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High hopes for small party
SRT touts major reforms ahead of Feb 8 election, writes Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/01/2026
» For the Seri Ruam Thai (SRT) Party, Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves -- the party leader and its prime ministerial candidate -- is pushing a nationalist agenda at full throttle in the final stretch of its election campaign.
AI’s Rise: Will Humanity Lose Control of Its Future?
Dr. Teerapon Tanomsakyut Chief Executive Officer of Sustainability and Strategic Development, Charoen Pokphand Group , Published on 18/03/2025
» Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of our daily lives. Leading this transformation is ChatGPT, which now receives 122 million daily visits and has an active user base exceeding 400 million. By August last year, its parent company OpenAI had seen its technology adopted by 92% of Fortune 500 companies, solidifying its dominance in the AI landscape.
Prayers, tears in Isan church for Thai hostage in Gaza
Napat Wesshasartar and Thomas Suen of Reuters, Published on 07/10/2024
» KUT YANG, Udon Thani - The Sriaoun family gathered in their local church on Sunday, their voices rising and falling in tearful song as they prayed for the safe return of their oldest son, believed still held captive by Hamas.
Finland suspends reception of berry pickers’ visa applications
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Published on 16/03/2024
» Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs has decided to suspend the reception of wild-berry pickers’ visa applications in Thailand.
Yellow-band disease ravaging Thailand's coral reefs
Montira Rungjirajittranon of AFP, Published on 28/12/2022
» BAN KO SAMAESAN, Chon Buri: Underneath the calm turquoise waters off eastern Thailand, a rapidly spreading disease is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor, and scientists fear it may be getting worse because of climate change.
Tha Uthai massacre unfolded over three hours of horror
Poppy McPherson, Jiraporn Kuhakan and Orathai Sriring of Reuters, Published on 12/10/2022
» UTHAI SAWAN, Nong Bua Lamphu: In the days before he murdered 36 people, 24 of them children, the former police sergeant who committed Thailand's worst massacre was firing guns in his backyard.
Ruling coalition rift puts 3.2 trillion baht budget at risk
Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Suttinee Yuvejwattana of Bloomberg, Published on 02/06/2022
» Parliament will put to vote an initial draft of the 3.19 trillion baht annual budget on Thursday, posing a key test to coup-leader-turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha whose ruling coalition is coming under some strain from internal divisions.
Thai meth barons look closer to home as pandemic curbs exports
Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith of AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» Cheaper than a coffee but powerful enough to keep him riding Bangkok's streets without sleep, Soonthorn puts a flame to a methamphetamine tablet wrapped in foil and inhales the intoxicating vapours.
Protesting, with a pork barbecue
Juarawee Kittisilpa of Reuters, Published on 19/11/2020
» In the midst of thousands of anti-government protesters, one man made his own statement - with barbecued pork.
Yingluck gets Serbian citizenship
The Associated Press and Online Reporters, Published on 09/08/2019
» Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was sentenced in Thailand to five years in prison for dereliction of duty, has received Serbian citizenship.