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Rak Chart Party asks Unesco for stricter heritage scrutiny

Online Reporters, Published on 12/04/2026

» The Rak Chart Party has delivered a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) headquarters in Paris calling for greater rigor in the organisation’s World Heritage registration process, to prevent what it described as the distortion or misappropriation of cultural origins.

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Songkran road toll at 71 after two days

Online Reporters, Published on 12/04/2026

» Seventy-one people were killed and 317 others injured in traffic accidents during the first two days of the Songkran festival holiday period. 

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Cabinet approves B7.7-billion relief package

Online Reporters, Published on 11/04/2026

» The cabinet has approved a 7.7-billion-baht economic relief package to support vulnerable groups, businesses, the transport sector and farmers in response to the economic impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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5,277 fire hotspots a new high in Thailand

Online Reporters, Published on 11/04/2026

» Thailand has recorded 5,277 fire hotspots, most of them concentrated in the North and Northeast, while the figure in neighbouring Laos has surpassed 9,000, the highest in the region, according to satellite data.

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Twenty road fatalities on first ‘dangerous day’

Online Reporters, Published on 11/04/2026

» Twenty people died and 132 were injured in 135 road accidents across Thailand on Friday — the first of the “seven dangerous days” of Songkran holiday travel, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Saturday.

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PM urges Songkran drink-driving crackdown

Online Reporters, Published on 10/04/2026

» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has called for strict enforcement of drink‑driving laws, calling on provincial governors to help cut road casualties during the Thai New Year holiday.

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Bodies of three Thai crew to be repatriated before Songkran, says Julapun

Online Reporters, Published on 10/04/2026

» The bodies of three Thai crew members of the MV Mayuree Naree, who lost their lives in an attack on the vessel in the Strait of Hormuz are expected to be repatriated to Thailand in time for Songkran, said Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat.

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Bubble tea binge helps Thai man dodge draft

Online Reporters, Published on 09/04/2026

» A Thai man has gone viral after being rejected for mandatory military service due to obesity, the result of a deliberate bubble tea binge.

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State bus operator freezes fares, deploys 7,700 buses for Songkran

Online Reporters, Published on 08/04/2026

» State-run Transport Co Ltd has pledged to keep fares unchanged through April 19 and deploy more than 7,700 buses to handle the annual Songkran travel rush, assuring passengers there will be no one left stranded. 

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Diesel prices to drop 2.14 baht a litre nationwide

Online Reporters, Published on 08/04/2026

» Thailand will slash pump prices for diesel by 2.14 baht a litre from Thursday, offering motorists and businesses immediate relief after the government approved an overhaul of refinery pricing to ease household costs and shore up the heavily indebted Oil Fuel Fund.