2022
» A recent visit to Thailand by Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of his two-week diplomatic mission comes as both nations mark the 10th anniversary of the China-Thailand strategic cooperative partnership.
Police pair probed over 'head stomp'
News, Published on 22/05/2022
» Two police officers in Nakhon Pathom face a probe after a video showing one of them kicking two handcuffed teenagers, stomping on their heads and beating them with a belt went viral online.
Navy chief visits Cambodia
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2022
» Defence: The Royal Thai Navy chief went on a three-day visit to neighbouring Cambodia to tighten military cooperation, according to a navy source.
Court issues warrants for men linked with Sandhu murder
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 14/02/2022
» The Phuket Court has issued arrest warrants for two Canadian nationals suspected of murdering Indian gangster Jimi Singh Sandhu on the island province this month.
US sanctions have tested Thai-Iran ties
News, Published on 07/02/2022
» Iran is known to be a major exporter of oil to Thailand, despite the economic sanctions imposed on it by the West.
Bangkok native gets battle training with US Navy
News, Published on 01/11/2021
» EVERETT, US: Lt JG (junior grade) Alisa Sandlin is a Bangkok native who is serving with the US Navy aboard its guided-missile destroyer.