The Department of Wildlife and Plants Conservation is asking the Krabi provincial prosecutor to delay it’s appeal against a recent court’s ruling that allows a private company to remain legal ownership of a 71-rai Poda island it claimed to settle down over 65 years ago. Ko Poda is an island off the west coast of […]
SISAKET — A family finally has closure after searching three months for their daughter and hope for justice as an army captain was charged with her murder Monday. The search for Juthaporn “Oil” Oun-on, who went missing in July prompting a protracted search which turned up two unrelated bodies, ended Saturday when DNA tests confirmed […]
PHUKET: Volunteer and former professional lifeguards from the Surin-Bangtao Surf Lifesaving Club yesterday (Oct 29) rescued a family of three from Uzbekistan, including their 9-year-old son, after they did not realize how far a nearly invisible rip current had pulled them from shore. The lifeguards spotted the swimmers in distress at midday and sprang into […]
SURAT THANI: A former convict in a robbery case was arrested during police raids on his house in Phun Phin district and a rented room in Tha Chang district on Friday, police said in a press conference on Sunday. Pol Lt Gen Sorasak Yenprem, acting commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, said the police arrested […]
A Friday morning fire broke out at a closed bar near the Bang Saen beach in Chon Buri. No one was injured in the fire at the Hashtag Bar in Tambon Saensuk in Mueang district that broke out at 11am. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
The government has declared that the mourning period for the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej will last until midnight of Oct 29, Prime Minister’s Office Minister Ormsin Chivapruck said. From Oct 30, mourners can replace their black clothes with gentle ones. Full story: thaipbs.or.th By Thai PBS
HIS MAJESTY King Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday presided over a royal merit-making ceremony for the Royal Relics of his father, His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, at Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall in the Grand Palace. Arriving at 5.30pm, the King was accompanied by Royal Family members including his daughters HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha and HRH […]
The rice-pledging case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been closed after neither Yingluck nor the Office of the Attorney General had filed an appeal by the Oct 27 deadline, Isra News Agency reported on its website , quoting an OAG source. The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Sept […]
