Foreign pilots will not be allowed to fly domestic flights in Thailand next year if the aircraft shortage subsides, the labour minister says, while the Thai Pilots Association has launched legal action to stop the practice. Thai Airways Responds to Alleged Dismissal of 400 Pilots Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the approval for foreign pilots […]
Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpranyawut said today that he agrees to remove the name of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra from his censure debate motion, as requested by the House Speaker. Thaksin Undeterred by Two Bombings, Continues Southern Border Visit The move allows the censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to proceed, tentatively on March 24, […]
Disgraced former deputy police chief, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, has been fired from the police service without pension, after the national police chief, Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet, signed the order today. Suspended deputy police chief ‘Big Joke’ demands PM reinstate him Surachate can, however, appeal against his dismissal to the Police Merit System Protection Committee, […]
Controversial sect monk Yantra Amaro has died at his California monastery at the age of 73. Alleged Transgender Monk in Pattaya Defrocked After Admitting to Drug Use and Causing Temple Disturbance Yantra, whose layman name was Winai La-ongsuwan, died on Sunday at Sunnataram California Monastery in Escondido it was announced on the temple’s Facebook page […]
Bangkok, March 8th, 2025 — Justice Minister Pol. Col. Tawee Sodsong and Klong Prem Central Prison officials confirmed the death of former police chief Thitisan “Joe Ferrari” Utthanaphon. Joe Ferrari and subordinates get life imprisonment for torturing suspect to death Initial reports indicate he died by hanging himself with a 30-40 cm towel tied to […]
Airfares are expected to remain high this year based on rising operating costs and supply chain disruptions, similar to last year when higher fares drove the revenue of major airlines operating in Thailand. Internet users criticize high airfares to Phuket Santisuk Klongchaiya, chief executive of Asia Aviation, the majority shareholder of Thai AirAsia, said higher […]
“A professor at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, has discovered evidence of an earthen embankment indicating another large ancient community in the location overlapping the old city of Nakhon Ratchasima.” The Beginning of a Discovery A research project headed by Prof. Dr. Santi Pailoplee from the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, […]
Thailand is preparing for severe summer storms expected to impact the northern, northeastern, and central regions, including major cities like Bangkok and Chonburi, from March 6th to 8th. The Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued a warning, urging residents to stay vigilant and take necessary precautions as the storms could bring […]
