BANGKOK, Dec 4 (TNA) – Thailand hoped the remaining Thai hostages in Gaza would be released by Hamas soon as Thai people were apparantly not involved with the conflicts, according to Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara. 17 Thai Released Hostages Return Home Today Mr Parnpree who is also Deputy Prime Minister admitted that the exact […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit announced Thailand’s move towards a 100% electric vehicle (EV) public transport fleet, beginning with the Airports of Thailand (AOT) limousine service. The statement was made during his visit to the 40th Motor Expo at Impact Challenger Hall. Chiang Mai to Convert Red Trucks to Electric Vehicles The expo, […]
Thai Smile Airways, a subsidiary of Thai Airways, is set to cease its flight operations by the end of this year. Announced by Thai Airways, the move involves Thai Smile’s 20 Airbus A320 aircraft being integrated into the parent company’s operations. Surat Thani governor slams Thai Smile’s flight axe plan Starting December 31, Thai Airways […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Former Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has officially been appointed as the newest member of the Privy Council, an advisory body to Their Majesties the King and Queen. Former Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes privy councillor On December 2, Gen Prayut was granted an audience with Their Majesties, where he took the […]
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the leader of the current majority Thai government party, Pheu Thai, revealed a plan today, December 1st, 2023 as the head of Thailand’s Soft Power Development Committee to make Songkran a month long festival across Thailand from 2024. Thais Celebrate Songkran, The Thai New Year This comes as UNESCO, or the United Nations […]
Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga says that the Bt4.68/unit electricity price for January-April next year, as proposed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), is a huge increase from the current rate of Bt3.99/unit and unacceptable. Thailand’s Energy Commission lambasted over electricity price increase He assured that the actual price will be much lower, adding that he […]
Five core members of the now defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), a political pressure group which engineered the mass protests against the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in 2013-14 were, given suspended prison terms by the Criminal Court today. Court acquits anti-Yingluck street protesters Another core member was sentenced to six months, which […]
Nearly half of the 9,000-plus new HIV infections in Thailand each year are people aged between 15-24 years old, according to the Department of Disease Control. Thailand Determined to Combat HIV Dr Suchada Jiamsiri, chief of the Division of Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control, said infections […]
