The Chinese military deployment comes amid renewed tensions between Washington and Beijing. Chinese military experts consider these exercises a simulated blockade in a “stark warning”.
BANGKOK (NNT) – The government plans to expand internet coverage to 24,654 communities throughout the nation, focusing on local communities, schools and hospitals within a three-year timeframe. Most Thais use internet to find medical advice, medical services Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan chaired a meeting of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE) […]
At least four people were killed in a shooting in Surat Thani on Saturday, police said, with local media reporting that officers were still searching for the suspect. The attack started at about 5pm in Khiri Rat Nikhom district of the southern province, according to local reports. Full story: Bangkok Post BANGKOK POST
Thai Customs told TPN media on Friday (April 7th) that on Thursday (April 6th) AITF (AIRPORT INTERDICTION TASK FORCE) officers X-rayed a targeted luggage in which they found 4.8 kilograms of cocaine worth more than 14.4 million baht. 2 Nigerians and 3 Thais arrested in Bangkok for allegedly possessing cocaine worth more than a million […]
Dozens of Chinese Christian asylum seekers who fled alleged religious persecution in their homeland left Thailand for the United States after being released from Thai custody for an immigration violation, police and United Nations officials said Friday. A group of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church (also known as the Mayflower Church) had […]
Self-styled whistle blower Chuwit Kamolvisit has resumed his campaign against the Bhumjaithai party’s cannabis policy, after the Civil Court yesterday (Friday) lifted the injunction barring him from such campaigning. Civil Court bars Chuwit from campaigning against Bhumjaithai over its cannabis policy The court ruled that Chuwit’s criticism and comments about the Bhumjaithai party’s cannabis policy […]
BANGKOK, April 7 – Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha hosted a trilateral consultation with leaders from Lao PDR and Myanmar to strengthen cooperation and tackle transboundary haze pollution among the three countries. Chiang Mai’s Air Pollution Rises to Alarming Level Gen. Prayut hosted a trilateral consultation on transboundary haze pollution via videoconference with Sonexay […]
Thai police seized one million methamphetamine pills and 499kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) from a six-wheel truck, abandoned by its driver on a roadside in Kong Krailat district of Thailand’s northern province of Sukhothai, on Friday night. Thai Army reacts to influx of drugs across North border Pol Maj-Gen Teeradej Thumsutee, commander of the investigative […]
