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Chaos in capital as bombings stir worries
Published on 02/08/2019
» Bangkok was plunged into chaos on Friday after a series of bombings put citizens and authorities alike on alert for unattended objects. Damage and injuries were minimal but the timing of the incidents, during a high-profile Asean meeting, suggested embarrassing the government was the aim.
Apirat: Same group, same boss
Online Reporters, Published on 02/08/2019
» The unrest in Bangkok on Friday involves the same group of people with the same views and the same “boss”, but those who took action could be new faces, according to army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong, in his capacity as deputy director of the Internal Security Operations Command.
Fleeing suspects arrested after dummy bomb left at police HQ
Online Reporters, Published on 02/08/2019
» Two men suspected of dropping a suspicious object outside the Royal Thai Police head office on Rama I Road in Bangkok on Thursday evening were apprehended on an interprovincial bus at a checkpoint in Chumphon early on Friday. They denied any involvement.
Trump takes back seat as China bristles over Hong Kong unrest
AFP, Published on 02/08/2019
» HONG KONG - US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would be taking a hands-off approach towards unrest in Hong Kong as China flexed its military muscle in a sign of growing frustration over weeks of pro-democracy rallies in the former British colony.
B3.2 trillion budget allocated
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/08/2019
» The government has earmarked a 3.22-trillion-baht budget for the 2020 fiscal year, with a 489-billion-baht deficit, to run from next January instead of Oct 1 this year -- and says it has enough funds to cover expenditure until the new budget kicks in.
Picofinance draws interest
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/08/2019
» More than 1,000 applicants have applied for picofinance licences from the Finance Ministry since the process was opened in 2016, with around 600 securing licences.
Administration keeps fiscal 2020 budget
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/08/2019
» The government has agreed to maintain the fiscal 2020 budget at 3.2 trillion baht as approved by the previous cabinet, raising the budget deficit to 469 billion baht from 450 billion for the year starting on Oct 1.
Hong Kong: It's purely symbolic
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/08/2019
» The anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong are now eight weeks old and still going strong, but the level of violence is rising.
Firefighters mobilised to battle huge swamp blaze
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2019
» The National Resources and Environment Ministry has ordered firefighters from national parks across Thailand to help battle a huge fire raging through the Kuan Kreng peat swamp forest, which is rapidly drying up, in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Vicious cycle
News, Postbag, Published on 02/08/2019
» Re: "Army unwilling to yield to democracy", (Opinion, July 31).