BANGKOK — Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has extended warm well-wishes to the public for the Songkran holidays, encouraging people to celebrate with family while prioritising safety and responsibility as festivities get underway across the kingdom. Thailand Sees Surge in Foreign Tourist Arrivals During Songkran Week In a message posted on the government’s Thai Khu Fah […]
BANGKOK — Fuel supplies will remain adequate throughout the Songkran holiday period, while retail oil prices were set to fall from Saturday after the Oil Fuel Fund Executive Committee approved cuts to levy rates, Energy Minister Akanat Promphan announced. Refining Margins to Be Lowered, Diesel Set to Drop by 2.14 Baht Speaking on Saturday, Akanat […]
BANGKOK — Seventy-one people have been killed and 317 others injured in traffic accidents during the first two days of the Songkran festival holiday period, according to figures released by the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. Twenty Road Fatalities on First ‘Dangerous Day’ of Songkran Holidays The victims were involved in 344 traffic accidents […]
BANGKOK — Twenty people died and 132 were injured in 135 road accidents across Thailand on Friday, the first of the “seven dangerous days” of the Songkran holiday travel period, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Saturday. Drunk foreign driver injures 8 in Pattaya for Songkran While any loss of life remains […]
BANGKOK — The Transactions Committee of the Anti-Money Laundering Office has resolved to impound additional suspected ill-gotten assets worth approximately 8.2 billion baht linked to a Cambodian-based transnational scam network, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced yesterday. Inside the ‘Scam City’ with Torture Cells Uncovered on the Thai-Cambodian Border The seized assets include six cars, bank […]
BANGKOK — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow has confirmed the deaths of three Thai crew members from the vessel Mayuree Naree, even as he welcomed a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran that offers a glimmer of hope for reduced tensions in the Middle East. Remains Found on Thai […]
BANGKOK — Thailand is entering a Super El Niño phase that will bring extremely hot weather and a prolonged dry season, leading to drought conditions that could severely impact the agricultural sector, a leading environmental expert has warned. Thailand Braces for Scorching Heat and Violent Summer Storms This Week Sonthi Kochawat, a prominent climate analyst, […]
BANGKOK – Energy Minister Akanat Promphan has ordered a reduction in diesel refining margins aimed at lowering retail fuel prices by approximately 2.14 baht per litre, with the measure expected to take effect on Thursday. The decision marks the first time Thailand has used emergency powers to directly influence refinery pricing in order to ease […]
