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As protesters marched to Government House amid growing demands for an election this year, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday insisted that the poll would be no sooner than early 2019. “They can demand all they want but the law is the law,” Prayut said during a press briefing. “There will
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Earlier this evening, the pro-democracy group “We Want Voting” gathered at the Tha Phrachan campus of Thammasat University in a move to pressure the military government to resign and finally hold an election they have pushed back four times since the 2014 coup. The group has promised an “unarmed, peaceful
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THAILAND, 22nd May 2018 (NNT) - Thunderstorms have been experienced in most areas of the country and residents are advised to prepare for more heavy rain. Southern and southeastern winds covering the northeastern, central, eastern regions will result in these areas while the southern region is experiencing thunderstorms. Heavy rain will
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Security in France has been tense following increased assaults and the state of emergency, which had been in place since the 2015 Paris terror attacks, later being replaced by anti-terror legislation. A group of masked men has opened fire in one of the districts of Marseilles in the south of France,
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BANGKOK — Eight Pheu Thai Party executives reported to police Monday to hear charges of sedition, violation of the ban on political gatherings of more than four people and the Computer Crimes Act. The charges were made after the eight party executives held a press conference criticizing the junta’s failures after
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BANGKOK, 21 May 2018, (NNT) - Today, Thailand's Transport Ministry held an emergency meeting to discuss public transportation fare hikes, following a recent petition filed by public transport operators. The plea came shortly after the diesel price reached its current price of 29.79 baht per liter. Full story: NNT Reporter: Nuppol Suvansombut, Rewriter: Thammarat
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Thai junta leaders are tightening relationships with supporters of the Shinawatra family in a bid to retain power through elections expected next year, analysts and rights activists said as Thailand approaches a fifth year under military rule with no firm date for polls in sight. On May 22, 2014, then-Army Chief
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) will additionally examine 8,500 positive asylum decisions issued in its 10 regional offices amid the corruption scandal, the Die Welt newspaper reported on Sunday citing the Interior Ministry. On Friday, Germany's BAMF said it would check 18,000 decisions on granting
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