Internal Security Operation Command Region 4 forward headquarters has launched a programme to allow Muslim insurgents who fled the country to return home without fear of arrest to attend religious activities during the holy month of Ramadan, from April 3 to May 14, government deputy spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said on Wednesday. Ms Rachada said the […]
YALA: An army sergeant-major was shot dead and a volunteer ranger wounded by an army officer during a quarrel at a restaurant in Muang district early on Wednesday morning, police said. The shooting occurred at 1.54am at the Nong Fa rice congee shop on Chong Rak road in tambon Sateng. Full story: Bangkok Post Abdullah […]
SURAT THANI: Haad Rin beach on Koh Phangan island off this southern coastal province was packed with revellers for the first full-scale Full Moon Party since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic on Saturday night. Following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, more than 10,000 tourists – mostly foreigners – enjoyed an event that ran smoothly […]
PATTANI (NNT) – Rebels have claimed responsibility for deadly bombings in Thailand’s deep south on Friday (15 Apr) that broke a Ramadan holiday agreed between the main rebel group and the government. Colonel Kiatisak Neewong, a spokesman for the Thai security forces in the south, said a group not included in the peace talks were […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: An 80-year-old woman fell to her death from the seventh floor of the hospital where she was being treated for Covid-19 in Muang district on Monday night. Prapai Ketkaew fell from room 298/2 on the 7th floor of Maharat Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital. Full story: Bangkok Post Nujaree Rakrun BANGKOK POST
A villager was killed when he unwittingly detonated an explosive device, as he was fishing in a rice field in the Sai Buri district of Thailand’s southern province of Pattani today (Friday). 3 members of a bomb disposal squad were also injured as they searched for more devices, about 50 metres from the site of […]
SAMUT SONGKHRAM, April 8 (TNA) – The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Case Region VII sentenced eight people to four-year imprisonment for the death of two police cadets in their training parachute jumps in 2014. The tragedy happened on March 31, 2014, when Class 69 police cadets Chayakorn Phutchaiyong and Nathawut Tirasuwannasuk plunged to […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The government has inaugurated the construction of a smart industrial park project in Rayong, targeting S-Curve industries utilizing advanced technologies. The new industrial park is a part of the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project that aims to create jobs and promote sustainable economic growth. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said the […]
